Patricio Mascarenas Email Address

Venture Partner and President

Fontinalis Partners, with offices in Detroit and Boston, is a venture capital firm strategically focused on next generation mobility. The firm was founded in 2009 by Bill Ford, Ralph Booth, Mark Schulz, Chris Cheever and Chris Thomas. Fontinalis' mission is to leverage the team's considerable management experience, market access, strategic relationships, international expertise, and background in transportation innovation to scale companies providing next-generation mobility solutions.

Paul Mascarenas currently serves as a member of the board of directors at ON Semiconductor (NASDAQ: ON), the United States Steel Corporation (NYSE: X) and the Shyft Group (NASDAQ: SHYF). In addition, Paul is a Venture Partner with a Detroit based strategic investment firm, Fontinalis Partners and advises a number of start up and early stage companies. With a passion for engineering, Paul served as chairman of FISITA (UK) Ltd from 2018-2021, and prior to that, as President for 2014-16. He was also the Chairman/President of SAE International for the 2019 term. From 1982 to 2014, Paul held positions of increasing responsibility at Ford Motor Company, progressing to become a Corporate Vice President and Chief Technical Officer.  In this role he led Ford’s worldwide research and advanced engineering organization, overseeing the development and implementation of the company’s technology strategy and plans. Paul chaired Ford's Technology Advisory Board and established the Palo Alto Research and Innovation Center, leading the company’s vision to provide uncompromised mobility for people around the world. Paul has extensive experience in engineering, product development, management of large capital intensive projects, and business leadership, with assignments in the UK, Germany and the US. He has served in a number of business, technology and academic advisory roles. These include AMM Power Corp (Senior Advisor and Chair of the Advisory Board), the British American Business Council, Magna Technology Advisory Council (founding member), the China SAE International Technology Advisory Committee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Scientific Advisory Council. Paul holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of London, King's College in England, and an Honorary Doctorate degree from Chongqing University in China. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and an SAE International Fellow. In December 2014 he was appointed an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition of his services to the automotive industry.