Pratik Patel is a veteran software leader with 14 years of experience driving developer advocacy, product strategy, and engineering teams across cloud, Java, and mobile domains. As VP of Developer Advocacy at Azul and former Principal Developer Advocate at IBM, he blends hands-on coding, technical content creation, and C-level strategic guidance to translate product capabilities into measurable customer ROI. He has led engineering and product efforts as CTO at TripLingo and held senior architecture roles at AT&T and Deutsche Bank, giving him deep expertise in scalable web and cloud infrastructure. An active community builder—serving as President of the Atlanta Java Users Group—he’s known for turning technical vision into conferences, code samples, and workshops that raise product comprehension both internally and externally. Notably, his advocacy work has directly influenced product direction and contributed to multi-million-dollar customer outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Informatics/Biomedical Engineering, Master's, Informatics/Biomedical Engineering at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Pratik Patel - VP Developer Advocacy at Atlanta Java Users Group