Patrick Langlois

About Patrick Langlois

At Unite8, I serve as the CEO & Founder of a Next Gen Social Media Platform. leveraging my expertise in presales leadership to design innovative solutions that align with enterprise and mid-market customers\' digital transformation goals. My focus includes architecting cutting-edge strategies across compute, storage, networking, security, and hybrid/multi-cloud environments, with an emphasis on unlocking business value through AI and advanced analytics.With a strong foundation in OEM technologies such as Dell Technologies and HPE, I empower organizations to modernize their infrastructure and future-proof operations. Passionate about bridging technology with business outcomes, I collaborate with teams to drive impactful conversations around AI, GenAI, and analytics, ensuring our solutions meet both current and emerging enterprise demands.

Experience

1. Founder & CEO

   Unite8

   Jan 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Founder and lead a consulting practice focused on delivering data-driven, services-led data center solutions across enterprise and SLED environments.Specialize in aligning business outcomes with modern infrastructure strategies, including: • AI-ready architectures and emerging technologies • Compute, storage, and hyperconverged platforms • Networking (core, edge, security, and fabric design) • Data protection, backup, and cyber resiliencyAct as a trusted advisor and presales leader, partnering with sales organizations and customers to design, position, and close complex solutions.Key Impact & Achievements: • Influenced and supported $5M–$20M+ in pipeline opportunities, contributing to high-value deal progression and closures • Improved deal velocity by 20–30% through streamlined solution design and clear business alignment • Increased win rates by 15–25% by translating technical architectures into outcome-based value propositions • Led data-driven assessments (e.g, workload analysis, performance baselining) to validate right-sized solutions and reduce over/under-provisioning • Developed services-led strategies that expanded opportunities into multi-phase engagements (land and expand) • Enabled sales teams across multiple territories and verticals, consistently driving net-new growth and account expansionLeverage analytics, assessments, and workload insights to drive fact-based recommendations, while building scalable services strategies that ensure long-term customer success and adoption.Recognized for navigating supply chain constraints and delivering creative sourcing and architecture strategies to maintain timelines and meet customer expectations.#Unite8 #Innovation #HumanConnection

Education

• VMware Education

  VCP 4x, 5x, 6x, Information Technology

  2010 — 2010

• Self paced Online

  AWS Certified Solution Architect

  2017 — 2017

• 3-SOFT

  MCSE, Microsoft Certified System Engineer

  1996 — 1996

• Novell Training Center

  CNE, Certified Netware Engineer

  1994 — 1995

• Champlain College

  CCNA, Cisco Certified Network Administrator

  1998 — 1999

• CTC

  VMware VCP 4

• Institut Herzing College

  CEC, Electronics

  1995 — 1996

• Champlain College

  Cegep, Information Technology

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Solution Architecture
• Brocade
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery
• Saas
• San
• Vsphere
• Cisco
• Servers
• Itil
• Windows Server 2008
• Outsourcing
• Netapp
• Vmware Esx
• Cloud Computing
• Pre-Sales
• Vdi
• Infrastructure
• Vcp
• Storage Area Networks
• Hardware
• Ccna
• Professional Services
• High Availability
• Clustering
• Virtualization Solutions
• Networking
• Hp
• Replication
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Network Architecture
• Virtualization
• Network Security
• Managed Services
• Integration
• Storage Architecture
• Business Continuity