Richard Glaser
Solutions Architect at University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Summary
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SeniorRichard Glaser is a solutions architect and veteran Apple-focused IT leader with 25+ years of experience designing, integrating, and automating client platforms in higher education and enterprise environments. Based in Salt Lake City, he leads cross-platform architecture initiatives at the University of Utah, blending Apple and Microsoft ecosystems with identity, access, and enterprise application services while providing Tier 3/4 escalation and strategic modernization. Known for mentoring teams and driving automation and standardization, he has repeatedly partnered with vendors like Apple and Jamf to solve complex, multi-vendor problems at scale. Colleagues describe him as resourceful and proactive; less obvious is his long-running commitment to hands-on support dating back to early Mac networks in the 1990s, which gives him deep institutional memory and practical perspective on system evolution.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (167)
dmg10
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applescript10
pkg10
shell10
installer10
macos10
zsh10
pyobjc10
display-manager10
script10
orientation10
apple-silicon9
qgis9
tms9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
univ-of-utah-marriott-library-apple/python-jamf
Oct 2020 - Apr 2022
`python-jamf` is a library for connecting to a Jamf Server. It maps Jamf Pro records to a Record class. It is the basis for the `jctl` tool to automate patch management & packages and many other items.
Contributions:53 commits, 10 PRs, 44 pushes in 1 year 5 months
patchapipythontool-to-automatepowershell
uurazzle/macadminscomcal
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
The Mac Admins Community Calendar
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
macoscalendarmac
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