Brian Desmond
Principal at Ravenswood Technology Group, LLC
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Desmond is a Principal and Microsoft platform specialist with over a decade of experience delivering enterprise-scale Active Directory, identity, security, and Office 365 solutions for Fortune 100 and large global organizations. He combines hands-on architecture and engineering with program-level oversight, having led large consolidations, global AD operations, and complex IAM engagements across public and private sectors. A 15-year Microsoft MVP, Brian regularly authors books and articles (including Active Directory, 5th Edition) and speaks at industry events, translating deep technical expertise into practical strategy and implementations. He founded Ravenswood Technology Group to provide focused advisory and delivery across Azure AD, MIM, Intune, Sentinel, and Microsoft Information Protection, and has a track record of improving automation and offshore delivery efficiency in large-scale environments. An uncommon strength is his blend of operational leadership and presales/consulting acumen—able to scope, sell, and execute high-stakes identity programs end-to-end.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
BS Applied Networking and Systems Administration (NSSA), BS Applied Networking and Systems Administration (NSSA) at Rochester Institute of Technology
Spanish
Stackoverflow
4,493reputation
366kreached
282answers
0questions
ldap
top-5%
active-directory
top-1%
Github Skills (48)
microsoft10
microsoft-azure10
windows-service10
active-directory10
windows-server10
azure10
ldap9
windows9
microsoft-identity9
documentation9
content-repository9
identity-manager9
solidworks8
exchange-server8
ata7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
bdesmond/azure-docs
Jun 2019 - Apr 2023
Open source documentation of Microsoft Azure
Contributions:3 pushes in 3 years 11 months
azuremicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
bdesmond/ExchangeAnalyzer
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:1 push, 6 branches in 1 day
securityanalyzerexchange
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