Patrick Hamner joined Patriot Capital as Managing Director – Southwest in November 2012. Previously, Pat served for 24 years with Capital Southwest Corporation, a Dallas-based SBIC, rising to Senior Vice President with responsibility for developing and monitoring venture capital and private equity investments, facilitating add-on acquisitions and serving on fourteen boards. He was the founding Chairman of Heelys, Inc. from 2000-2007, and joined the management team from 2006-2008, serving last as a Senior Vice President. Pat was appointed an adjunct lecturer at Southern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business in 2012 after having co-founded a $69M non-leveraged SBIC in Dallas from 2009-2011. Pat served as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of NASBIC in 2001-2002. Pat is Vice Chairman of the Board of Marketplace Ministries Foundation, a deacon at Park Cities Presbyterian Church and a former Scoutmaster. Pat is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin (MBA and Dean’s Award) and Southern Methodist University (BSME cum laude) and is married with three children.
