• Owner and founder of several outdoor recreation companies in Northwest Montana
  • Developed and frequently presents a seminar on Buying and Selling Outfitting Businesses
  • Past President and 12-year Board member for the Montana Outfitters and Guides Association
  • Active member of America Outdoors, PWOA (Past President) and other trade organizations
  • Worked at the executive level in the Corporate world for 25 years supervising many international merger/acquisition due diligence projects, complex negotiations of international firms, audits and special multi-firm joint consulting projects
  • Has served as an independent consultant for Leadership Development, Strategy, Business Planning and Professional Service Practices since 2004

Patrick M. Tabor is the owner of the Swan Group of Companies, which provide a full spectrum of outfitting services. Pat initially formed Swan Mountain Outfitters, LLC with the purchase of Lion Creek Outfitters in 2004. Swan Mountain Outfitters offers a variety of outdoor adventures including hunting, fly-fishing float trips, pack trips in the Bob Marshall, trail rides and a guest ranch with Cross Country skiing. In 2007, he purchased Mule Shoe Outfitters and created Swan Mountain Outfitters – Glacier Division, LLC which is the exclusive trail ride provider in Glacier National Park. Also in 2007, Pat founded Swan Mountain Wilderness Guide School which offers a variety of courses based on the latest in hunting guide school instruction, hunting techniques, hunting outfitter and adventurer training, and trail ride wrangler instruction taught by recognized experts and professionals. The Swan Group of Companies also includes Swan Mountain Consulting Group which consults with companies on strategic planning, performance improvement, buy/sell transactions, succession planning, leadership development and other specialized areas of consulting focused on the outfitting industry.

Prior to forming the Swan Group of Companies, Pat was an executive with an International Accounting firm, advising clients as a professional for over 25 years.  Pat has consulted with buyers and sellers of businesses on over 200 transactions in his career.  He has been a licensed CPA in the states of Montana, New York, Illinois, California and Nevada. Pat has experience conducting multi-day workshops and has spoken at dozens of seminars. Pat currently works part-time as a senior advisor in the Center for Business Transition of RSM US, LLP.  He also is a senior consultant and on the faculty of the Center for Character Based Leadership.

Pat graduated with honors from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Information Systems and a Masters of Science in Business Administration.  He has attended executive training on Competition and Strategy at both Harvard and the University of Chicago.

Pat is an avid outdoorsman and hunter with a true passion and understanding for the outdoor recreation industry and the businesses that comprise it.