Patti Weber serves as Croixstone Consulting’s Chief Experience Officer (CXO).  In her role, Patti leverages best practices in design and user experience to serve both the firm’s employee-based consultants and clients. 

• How did you enter the consulting field? I was a client of Accenture in Detroit and partnered with the firm on a strategic, multi-year technology transformation initiative. From there, I was recruited by Accenture and joined the firm’s Financial Services Practice in Minneapolis and provided leadership to large project teams serving top-tier banks and insurance clients.
• Your career path includes roles such as corporate trainer and public educator. How have these roles been of benefit to you in the consulting industry? I have learned to never make assumptions and to ask lots of questions. A solution can be obtained through many different avenues.
• If you could pick one theme for Croixstone to turn into a book about the company, what would it be? Maverick talent. 
• Before working at Croixstone, what was the most unusual or interesting job you’ve ever had? I sorted mail for several state of Wisconsin government buildings while enrolled in the School of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
• Three words to best describe you? Passionate. Inquisitive. Loyal.
• Any random facts you could share with us? 2 and 5 are the only prime numbers that end with a 2 or a 5.
• Motto or personal mantra? Never give up.
• What is your favorite number and why? 3. If you know the song “Three is a Magic Number”, you will understand why.
• What is your hidden talent? Swimming. I was a Big 10 collegiate swimmer who specialized in long-distance swimming events and the 200 and 400 individual medleys. While in high school, I was a three-time State competitor who swam five different events.
• What would you most like to tell yourself at age 13? Being a girl who loves math and science is something for which you should be proud.
• Little known fact? When I was in elementary school, my dad taught me how to calculate the square root of any number using a pencil and paper.