David Merritt
Senior Director Of Automations & Integrations
Tokyo, Japan
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Top SchoolDavid Merritt is a senior technology leader with a decade of experience designing and operating enterprise-grade automations and integrations, currently leading Paramount’s team responsible for cloud-based order management, fulfillment, distribution tooling, and a global content metadata catalog. He combines product and engineering instincts from roles at Viacom, Comedy Central, and LTI to translate complex media operations and revenue-tracking requirements into reliable, scalable systems. Based in Tokyo, he brings cross-cultural perspective to global content workflows and a practical Agile mindset as a Certified Scrum Master. His background in studio art and early academic roles at NYU give him a creative approach to systems design and metadata modeling that informs user-centered solutions. Colleagues rely on him to bridge product, operations, and engineering while shipping automation that reduces manual touchpoints across content supply chains. Notably, he pairs hands-on technical delivery with strategic oversight, shepherding integrations that tie sales, distribution, and media operations into a single authoritative catalog.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MFA, Studio Art, MFA, Studio Art at New York UniversityCertified Scum Master, Agile, Certified Scum Master, Agile at Scrum AllianceSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Github Skills (25)
menubar8
scripting8
broadcast7
shell6
mp46
command-line6
startswith6
linux6
bash6
python6
streaming5
mpeg-dash5
mp4box5
transcoding5
tiling5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
davidjmerritt/Him
Jan 2017 - Feb 2019
Contributions:5 releases, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 2 months
davidjmerritt/minecraft-server
Jan 2016 - Apr 2020
Contributions:280 pushes, 1 branch, 1 issue in 4 years 4 months
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