DG Matrix, a solid-state transformer company based in Morrisville, N.C., has appointed Deepak Thakkar, Ph.D., as Chief Commercial Officer, according to a press release statement. Dr. Thakkar will oversee commercial strategy and customer engagement for the company's Interport platform.

Dr. Thakkar brings more than 25 years of experience in data center infrastructure. He most recently served as Chief Commercial Officer for portfolio companies within the data center thermal management practice of Neos Partners.

Earlier roles include Vice President of Sales at Boyd Corporation, whose thermal management business was acquired by Eaton in a $9.5 billion transaction, and President of Global Sales at Electrical Components International, where he contributed to a $2 billion exit. He also spent nearly a decade at Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) as Vice President of Business Development, overseeing more than $2 billion in annual outsourced manufacturing revenue. He held additional roles at Intel, McAfee, and Silicon Graphics.

"I've spent my career watching each layer of the data center stack become increasingly optimized in isolation; chips here, cooling there, power elsewhere," said Dr. Thakkar. "DG Matrix is the first platform I have seen that brings these domains together at the rack level."

Haroon Inam, CEO of DG Matrix, said Dr. Thakkar's cross-stack background aligns with the company's commercial needs. "Deepak approaches every opportunity through a commercial lens rather than as a science experiment, and that discipline will strengthen how we bring Interport to market," Inam said.

In his new role, Dr. Thakkar will build DG Matrix's commercial organization and develop relationships with hyperscalers, colocation providers, and data center developers. He reports directly to Inam.