John Merryman

About John Merryman

I build and scale engineering teams that ship AI-enhanced products across financial services, high-tech, and enterprise technology.Most recently, I led engineering for the AWS portfolio and the AWS Events mobile platform. I also have run experimental teams exploring AI-native development workflows, documenting learnings on spec-driven vs. prompt-driven approaches that increased prototyping velocity from weeks to days.Interested in engineering leadership opportunities at companies building AI products. Open to conversations about AI development, product engineering, and building high-velocity teams.

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   Hexaware Technologies

   Jan 2021 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Lead engineering teams building AI-enhanced products and platforms for enterprise customers- Built GenAI-powered mobile platform for AWS re:Invent 2024 serving attendees. Led product development partnership with AWS Generative AI teams, designing interaction models and data architecture- Established AI development team exploring spec-driven vs. prompt-driven workflows, increasing prototyping velocity from weeks to days- Transformed 50+ person distributed engineering team (US/India), reducing attrition from 15% to <5% while achieving sustained 2-week sprint cadence.

Education

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Skills

• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Virtualization
• Disaster Recovery
• Financial Modeling
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
• Managed Services
• Outsourcing
• Enterprise Architecture
• Leadership
• Data Centre Consolidation
• Cloud Computing
• Professional Services
• Management
• Storage
• Consulting
• Business Development
• Technology Startup
• Managing Director
• Solution Architecture
• IT Strategy
• Start-Up Ventures
• Start-Ups