About Us & Our Mission

As Chief Executive Officer of Ministry Brands, Pat is responsible for the growth and management of all solutions that power faith-based organizations. With more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, he oversees business strategy and functional areas to support the overall growth of Ministry Brands, including Marketing, Sales, Operations, IT, Finance, and Product Development.

As CEO, he works across the portfolio to maximize operational efficiency, facilitate growth, and drive value for each of Ministry’s brands and stakeholders, all while ensuring an exceptional customer experience for churches and ministries to achieve their mission.

During his tenure at ADP, Pat held various roles leading major divisions for mid-market and enterprise divisions. As President at FLEETCOR, he was responsible for card, payment and SaaS solutions targeted at multiple industries and grew overall operations, revenue and margins double digits each year.

Pat is active in his local parish. He is a youth sports coach and avid participant in the activities of his 4 children.

As Chief Financial Officer, Peter is responsible for the finance, strategy, and financial operations of the Ministry Brands portfolio. Peter has more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in finance, leading large and midsize companies across a variety of lifecycle stages and industries.

Peter has served as CFO of ModusLink, a provider of digital and physical supply chain solutions for many of the world's leading brands. He has held finance leadership roles - driving revenue and optimizing operations - at Discovery, Inc., Scripps Networks Interactive, and Vertis Communications. An entrepreneur beginning in university, Peter also understands the challenges and opportunities facing growth organizations in today's markets.

Peter is active in numerous fitness and community groups. He and his wife participate and volunteer in the diverse activities of their children.

With over 15 years in sales leadership, David is responsible for sales and sales operations at Ministry Brands. He is results-oriented with a passion for developing people, building organizations that scale, and refining business strategy with high-caliber sales execution. David has a strong desire to live in a state of constant improvement and has a consistent track record of achieving year-over-year double digit growth and exceeding operating plan.

David and his wife, Jennifer, have been happily married for over 15 years. They have three energetic children and a dog full of love. They are very active in their local church where David and Jennifer both serve in several capacities. The family enjoys anything outdoors or sports-related.

As the EVP, Marketing, Maia is responsible for product marketing, corporate marketing, demand generation and marketing operations for all brands within the Ministry Brands portfolio. She has over 25 years of experience in B2B and B2C marketing and has held leadership roles in SaaS-based organizations including Flexera Software and LexisNexis.

Prior to Ministry Brands, Maia was the CMO at OnCourse Learning, a SaaS-based LMS for regulated professions. As VP, Global Marketing for Flexera Software, she supported over 18 brands and helped drive double-digit growth for the business.

Maia is actively involved in her parish, as a finance commission member and is a school board member for their K-8 school. She has 3 daughters and coaches/officiates youth volleyball.

Pradeep has over 20 years of business transformation leadership experience, with a strategic focus on driving growth and performance. As the EVP of Total Ministry Solutions, Pradeep is responsible for leading our Church Management solutions business.

Pradeep spent 15 years at Deloitte Consulting as a senior advisor to major corporations across the globe helping them on the development and delivery of mission critical initiatives that improved market position, operational effectiveness, and financial performance. Thereafter he spent 4 years at Elsevier taking on several senior leadership positions leading the growth and modernization of their largest and fastest growing digital education business. His extensive expertise in new product/service capabilities, business operation improvements and organizational readiness enables him to play a critical role in the continued growth and development of our church management business and solutions.

Pradeep is married with 3 children.

As EVP of Payments, Andy is responsible for the Giving operations within Ministry Brands, having spent over 18 years in electronic payments and financial technology. After joining Chase in 2002, he drove sales and marketing initiatives for the company’s referral partnership channel. Following Chase, Andy assumed a leadership role with Vantiv leading inside sales, merchant retention, cross sales, and lead generation efforts.

Andy then spent the next eight years helping run two separate payments companies, SignaPay and Anovia Payments, the latter of which he co-founded in March of 2013. He spearheaded the launch of Anovia's go-to-market strategy across the U.S., Canadian, and Australian markets, and helped lead the company to a successful exit in 2017.

Andy rejoined Vantiv, now Worldpay, in 2017 to oversee Partnership Management for the organization's North American Integrated Payments business, driving double-digit growth across a portfolio of over 1,500 software development partners.

Andy is married with two young sons, and he and his family are avid sports and outdoor enthusiasts.

Jesse is passionate about inspiring & enabling his team to serve with tenacity and creativity. As the EVP of Specialty Solutions, Jesse is responsible for leading our Website, Content, and Streaming teams to create enthusiastic advocates of our products and services.

Jesse has spent the last 17-years building and leading teams around the world in the defense, technology, non-profit/ministry, and professional services industries. Leading his teams through a shared set of values, challenging mission, and clear strategy, each team he has led obtained multiple awards and recognition for their successes, including; Inc. 5000, Presidential Citations, Best Place to Work, and numerous other achievement awards.

Jesse is married with two children. He has experience serving on several corporate and non-profit boards and volunteers in many other areas within non-profit, ministry, and community-based organizations. He enjoys mountain-biking, hiking, tinkering with technology, and food (the first two are supposed to help the last).

As the EVP of Protection, Josh is responsible for the management, operation, and expansion of protection services within Ministry Brands. Josh focuses on the development of strategic relationships and advanced solutions to stay ahead in a continuously changing marketplace.

Josh has more than 12 years of proven executive leadership experience, which began in the investment banking and M&A space. Since then, Josh has helped multiple organizations achieve healthy growth and business process improvement through a structured analytical approach.

Outside of work, Josh loves spending time with his wife and two young children. If the saltwater fish are biting, you will likely find Josh on the water or on a tennis court somewhere. Josh is also an active member at his church as well as the C12 Group.

Josh holds a BS in Finance from the University of Tampa.

Eddie is known for his technology leadership, process execution and has spent the past 25+ years transforming technologists into trusted business partners. He has led technology organizations in the healthcare, logistics and web-based software spaces. As the Senior Vice-President of R&D, he leads multiple technology teams to deliver software and technology solutions across all brands and serves as a partner to the product teams to execute on product themes and roadmaps.

Prior to Ministry Brands, Eddie was with TeamHealth for more than 15 years in various leadership capacities expanding into the executive suite. He has extensive experience in strategy and governance, software development, and project management where he led the development team to build their flagship software. He also helped the company assess the value of technology investment strategies and mature their software development methodology.

Eddie and his wife spend most of their spare time enjoying their family and children, supporting them in various band, orchestra, sports and spending time boating, outdoors and at the beach in the summer.

As the EVP of Operations, Daniel provides support to senior leadership for the overall business operations of Ministry Brands. Daniel is charged with expanding and managing growth by creating a culture of accountability across the organization, establishing metrics, and helping to develop a long-term business strategy.

Prior to Ministry Brands, Daniel was with Active Network for 6 years in various and expanding executive leadership positions. For four years prior, he was on the executive team at Zappos.com, where he helped grow the company through its acquisition with Amazon.com in 2009. Daniel also was on the leadership team at Expedia, Inc. where he supported their expanding multi-brand strategy in the online travel market. He began his career, spending 7 years in the hotel technology distribution industry, at Pegasus Solutions, who created the first travel website where consumers could book hotel rooms online called travelweb.com.

Outside of work, Daniel and his wife enjoy supporting their kids in various sports and spending time with the family on vacations to the mountains in the winter and to the beach in the summer.

Daniel graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1996 majoring in Finance.