Rich Anderson
Senior Partner Technology Strategist
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRich Anderson is a Senior Partner Technology Strategist at Microsoft with 13 years of experience blending hands-on software implementation, business analysis, and partner-facing strategy. He helps partners build and commercialize solutions on Microsoft Cloud while drawing on deep Dynamics 365 consulting and implementation experience. Rich pairs technical contributions to prominent open-source .NET projects—such as feature and documentation work in the ASP.NET Core ecosystem—with practical skills in project planning, process documentation, and end-user training. His background supervising offshore teams and automating business processes gives him a strong operational lens for delivering repeatable, scalable solutions. Based in Indianapolis, he combines an MBA in MIS with a developer’s attention to detail, evidenced by commits that touch authentication, API versioning, and Swagger-enabled developer experiences. That blend of enterprise consulting, product-focused engineering, and documentation work makes him effective at translating complex technical capability into market-ready offerings.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems, Operations Management, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Management Information Systems, Operations Management at DePaul University - Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of BusinessBachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Managment Information Systems, Finance, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Managment Information Systems, Finance at University of Iowa
Github Skills (24)
apidoc10
api-design10
net10
mvc10
dotnet-new10
dotnet10
swagger10
asp-net-core10
asp-net10
api10
webapi10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
webforms10
documentation10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs.Samples
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:86 reviews, 88 commits, 345 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Rich focused on addressing issues related to static assets when modifying the `wwwroot` directory within the ASP.NET Core project. Their work involved modifying `Program.cs`, `WebRoot.csproj`, and `wwwroot-custom/Index.html` to enable the use of a custom `wwwroot` location. They also contributed to an MVC project by adding samples related to `TryParse`, modifying `WeatherForecastController.cs`, `DateRange.cs`, and related views. In addition, the user contributed to an API project as well.
dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs
Apr 2015 - Jan 2023
Documentation for ASP.NET Core
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2697 reviews, 3793 commits, 11719 PRs in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Rich is working on documentation for ASP.NET Core. The commits include changes to the API documentation and samples. They include examples of building a new web API.
aspnetaspasp-netnet-coreaspnet-core
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