Patrick Lo

In the early 90s I was fortunate to work in Vancouver as a regional manager for Famous Players, and so got to work with, and get to know Patrick . Patrick is one of the nicest and most talented people that I have worked with, over the years visiting with him we laughed a lot about a lot of things, I learned much from Patrick about Business in Hong Kong and Vancouver. Patrick was always concerned for his staff, his team and his customers, they were his passion and no matter what we talked about Patrick always brought things back to what we could do for people. He worked with the company to expand food facilities, get the best possible sound in the theatre and enlarge screens, his vision was a world class entertainment experience and he coached and trained his teams to deliver the same for customers. Over the years he mentored many people that went on to be successful managers and business people in other industries, all of them credit Patrick's leadership to their success and vision. In Vancouver Patrick Lo was very much the Famous Players brand, the success of the Capitol 6 and is iconic place on Granville street were due in big part to his efforts. Even the people that did not know his name felt the benefit and his presence on the entertainment experience. That skill and that vision for the customer he later took over to IMAX. Patrick could back into a parking space like nobody ever, at high speed but with such amazing precision, I asked him about that once and he simply gave that Patrick Lo shrug and said I was a valet for a couple of years ... I had better be good at backing in, and then gave that whole body laugh the way he would. People who knew Patrick well, knew a few things about him; His passion for business and people, his love of movies, and his one true love and that was Rosie. People were honestly so impressed with how much he adored her, and when the 2 of them married people felt it was like the perfect Hollywood movie ending; the Guy gets the girl, the girl gets the guy and they ride off into the sunset together. I am sure that Patrick and Rosie built a truly perfect life together. Patrick Loved movies especially the big grand blockbusters, as I thought about some of those movies one quote stuck out to me.. " All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." - Gandolf Lord of the Rings.. Patrick chose to make a difference for people, to care about them, to coach and lead them, to improve the world around them in the best way that he could. Patrick left more in the world than he took from it, I do and will miss him and the world is better for him being here, but sad that he is gone. However I think that Patrick left a little part of himself in all of the people that he touched in his life, and in the end that is all that one person can do, he did it well. Thank you Patrick