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Phillip Merrick

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CEO and Co-Founder at pgEdge

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

FoundedpgEdge

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About

Phillip Merrick is co-founder and CEO of pgEdge, a distributed Postgres vendor. He previously co-founded and chaired EnterpriseDB and led the cloud email delivery company SparkPost, acquired by MessageBird in 2021, and the cloud security company Fugue, acquired by Snyk in 2022; earlier, he served as CEO of webMethods, which held its IPO in February 2000. A software developer by background, he is a co-inventor of web services technologies including SOAP and REST, covered by multiple US patents.

CEO and Co-Founder at pgEdge

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pgEdge's investors · 3

Grotech VenturesOwings Mills · $500K – $5M checks · since 2024Rally Ventures Management, LlcMenlo Park · $100K – $4M checksSands Capital VenturesArlington · $10M – $30M checks

Co-founders at pgEdge

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Denis LussierDirector

Experience

  1. pgEdgeCo-founder and CEOcurrent2026 — presentAlexandria, VA
  2. pgEdgeChairman and Chief Product Officer2025 — 2026
  3. pgEdgeCo-founder and CEO2022 — 2025
  4. Virginia Tech Institute for Advanced ComputingAdjunct Faculty and Entrepreneur-in-Residencecurrent2025 — present
  5. Five Talents USABoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  6. KnownwellBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  7. Bibury PartnersFounder and Managing Partner2021 — 2022Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  8. Holy Trinity Church (McLean)Board Member and Board Chair2013 — 2022McLean, Virginia, United States
  9. Fugue, Inc.CEO2018 — 2020Washington, DC
  10. SparkPostCEO2014 — 2018Columbia, MD and San Francisco, CA
  11. Revitas (now Model N)Board Member2013 — 2014
  12. Bibury PartnersFounder and Managing Partner2005 — 2014
  13. VisualCV, Inc.Chairman and Co-Founder2007 — 2011
  14. RollStreamChairman and Board Member2006 — 2011
  15. Wharton Executive EducationLecturer and Mentor2006 — 2010Greater Philadelphia Area
  16. EnterpriseDBFounding Chairman and Board Member2005 — 2008
  17. webMethodsCo-Founder, Chairman and CEO1995 — 2005

Skills & more

Enterprise Software99Start-ups99Cloud Computing70Business Development30Entrepreneurship5Integration20E-commerce14Agile Methodologies13Business Strategy3Customer Relationship Management (CRM)2Strategy32Big Data1
+12 moreCorporate DevelopmentEnterprise ArchitectureCorporate GovernanceInvestmentsMarketingProduct ManagementSOAScrumSoftware DevelopmentVenture CapitalSoftware as a Service (SaaS)SaaS

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Who is Phillip Merrick?
Phillip Merrick is co-founder and CEO of pgEdge, a distributed Postgres vendor. He previously co-founded and chaired EnterpriseDB and led the cloud email delivery company SparkPost, acquired by MessageBird in 2021, and the cloud security company Fugue, acquired by Snyk in 2022; earlier, he served as CEO of webMethods, which held its IPO in February 2000. A software developer by background, he is a co-inventor of web services technologies including SOAP and REST, covered by multiple US patents.
Where does Phillip Merrick work?
Phillip Merrick is CEO and Co-Founder of pgEdge.
What companies did Phillip Merrick found?
Phillip Merrick founded pgEdge.
Where did Phillip Merrick go to school?
Phillip Merrick studied at University of Melbourne (B. Sc., Computer Science).

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