Patrick Arens currently serves as the Director of Industry Engagement at Mizzou Engineering, a position held since July 2025. Prior experience includes serving as Lead HR Consultant for Executive Recruitment at the University of Missouri System from November 2021 to June 2025, where key responsibilities involved building an in-house executive search function. As President and Owner of Widmen Search from 2017 to 2021, Patrick specialized in executive search within the upstream oil and gas sector. Earlier roles include E&P Recruiter at Energy Search Associates and Graduate Instructor at the University of Nebraska, where Patrick focused on ethics, logic, and problem-solving courses. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Analytic Philosophy and Logic from the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, respectively.
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