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What ’ s your background in the data center sector ?
Based in Austin , Texas , I joined EkkoSense in 2022 from Schneider Electric where I spent 10 years as Software Sales Manager driving sales of the company ’ s EcoStruxure data center operations and monitoring and control software . Before that I was a Data Center Infrastructure Management Consultant for APC , joining the company in 2005 when APC acquired NetBotz and its suite of data center environmental and video monitoring solutions .
What attracted you to the EkkoSense role ?
EkkoSense is a rapidly growing global SaaS company that ’ s increasingly recognized as the smart choice for data center teams looking to take their operational performance to the next level . Unlike traditional ,
IT-led DCIM based approaches , EkkoSense offers a distinctive , light-touch AI-enabled software-driven thermal optimization approach and , as EkkoSense ’ s Vice President of North American Operations , there ’ s a great opportunity to build on the company ’ s success to date across the Americas region .
So how is EkkoSense different to traditional data center optimization approaches ?
Everything EkkoSense does is informed by engineering first principles – with core heat transfer and thermodynamics disciplines at the heart of the EkkoSense business and proposition . The company offers a deep understanding of energy efficiency and heat transfer across all aspects of critical facilities – from HVAC , building services and facilities management through to the latest revolutionary clean tech and energy-efficient systems . The result is a far
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