He will a DDN sales organization that delivers big data, cloud storage, video surveillance and high-performance computing platforms to U.S. government customers, DDN said Wednesday.
Paul Bloch, DDN co-founder and president, said Merkert holds two decades of experience in working with clients in the federal and intelligence sectors.
Merkert previously served as a sales executive at Hitachi Data Systems and also managed federal sales at technology firm Quantum.
He will be based out of DDN’s office in Columbia, Md.