A native of Tallmadge, Ohio, Paduchik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Akron in 1989, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.

[10] Shortly thereafter, he was asked to run Bush's reelection efforts in Ohio in 2004 and succeeded through a grassroots campaign which included the help of about 85,000 volunteers to motivate up to 175,000 new voters, most of whom where presumably Republican, to cast their votes.

[11][12] He then again moved to the private sector, where he became vice-president of client services at the public affairs firm DCI Group before joining Rob Portman's, who ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate in February 2009.

[1] In February 2011, Paduchik became senior vice president of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity for state affairs and outreach.

He is a member of the board of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio Foundation as well as a certified coach for the United States Soccer Federation.