Darin Patterson
Darin Patterson is Vice President of Market Strategy at Make, a leading platform for AI agents and automation. He helps companies move beyond AI experimentation to real, measurable transformation, pairing autonomous AI agents with the automation foundation that makes them reliable in production.
A frequent keynote speaker and podcast guest, Darin champions a people-first approach to AI adoption, summed up in his belief that companies should “invest in people as much as, if not more than, they invest in AI.”


Professional expertise
Darin is a captivating leader with more than 20 years’ experience transforming the world of work with technology, backed by a rare blend of psychology, business, and product expertise. Today, Darin’s work centers on agentic AI and enterprise automation strategy. He speaks and writes on designing multi-agent workflows that prove AI ROI. He regularly showcases Make’s latest innovations, including Make AI Agents, Make Grid, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), and has shared these ideas at events such as Web Summit and on podcasts including The Neuron and EM360 Tech Transformed.
