His current projects are focused on the semantic expression of data science concepts and relationships in various domains, including solar, upper atmosphere, ocean sciences, earth science informatics, as well as computer science areas such as knowledge representation, semantic technologies, distributed semantic data frameworks, robust collaboration and content management environments, and agile software engineering. Previously, Patrick was a senior software engineer at the High Altitude Observatory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. Patrick has been a long-term contributor to the Hyrax OPenDAP software project. He has 23 years post-degree experience which includes large and small companies, startups, non profits, research organizations, and academia.