Patrick H. Piper - President/Owner and Principal Consultant  Linkedin

Patrick has over 18 years of experience in IT networking, with an emphasis on IPAM, DNS, and DHCP technologies.  He graduated from N.C. State University with a BA in Business Management and was an All-American in Cross Country and Track.  During his early work years following graduation, he took his running to the National level at the Marathon distance, by qualifying for the 1994 Olympic Trials in just his first Marathon.  Today, he applies the same hard work ethic and dedication that helped him be successful as an athlete to his IT consultancy.  Patrick followed a well-planned job progression, starting as a systems engineer working in network operating systems and routing technologies.  He advanced into consulting, where he learned how to effectively communicate and interface with technical and non-technical personnel on various large-scale IP services projects.  In 1995, he founded Netlinx, Inc. originally as a systems integration firm focused on small business networking.  Over the last 15 years his focus and emphasis has been on providing professional consulting and development services in the IPAM industry to large Enterprise firms.

I have worked with Patrick for over a year as we have worked together to merge two completely different IP management platforms and cultures into one. His understanding of QIP, Infoblox, and the DNS and DHCP protocols is second to none. I highly recommend Patrick and Netlinx to any firm needing his consulting services and would be glad to serve as a reference.

-- Sam Linton, Wells Fargo & Company

I have had a number of opportunities to employee Patrick in the performance of work for key customers. Patrick has an excellent command of various technologies that any small or large company might have need of, including LAN, WAN, system administration, database, scripting, DNS, DHCP, and many more that are too numerous to mention. Patrick's standards and quality of work are impeccable and are what I would consider to be at the very top of his profession. He has the unique ability to quickly grasp the layout of any task assigned and provide not only recommendations, but also the ability to perform and execute the tasks. His integrity is beyond reproach. I give Patrick my highest possible recommendation

-- Don Galaska, Alcatel-Lucent

Patrick is a recruiter's honor to work with. He has been a consultant of mine/INT Technologies for our Fortune 100 clients. His work is continuously complimented by hiring managers and other key stakeholders on his projects. Patrick is technically diverse and has a passion for technology and his profession. He is reliable, self efficient and goal oriented. Patrick is a true asset to any team and organization.

-- Tamara Maloney, INT Technologies

I worked with Patrick for 3 years at Citigroup as a member of the DNS Integration team. Patrick's vast knowledge of web development, database technologies, networking tools, and IPAM/DNS/DHCP products make him an invaluable asset to the organization. During my tenure at Citigroup, I witnessed Patrick develop tools that made the entire DNS teams more efficient and effective. Whenever there was a process that was prone to error, Patrick would immediately recognize it, and write tools that would either monitor it, or simply provide more visibility for troubleshooting the process. Patrick is very self-starting, and did not need his manager to direct him in such cases. Simply put, he knows exactly what needs working on, and knows how to perform the work. Patrick also possesses requisite management skills and is able to deal with all people at all levels in the organization. He demonstrated the ability to give detailed technical explanations or high level presentations to either technical personnel or senior management. Patrick is a well rounded individual and this unique skill set brings nothing but value to anyone that retains his services. I consider Patrick one of my mentors and give him credit for helping me learn more deeply about web technology, scripting and DNS/DHCP. To this day, I can tap him on the shoulder and ask him any question, whether it be technical or personal, and he will give his full attention to me and help me in any way he can. I fully recommend Patrick and can be contacted for more information.

-- Salvatore Cascio, Cisco Systems

Patrick and I worked together in the DNS engineering group. We worked on several projects consolidating and/or upgrading VitalQIP environments. He's a great colleague and a great teacher. He helped me to learn Perl and PHP.

-- Kris Hubert, porttracker, Inc.

Founded in 1995, Netlinx, Inc. is headquartered in Park City, UT, USA, with global operations.

1995
Patrick H. Piper founded Netlinx, Inc. as a small systems integration firm.  The business focused on designing, implementing, and supporting small business networks.  The firm specialized in deploying the network operating system Novell NetWare in support of its business clients.

1997
Netlinx, Inc. is named as one of Quadritek's exclusive QAgent business partners.  Quadritek Systems, the original manufacturer of QIP, outsourced a significant portion of its professional services delivery through its QAgent program.  QAgents were responsible for initial design, installation, support, and maintenance of the QIP product.

1998
Netlinx Inc. continues to establish itself as a premier QIP independent solutions provider when Lucent Technologies purchases QIP from Quadritek Systems.  The QIP product name is changed to VitalQIP and is the most robust IPAM product in the marketplace.

1998
Netlinx, Inc. assists Lucent Technologies in software Quality Assurance (QA) for the eminent release of VitalQIP 5.0, one of the most significant releases of the VitalQIP software family.

1999
Netlinx, Inc has done business with over 60 Fortune 500 customers worldwide, performing various installs, upgrades, and troubleshooting support efforts.

1999 - 2008
Netlinx, Inc. is engaged by a Fortune 50 financial services firm in support their worldwide implementation of VitalQIP.  Netlinx, Inc. provides professional consulting and software development services in support of their IPAM environment, consisting of 200+ infrastructure servers, 1,200 Domains, and over 1.2 Million IP Addresses.

2009
Netlinx, Inc. achieves the industry certifications with Infoblox: Infoblox CICA - Certified Infoblox Core Administrator, Infoblox CICE - Certified Infoblox Core Engineer.

Present
Netlinx, Inc. continues to deliver "best-in-class" IPAM-specific professional services to customers.