Patrick Decker

Patrick is Group Lead for the Software and Software as a Service Procurement team at Microsoft.  This team is responsible for sourcing activities related to the purchasing and licensing of third party software and software/SaaS IP and services.  He has over twenty years of experience in procurement, with the last ten being at Microsoft.  He previously managed the Technical Engineering Services Category, as well as being part of the Procurement team for the Server and Tools business group.

Patrick earned a Double Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Washington, with majors in Chinese Language/Literature, and Chinese Political Science.  He speaks Chinese fluently and can read/write both simplified and traditional Chinese characters.

Patrick has travelled extensively, having lived in Japan and China for extended periods of time, as well as various locations in the U.S. He currently resides in Washington State with his family where he stays busy balancing family life, work, community service, and outdoor activities.