Phillip Merrick

Co-Founder and CEO at pgEdge

Phillip Merrick is a highly experienced entrepreneur and business leader. Phillip is currently serving as the Co-Founder and CEO of pgEdge, a company that offers a fully distributed PostgreSQL optimized for the network edge. Prior to this, Merrick founded Bibury Partners where they provided consulting and advisory services to technology companies and venture capital and private equity firms. Additionally, they incubated several enterprise software startup ideas during their time at Bibury Partners. Merrick has also held leadership roles at Fugue, Inc. as the CEO, where they successfully restarted the company and established it as a key technology leader in cloud infrastructure security. SparkPost, another company they led as CEO, experienced significant growth and profitability under their leadership as they transformed into a cloud-first leader in email delivery. Merrick has also served as a board member and board chair at Holy Trinity Church (McLean) and Revitas (now Model N). Earlier in their career, they founded Bibury Partners, an investment and advisory firm focused on early-stage internet and software companies. Merrick was also the Chairman and Co-Founder of VisualCV, Inc., a well-regarded online multimedia resume website that was acquired by Talent Technology. Phillip served as the Chairman and board member at RollStream, a provider of a SaaS platform for B2B supply chain collaboration, which was subsequently acquired by GXS. Furthermore, Merrick acted as a lecturer and mentor for Wharton Executive Education, where they provided guidance and assessed business planning projects for teams of students.

Phillip Merrick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Melbourne. The specific years of enrollment and completion are not provided in the given information.

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Timeline

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    June, 2022 - present