Don

Drees

Practice Director – Information Technology

Don is a Practice Director at Patina – A Korn Ferry Company and focuses primarily on Information Technology. He has been with the company since 2019.

Don is a senior executive with more than 30 years’ experience in leadership and business transformation. At Patina, he works with clients to leverage resources and develop growth, improvement, and transformation initiatives across multiple industries, with a range of innovation and experiences from Information Technology to Finance Management and Supply Chain.

Before joining Patina, he worked as Managing Director for a global consulting firm. There, Don worked with Fortune 500 companies to envision strategic programs and bring them to life. Don has led initiatives in CRM, Supply Chain, Business Development and Business Intelligence. He has also served as President of a school network with responsibilities for the enterprise.

Don has a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has served on committees at both the UW-Madison School of Business and its Industrial Engineering Department.