Patrick Hoeffel

Patrick Hoeffel has a diverse and extensive work experience. Patrick currently holds the position of VP of Partners and Alliances for Fusion at Lucidworks, where they lead efforts to integrate technologies across the Composable Commerce ecosystem. Patrick previously served as the VP Integration and Enablement and VP Professional Services at the same company. Prior to joining Lucidworks, they worked at Polaris Alpha as a Senior Software Engineer, specializing in analytics and machine intelligence. Before that, they held a Senior Software Engineer role at Intelligent Software Solutions, where they developed various solutions for customers worldwide. Patrick also had several positions at Intelligent Software Solutions, including User Interface Branch Lead, Lead CIDNE Engineer, and Lead WebTAS Engineer. Patrick began their career at Configuresoft, Inc. as a Software Developer and also worked at Tribal Voice, MCI, Compuware Corporation, and CompuServe, Inc. as a Software Engineer and Consultant.

Patrick Hoeffel received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The Catholic University of America, where they studied from 1985 to 1989. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained a certification in "Why Trust Matters with Rachel Botsman" from LinkedIn in May 2023. Patrick also received certifications in "Supporting Workers with Disabilities" and "Shane Snow on Storytelling" from LinkedIn in April 2023 and December 2022 respectively. Moreover, they obtained a certification as an "Inspiring Comfort Certified Trainer" from Inspiring Comfort in December 2022. Additionally, they completed the "20 Habits of Executive Leadership" certification from LinkedIn in October 2022. In August 2020, they acquired a certification in "Delegating Tasks" from LinkedIn. Lastly, they became a "Certified Cassandra Developer" through O'Rielly in September 2015.