About Us

J. Scott Haugdahl - Founder, CTO

J. Scott Haugdahl has been involved with the networking industry for 25 years, starting shortly after graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology. He spent several years in a consulting role during the overhaul of the FAA airspace control system. From there he partnered with Pine Mountain Group where he split his time between troubleshooting critical network problems at Fortune 1000 companies and training others on the troubleshooting techniques he learned in the field. Many of these experiences where chronicled in a humorous but practical column he co-wrote for Network Computing. Next he became an entrepreneur and formed his first company, Net3 Group, dedicated to developing analysis utilities including a post-capture expert system (NetSense) for users of any brand of protocol analyzer. Mr. Haugdahl continued to teach users the fine art of network analysis and also wrote his popular book entitled Network Analysis and Troubleshooting, published by Addison Wesley.

Net3 Group formed a number of OEM relationships that lead to an acquisition by then AG Group, now WildPackets, in November of 2001. At WildPackets Mr. Haugdahl assumed the role of VP of Analysis Technology, developing and integrating the Net3 Group-developed expert system into the real-time EtherPeek and AiroPeek protocol analyzers and eventually the OmniPeek analysis platform. He was promoted to CTO into 2004 where he continued to work on the expert system, performed competitive analysis, and spoke at many industry events.

Scott enjoys photography, reading mystery novels, relaxing at the cabin, traveling to new places, the occasional pun, and getting involved with church activities. He is married and has two sons currently in high school.

Drop Scott a note at scott@bitcricket.com.

Robert Bullen - Founder, Chief Architect

Robert's strengths lie in his logic, graphics, and visualization skills. He loves to be the guy behind the scenes, applying his skills to network analysis in the form of software that helps others to understand the concepts and activities behind their networks.

Robert has been doing what he loves for the network analysis industry for over 11 years. Robert's career started at Net3 Group while he was still studying for his B.S. in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology. After the acquisition of Net3 Group by WildPackets, he continued to work with Scott as the lead software engineer for the Minnesota branch, integrating their innovations into EtherPeek/AiroPeek/OmniPeek in the form of the real-time Expert, Peer Map, and Apdex dashboard.

Robert's interests include mountain biking, playing in softball & dodge ball leagues, perfecting the art of homebrewing, and appreciating architecture & design. Robert is married to a wonderfully supportive wife and owns a cute little terrier named Oliver.

Drop Robert a note at robert@bitcricket.com.

Contact Information

For all training, consulting, and network troubleshooting enquires, please send an email to sales@bitcricket.com. Our normal business hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Central Time, Monday through Friday except standard U.S.holidays.

Our shipping address is:

Bitcricket LLC
1377 Grace Drive
Eagan, MN 55123

Phone: 651-314-4290