Sunny Connolly, Joined Patterson-Bryant in 2001, prior to that he was CEO/President of The Connolly Group International Ltd. A Division of Connolly Holdings, The Connolly Group, is a marketing research firm specializing in competitive intelligence and marketing research. The groups clients range from SHBrown.com to Dr. Pepper. In 1998 he was Vice President of A.I.A Marketing Technologies and was responsible for A.I.A's marketing and business solutions.

Prior to co-founding A.I.A, Mr. Connolly was a market analyst for JD Power & Associates where he was responsible for the development of studies related to the automotive industry in retail, marketing and strategic planning. Prior to his career at JD Power & Associates, he was responsible for International Marketing and Competitive Intelligence at Prestolite Wire Corp. conducting research on international and US competitors, his research was used in various mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Prestolite Wire, Mr. Connolly was asst. marketing director for Broner Inc. where he began benchmarking competitors and new markets for product potential and forecasting. Mr. Connolly is a Graduate of Oakland University with a BS in marketing and 2 minors in International management and Management Information Systems.

Mr. Connolly is also CEO, Co-founder of Pro-Allied Software Solutions. He is also CEO/Chairman of Connolly Holdings. He has won praise for his successful consulting many local small business, and all of this before the age of 27.

Sunny is responsible for all of Patterson - Bryant's 425 group clients.