About
John Merrill is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of FairPlay AI. He has experience building and leading teams across both corporate and start-up environments, including work spanning technical specification development and communication with executive leadership and boards of directors.
Co-Founder & CTO at Fairplay
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Co-founders at Fairplay
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Kareem SalehFounder & CEO
Experience
- FairPlay AICo-founder and Chief Technology Officercurrent2020 — presentRedmond, Washington, United States
- SunSpear GamesChief Technical Officer2019 — 2020Medford, Oregon Area
- ZestFinancePrincipal scientist2013 — 2020
- ZestFinanceModeler2012 — 2013
- ZestFinanceSoftware Engineer2011 — 2012
- GoogleStaff Software Engineer2006 — 2011
- Microsoft CorpSDE1995 — 2006
- Florida Atlantic UniversityResearch Associate Professor1992 — 1993Boca Raton, Florida
- Boston UniversityAssistant Professor1989 — 1992
Skills & more
Algorithms31Software Design26Software Development10Programming2C++10MapReduce11Machine Learning21Python5Distributed Systems8Scalability4SQL2Software Engineering12
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Computer ScienceData MiningWeb DevelopmentAgile MethodologiesLinuxRubyArchitecturePerlMentoringInterpersonal CommunicationUnixCLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John Merrill?
- John Merrill is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of FairPlay AI. He has experience building and leading teams across both corporate and start-up environments, including work spanning technical specification development and communication with executive leadership and boards of directors.
- Where does John Merrill work?
- John Merrill is Co-Founder & CTO of Fairplay.
- What companies did John Merrill found?
- John Merrill founded Fairplay.
- Where did John Merrill go to school?
- John Merrill studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D., Mathematics); Hendrix College (BA, Mathematics).
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