Pat O’Neill
Pat O’Neill
Regional Sales Executive of Americas/National Product Manager
Born and raised in the southern suburbs of Chicago, graduated from Illinois State University where I also played rugby, moved to Milwaukee in 1991 and continued to play rugby for another 8 years. Married for over 30 years to my wife Lezli we have 2 sons and we love Wisconsin, Milwaukee and the Brewers.
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