Empowering Teams
Transforming Outcomes
Hi, I’m John Merryman, a seasoned advisor with extensive experience helping startups, scale-ups, and larger companies optimize their engineering and product development teams. Let's Chat

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Improve Team Productivity

I help boost your technical team’s productivity by enhancing development velocity and work quality. I focus on building smarter features that deliver high-impact results, ensuring alignment with your business’ strategic goals.

Boost Revenue & Efficiency

I help startup leaders ensure their technical team is efficient and aligned, driving product-market fit, reducing churn, increasing conversions, so your team’s efforts directly contribute to your company’s bottom line.

Achieve Quantifiable ROI

People are usually your largest cost. Improving the development velocity of a 30-person engineering team by 20% can save around $900,000 annually in labor costs (assuming a fully-loaded cost of $150,000 per person), bringing game-changing speed-to-market advantages.

Patch Weaknesses

Optimizing your tech team not only enhances performance, but addresses weaknesses that may arise during VC or private equity due diligence, strengthening your position, securing funding, and increasing your company’s valuation.

About John:

My Passion for Problem-Solving

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a passion for tech and the challenges that come with building and leading high-performing teams. My consulting journey began back in high school, building databases for a major bank. There I developed a thirst for solving real-world problems, a passion that has only grown over the years.

With experience in everything from high-growth startups to well-established public companies, I’ve seen first-hand the challenges that come with scaling teams, overcoming technical roadblocks, and delivering business outcomes. Driven by the chance to make a lasting impact, I am passionate about fostering growth not just for the business, but for the people within it.

Whether it’s helping companies optimize their product development process, advising on agile practices, or turning around struggling teams, I approach each challenge with curiosity and a drive to find the best solution. When I’m not working, you’ll find me enjoying the open skies flying planes or spending time on the farm with my beloved horses.

Helping Unlock Your Team’s Potential

With a deep passion for solving complex challenges and ensuring alignment between business goals and technical execution, I help leaders unlock the full potential of their teams and deliver real, measurable outcomes. Let’s work together to make your team thrive.

Advisory &
Coaching

Tailored advisory services for technical and product management leaders. Whether you’re navigating a complex technical challenge such as a rewrite or looking to optimize your team’s productivity, I offer personalized coaching that aligns technical execution with your business goals.

Agile Process Auditing & Optimization

Through a comprehensive review of your existing agile practices, I’ll help you identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement. The goal? Streamlining your processes, reducing delivery times, and delivering better results for your business.

Team Turnaround - John Merryman

Team Turnaround & Talent Optimization

From hiring challenges to team performance issues, I specialize in optimizing talent and turning around struggling teams. I’ll work with you to develop career ladders, boost morale, and ensure the right talent is in place to drive long-term growth and success.

I Can Help

Tech Start Ups
Early-stage companies often face the challenge of building and scaling technical and product teams. I provide the strategic guidance necessary to streamline these processes, ensuring a solid foundation for growth and success.
Scale-Ups
Rapidly growing businesses need to optimize development processes and improve team performance to maintain momentum. I help identify inefficiencies and enhance productivity and delivery, without compromising quality.
SaaS Companies
Software-as-a-service businesses rely on seamless product development and technical execution. I ensure your teams are aligned with business goals, driving improved customer satisfaction, and overall product success.
Engineering & Development Teams
Teams dedicated to technical development often face challenges related to delivery speed, talent retention, or productivity. I help overcome these obstacles by refining processes, boosting morale, and optimizing performance.
Enterprise IT Departments
Larger corporations with internal IT teams often need advisory support. I work with these teams to streamline their processes and systems, improve collaboration, and deliver business outcomes to support organizational goals.
Agile Teams
Agile teams often struggle with process inefficiencies or leadership gaps. I offer comprehensive audits and optimization strategies for agile practices, helping teams refine their approach and maximize their potential.