Palinckx has over 25 years of experience driving technical sales growth, operations improvement and cross-organization collaboration. He most recently served as senior director of Systems Engineering for the Western U.S. area for NetApp where he led the technical team through a significant organizational merger and drove improvements in tools and processes while decreasing team attrition. Prior to this position, Palinckx held senior roles leading the technical team in the Central U.S. and later the Americas Commercial team. In these roles, he achieved significant net new account acquisition and increased team productivity while maintaining focus on team development and customer success. Before NetApp, Palinckx spent more than 10 years in various software development, support, data center operations and leadership roles in the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and Europe.