User:Billpatrianakos

Who is Bill Patrianakos
Bill Patrianakos (born William George Patrianakos on September 2, 1986) is a Greek-American entrepreneur and artist currently working at Clever Web Design, his own web development and marketing company. Bill has been known for his friendly, charming demeanor and his empathetic attitude that often gets him into trouble.

Childhood
Bill was born to Carol and George Patrianakos on September 2, 1986. His father was a Greek immigrant and his mother was born in the U.S. from parents of Polish descent. Bill's upbringing was very traditional.

Education
Bill went to grammar school at Lee R. Foster school in his then hometown of Oak Forest, Illinois. He then entered the 6th grade at Schilling School in Lockport Illinois and graduated junior high school at Homer Junior High in Homer Glen. His family moved from Oak Forest to Homer Glen in 1998. The move devastated Bill and it took almost five years to get over the shock as his new town had an upper class culture he was not used to. Bill graduated from Lockport Township High School in 2005. Throughout his education Bill was always an excellent student with a GPA hovering around 3.5. After his parents' divorce Bill had a hard time adjusting and did not do as well in school as he used to. He was accepted into Loyola University Chicago in 2005 but left after a semester as he knew he did not want to be a doctor. He then headed to study music composition at Columbia College in Chicago. He left the school after a year after his father repeatedly told him he could not make a living as a composer. After going to junior college for some time Bill finally entered DeVry University in 2009 and studied Computer Science.

Music
In 2002 Bill form the band Felix and Friends. The band's lineup changed often and was never steady. The band recorded twelve albums between 2002 and 2008 and played live occasionally.

Career and Entrepreneurship
In December of 2010, fed up with working in fast food and unable to make it past the interview process at several companies, Bill started Clever Web Design, a website services company focusing mostly on small businesses. Clever designs websites for small businesses and offers internet marketing, social media marketing, graphic design (business cards, brochures, etc.) and other small business marketing services including web hosting and domain name registration.