Patrick has over 20 years of experience in the IT field with a wide range of expertise including cloud architecture and services (IaaS, Paas and SaaS), virtualization, core IT infrastructure, networking, and IT project management. He is currently the Director of Cloud Services at Freeit Data Solutions in Austin, Texas, focused on the design and delivery of Azure, AWS and hybrid-cloud solutions for public-sector and enterprise customers. In the past, he served as the Director of Infrastructure Services for an international consulting firm and as the Director of Information Technology for a regional law firm in the Midwest. Patrick has a B.A. degree from California State University and an M.A. from Case Western Reserve University. He has taught various courses at the University of Akron and Baldwin-Wallace University, and frequently conducts technology training in the corporate world. He resides in Austin, Texas with his wife, Megan, and their son Donovan.