Pat Richard
Director & Principal Solutions Architect at Innervation
Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States
Summary
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SeniorPat Richard is a Michigan-based Director and Principal Solutions Architect with nearly two decades of hands-on IT experience and nine years focused on unified communications and Microsoft UC solutions. He leads strategy and delivery at Innervation, guiding migrations, automation, and designs that scale from small organizations to complex enterprises. Previously he built and led teams at VOSS and Modality Systems, shaping product roadmaps and UC automation for Skype for Business and Teams. Pat’s career began in networking and messaging, giving him deep expertise in Exchange, Lync, Active Directory, and complex migration projects across diverse platforms. Known for pairing practical automation with architecture, he often bridges pre-sales, design, and post-deployment support to deliver measurable operational improvements. Based in Sterling Heights, he combines field-proven troubleshooting with a long history of mentoring and documentation that helps organizations adopt resilient communications platforms.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
English, powershell
Stackoverflow
69reputation
4kreached
2answers
3questions
Github Skills (24)
obs10
streamdeck10
artnet10
skype10
surface10
microsoft-teams10
playback9
skype-for-business9
broadcast9
osc9
microsoft-graph7
powershell6
partial6
syntax6
windows-server6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
patrichard/Get-CsPhoneNumberAssignment
Jan 2018 - Oct 2019
Find where a specified full or partial LineUri is assigned in Skype for Business
Contributions:10 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 1 year 9 months
skype-for-businessskypepartial
patrichard/New-AdPasswordReminder
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 14 pushes in 1 day
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