Hi. My name is Patrick Marc Dodd , good to meet you. I have been the one running the blog here (and thus interviewing people for our blog’s “Who We Are” series) for the past few months and figured the near-end of our “Who We Are” series would be a good time to introduce myself to you. I am Jedidiah’s “Social Brand Manager” as I currently run the social media outlets, maintain relationships with our humanitarian partners and some bands and manage the interns. Here is a bit about me:

I was born in a suburb of Paris, France called Creil and lived in a town called Boran-Sur-Oise until the age of 8. In June of 1994, my dad accepted a position in San Diego and have lived here ever since except for my time in college. I am the oldest of four children and love my siblings a ton.

I started in the American education system at Holmes Elementary School, continued at Marston Middle School, which was followed by Clairemont High School. I completed my higher education with a Bachelor’s Degree in Speech Communication at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. (Sic ‘Em Bears!)

I have been involved with Jedidiah in some way or another since the beginning of its existence. First being exposed as a camper at Walking on Water surf camp shortly after it began. I loved the people behind it and still do, especially since those people are now my coworkers.

I grew up wanting to be a professional athlete until I one day learned that you had to try out and you couldn’t just choose to be a professional athlete. Then, from early high school on, I dreamed of doing music in some capacity and that dream lives on through the label that I will tell you about in a second and getting to lead worship at different churches every so often.

Free time: What’s that? Just kidding. But life has been pretty insane for the past year or so. Aside from working at Jedidiah, I work part-time at Blinksale (a super rad online invoicing application) and I have started an indie record label with a great friend of mine called Attaboy Records. Even though there are several other small projects here and there, I LOVE spending time and traveling with my wife of almost two years, Mrs. Lacey Dodd. We just got back this week from a little anniversary trip with some of our best friends in San Francisco and Sonoma that was incredible. Other than that, I love playing guitar when I get a chance and surfing (although I haven’t been in forever and Kahana and Billy would love to see that happen).

Our favorite places to visit (now including Lacey in the mix) would have to be London, Turks & Caicos (where we honeymooned) and San Francisco.

The things that are currently inspiring me are almost always the same: big vision, great ideas, sharp design, fresh music, killer lyrics and Lacey. I am also super fortunate to have an unfair amount of talented friends and they really inspire me every day. On a related note, I have so much to be thankful for. Seriously, the relationships I have with people and things I have gotten to do are ridiculous.

A few things you wouldn’t necessarily know about me are:

1) I was born in France (even though you know because I already told you that), 2) when I was in 10th grade, my club soccer team was invited to play the Women’s National Team months after they won the World Cup and we beat them 5-0, 3) I enjoy playing tennis and ping-pong a lot. I have schooled Bill Walton a ping-pong several times and 4) I am a super neat freak.

My three current favorite bands are probably Phoenix, Paper Route and José Gonzalez.

The most defining moment of my life without a doubt was on June 14 when I married the most incredible girl in the universe and told her that no matter what happens in this life, I will never leave her and always be by her side.

The next thing I am going to eat is probably some miso soup at Sushi Deli. I have a soccer game shortly after, so I don’t want to eat much more than that.

I love working at Jedidiah. The environment around here is a really fun place to work and I love the people that are associated with Jedidiah. If I can do anything for you, feel free to e-mail me at patrick@jedidiahusa.com.

If you are interested, check out pdodd.com or follow me on Twitter at www.twitter.com/p_dodd.

Photos from top to bottom by: Graham Dodd, Huy Nguyen, Austin Mann.