EkkoSense extends US Technical Team
Global AI-powered data center optimization specialist appoints 20+ years veteran Justin Blumling as Head of Technical Sales
“EkkoSense offers an exciting market proposition that I’ve been following for the last five years, and 2026 is a great time for me to join the team.”
19th January 2026 — EkkoSense, a global leader in the provision of AI-powered data center optimization software, has further strengthened its North American technical sales team with the appointment of Justin Blumling. Justin brings over 20 years’ data center cooling, power distribution, DCIM and optimization experience to his new role as Head of Technical Sales for EkkoSense’s expanding Americas operation.
Justin joins EkkoSense from Panduit, where he spent three years as Senior Solutions Architect for the company’s portfolio of Intelligence Infrastructure data center power, cooling, software, security and connectivity solutions. With over two decades of customer-facing experience working for organizations such as Rittal, Tate and Vertiv, Justin adds deep business and technical expertise to the EkkoSense Technical Sales team as the company continues to grow its business across key markets including the financial services, telco, hyperscale, neocloud and colocation service providers.
Commenting on his appointment, Justin Blumling said: “whether it’s AI/HPC workloads, GPU-as-a-Service, Liquid Cooling, power constraints or continued sustainability pressures, it’s never been more important for organizations to know exactly what’s going on across their data center operations. With its distinctive 3D visualization and analytics platform EkkoSoft Critical, EkkoSense provides the intelligent AI-powered wrapper that gets data center operators even closer to the critical power, capacity and thermal data they need to run their estates more effectively. EkkoSense offers the data center market an exciting proposition that I’ve been following for the last five years, and 2026 is a great time for me to join the team.”
“Having worked with Justin in previous roles, I know that his deep sector expertise in key areas such as data center cooling and power will prove a powerful addition to our US technical team,” added Steve Lewis, EkkoSense’s Vice President of Americas. “Justin will be providing new and existing customers with invaluable data center optimization support as we grow EkkoSense’s footprint across the Americas even further.”
EkkoSoft Critical is an award-winning SaaS data center management solution that offers a distinctive, light-touch AI-enabled software-driven optimization approach. Focused across capacity management, outage prevention, enhanced visibility, compliance reporting and energy spend optimization, EkkoSoft Critical is ideally placed to support today’s increasingly complex hybrid, liquid and air-cooled AI compute environments.
About EkkoSense:
EkkoSense is a leader in the provision of advanced sensing technology, SaaS DCIM-class visualization & monitoring software, and AI-powered analytics solutions for critical facilities such as data centers. The company is committed to eliminating thermal risk and helping organizations to monitor, manage and maximize their data center performance. Follow us on LinkedIn.
