Pato is a senior partnerships and marketing professional with  over 14 years of experience in sport and entertainment, with deep roots in Latin American markets. He has spent the better part of a decade inside the NBA's Global Partnerships team, structuring complex, multi-territory commercial deals across Latam and beyond, work that demands commercial precision, cultural intelligence, and the ability to make brands resonate in markets that don't respond to copy-paste strategies.

He knows how sponsorships are built, how brand relationships are maintained, and how properties are monetized at scale. But what separates him is the lens he brings to all of it, an instinct for culture, a sensitivity to design, and a genuine obsession with the moments when a brand transcends its category and becomes part of how people see the world.

He moves through the sports and entertainment industry not just as a dealmaker, but as a curator and someone who understands why any of it matters in the first place.