Patrick Castles

Patrick Castles is an experienced executive currently serving as President and Chief Operating Officer at Axiom Cloud, a venture-backed Clean Tech start-up focused on optimizing cooling systems through AI and automation. Prior to this role, Castles was the Vice President of Operations at the University of California, Berkeley, where a graduate student research project involved developing an AI-powered software application related to the Clean Water Act. Experience also includes serving as Managing Director at Active Cycle Management Advisors, a consulting firm, and founding REFINE, a holding company for B2C startups. Castles' academic credentials include two master's degrees from University of California, Berkeley — an MBA from the Haas School of Business and a Master of Information and Data Science, alongside a Bachelor's degree in Political Science with academic honors. Additional academic contributions include serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for a private equity course at Haas.