Reid Patrick is a Distinguished Engineer at Solliance specializing in large-scale cloud migrations, advanced networking, and DevOps automation. He works with enterprise engineering teams to design and implement modern cloud platforms that improve reliability, security, and operational velocity.

 

A 15-year Microsoft veteran, Reid brings extensive experience in IT infrastructure and large-scale operations. He has architected and led teams supporting some of the largest service providers in North America, managing environments with up to 15,000 Windows Servers and 120 million endpoints. Reid is widely recognized for his expertise in Azure infrastructure and has spoken at technical conferences worldwide. He also authored the Networking, Identity, and Containers chapters of Microsoft Press’s Azure 70-533 Exam Reference and has developed Microsoft Official Curriculum, workshops, and hands-on labs used by organizations globally.

 

At Solliance, Reid leads complex modernization initiatives including enterprise landing zone design, large-scale cloud migrations, DevOps platform engineering, and security incident response and ransomware recovery. His work spans multi-cloud architecture, governance, security, and AI integration with Azure OpenAI—helping organizations modernize critical platforms while operating securely and confidently in the cloud.