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Patrick Kelley
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About Patrick Kelley
Chief Technology Evangelist | Top 50 UCaaS Influencer | Author | Distinguished Architect | Speaker | Donut Lover
I make complicated technology understandable, practical, and occasionally uncomfortable. I am a Distinguished Architect at Zoom, a technology evangelist, competitive strategist, public speaker, and the creator of Tattooed Nerd. My career has been built at the intersection of unified communications, cloud collaboration, artificial intelligence, enterprise architecture, and the modern workplace. I help organizations understand how platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft actually fit together, where they overlap, what they really cost, and how to make better technology decisions without getting buried beneath licensing charts, corporate messaging, or industry jargon. Before joining Zoom, I spent years inside the Microsoft ecosystem specializing in enterprise voice and collaboration. That experience gives me a perspective that is both technical and practical. I understand Microsoft. I understand Zoom. More importantly, I understand that most customers do not live entirely inside one platform. The real world is almost always more complicated than the sales presentation. My areas of expertise include: UCaaS and enterprise communications Zoom and Microsoft coexistence Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, Entra, Copilot, and licensing Zoom Workplace, Zoom Phone, Zoom Contact Center, and Zoom AI Enterprise voice, telephony, SIP, and cloud migration Artificial intelligence, AI agents, governance, and consumption costs Hybrid work, meeting technology, home offices, and video production Through Tattooed Nerd, I create videos and posts that explain technology without the corporate filter. Sometimes that means teaching people how something works. Sometimes it means challenging the way a product is marketed. Sometimes it means exposing the hidden cost or complexity behind the headline. I believe technical content can be intelligent without being boring. I believe people deserve honest answers. And I believe credibility comes from doing the work, testing the technology, and being willing to say what you actually think. I also speak at industry events, customer conferences, executive briefings, and technical sessions about collaboration, AI, competitive strategy, and the future of work. Outside of enterprise technology, I am obsessed with content creation, cameras, lighting, audio, broadcast design, OBS, and building professional studios that make virtual communication look and sound significantly better. I am not interested in repeating talking points. I am interested in explaining what is real.
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My LinkedIn audience
- Followers
- 27,678
- Est. median reach
- 4.8K
- Reactions per post
- 35
- Median of recent posts
My most engaged audience
32% Manager / Lead · 33% Engineering / Data
From 627 people who reacted to or commented on my posts
Public LinkedIn data · Sep 14, 2026
Recent posts
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60 days ago I was diagnosed with skin cancer…and this is what I did next. I didn’t really react as expected when diagnosed with cancer. My first thought was “It’s just skin cancer. Who cares. Just cut it off and I’m done.” Apparently it’s not that easy. Who knew?…(I mean other than the cancer doctors that know way more than me.) So prior to the diagnosis they did like 3 biopsies. I honestly didn’t think it was a big deal. Get some skin samples. Send it off to the lab. Boom done. It was only the beginning apparently. All the biopsies came back positive for cancer. So they dropped the bomb on me in the doctor’s office. And my mind thinks “OK, how do we fix it?” Surgery first then chemical treatment apparently. It’s called Mohs surgery. They basically shave layers of skin off. Every layer is tested for cancer and they keep shaving skin layers until no cancer. They did this at several places on my head. Wasn’t a huge deal. I was numbed up. Didn’t feel a thing. Couple hours, I was in and out, albeit 32 stitches on my face and scalp later. Problem solved until… The doctors said “OK, we cut out all the cancer we can see, but there is a lot we can’t cut out because we can’t see it.” WTF? So now I basically have to start the 2nd stage of killing all the cancer which involves basically putting this ointment on my face and scalp a couple times a day. It was a compounded cream: calcipotriene 0.005% + fluorouracil (5‑FU) 5%. Notice the FU part. That is 100% appropriate. It’s sort of like a chemo ointment for your skin. And it completely sucks! Way worse than surgery. Imagine putting a slow acting acid on your skin twice a day for 10 days. And every time you put it on it burns worse and worse. And you can’t stop. You need to do it 20 times. And every time your skin reacts. It gets burned worse and worse every day. And every day you put on more “medicine” (acid) and it effing hurts more and more everyday. And your skin gets “burnt”. It starts to react. It turns red. It scabs. It itches. It’s super painful. 10 days later it’s finally done, or so I thought. The “chemo” continues for another 10 days. Are you “effing” kidding me??? But I completed the treatment. It’s finally over. And I took pics along the way. It was humbling. It was embarrassing. It was painful. I looked like a monster for about 20 days. I felt like a snake shedding its skin. I wore a hat all the time because I was ashamed of the way I looked. But it’s over. Well maybe. I just got done with treatment. Now I need to go back to the doctor and see if it all worked. So. I’ll keep the updates coming. Moral of the story. Wear a hat. Put sun screen on. Limit sun exposure. Blah blah blah. Do what I didn’t do.
342 reactions · 105 commentsViewPatrick Kelley
I’m going to do something I almost never do on LinkedIn. I’m going to directly ask you to follow me. Zoom is running an internal contest during September. The employee with the largest percentage increase in LinkedIn followers wins. I started the month with roughly 27,500 followers, so apparently building an audience for years means I get to play this game on hard mode. Awesome. Over the past 14 days, my posts generated 92,721 impressions. But those impressions only produced around 147 new followers. A lot of people are reading, reacting and commenting without actually hitting the Follow button. So instead of quietly hoping people follow me, I’m asking. Why should you? Because I make complicated technology understandable. I break down Zoom, Microsoft, UCaaS, CCaaS and AI without hiding behind marketing language. I demonstrate how the technology actually works, challenge bad assumptions and call out bullshit when something doesn’t add up. I’ll tell you when Microsoft gets something right. I’ll tell you when Zoom needs to do better. I’ll show you the studio, cameras and gear behind my content. And occasionally I’ll talk about getting fired, surviving an accident, fighting skin cancer or whatever else is happening in my very strange life. You won’t agree with everything I say. That’s kind of the point. But you’ll always know that I actually believe what I’m saying. So if you’ve been reading my posts but haven’t followed me yet, hit the Follow button. Don’t just like this post and disappear. And if you already follow me, send this to one nerd who should be here. Yes, I want to win the contest. I’m not going to pretend otherwise. Follow the Tattooed Nerd. Stay sharp, stay focused, and stay nerdy.
47 reactions · 11 commentsViewPatrick Kelley
The fastest way to ruin honest feedback in a meeting? Letting the boss speak first. Seriously, they will ruin the tone of the meeting. I'm not kidding. (But if you're my boss reading this, I am totally kidding!) One person gives an opinion, somebody says “I agree,” and suddenly the entire room magically has the same idea. That might be consensus. Or it might just be groupthink. Group thinking kills creativity and innovation. ⠀ I just recorded a quick video showing one of my favorite ways to attack this with Zoom Whiteboard. Private Mode lets everyone put their thoughts on the board at the same time without seeing what anyone else is writing. That means no copying the loudest person in the room. No waiting to see what leadership thinks. No changing your answer because somebody else went first. Then you reveal everything at once, keep the authors anonymous, vote on the ideas, run a pulse check, and actually get a better read on what the room thinks instead of just what people are willing to say out loud. That distinction matters, because the best idea in your meeting may be coming from the person who talks the least. I break down exactly how I do it in the video below. And if you like practical Zoom, Microsoft, UCaaS and workplace tech content without the corporate nonsense, follow me. I’ve got a lot more coming this month. Stay sharp, stay focused, and stay nerdy. Tattooed Nerd
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