Rich Waller
Barrington Hills, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRich Waller is a seasoned technology executive and change-agent with over two decades driving digital transformation, product-led modernization, and operational excellence for Fortune-scale clients across manufacturing, energy, automotive, and financial services. As a former Microsoft CTO and Field CTO at 3Pillar Global, he has built and coached industry-aligned teams that translate cloud, data, and AI capabilities into measurable business value and prioritized customer experiences. He combines deep business architecture and solution design expertise with a human-centered coaching approach, repeatedly turning strategic initiatives into multimillion-dollar outcomes and organizational capability. Rich’s background spans hands-on systems engineering in aerospace to leading global Microsoft practice delivery models, giving him a rare blend of technical rigor and enterprise-scale program leadership. He is comfortable engaging C-level stakeholders to shape transformation roadmaps while mentoring cross-functional teams to adopt a Product Mindset. Based in Barrington Hills, IL, he thrives on creating practical, repeatable playbooks that scale change beyond single projects.
6 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Pre-engineering Engineering, Pre-engineering Engineering at Florida State UniversityMS Engineering Management, MS Engineering Management at Southern Methodist UniversityBS Aerospace Engineering, BS Aerospace Engineering at University of Florida
Github Skills (20)
cognitive-services10
reader10
azure-cognitive-services10
microsoft10
immersive-reader10
swagger10
microsoft-azure10
api10
sdk10
rest10
azure10
rest-api10
openapi10
editor9
electron9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/immersive-reader-sdk
Jul 2019 - Oct 2020
SDK for using the Immersive Reader through Cognitive Services
Contributions:201 reviews, 13 commits, 65 PRs in 1 year 3 months
azure-cognitive-servicessdkcognitivecognitive-servicesreader
rwallerms/azure-rest-api-specs
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
The source for REST API specifications for Microsoft Azure.
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
apispecificationsrestmicrosoft-azuremicrosoft
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