Rick is a hands-on technology leader, speaker and published author with over 16 years' experience leading the delivery of complex, high-impact distributed business solutions in the Intelligent Transportation, Retail, Gaming and Hospitality space. Rick works on distributed systems and continuous improvement at Amazon Marketplace in Tempe, AZ.
Rick is a passionate community leader, published book author, speaker and former 9x Microsoft MVP (BizTalk, Connected Systems and Azure). Rick is the co-author of Windows Server AppFrabric CookBook, has authored whitepapers for Microsoft, articles on distributed software for CODE Magazine and has spoken at dozens of local, national and global conferences including AzureConf, Visual Studio Live!, That Conference! Most recently, Rick's current passion is helping to promote awareness of Type 1 Diabetes in the community through technology and by riding bikes with JDRF! You can keep up with Rick on his personal blog here: http://rickgaribay.net
About Amazon Marketplace
Together with our Sellers, internal tenants and Amazon Partners, we power the Amazon flywheel driving earth’s largest selection, lowest prices and availability. Over 55% of Amazon units sold flow through our platform and our job doesn’t end there. From exposing APIs that help our Sellers list, manage and fulfill their inventory to serving the secure ingest and workflow needs of various teams across the Amazon ecosystem, our mission is to provide the most innovative, scalable, and reliable systems in the world.
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