Merryl Rolan DMello — CEO
Started coding in 2008. Intel, Mphasis, HP, Rackspace, Cisco, Phoenix Contact, BioNTech. Went from writing Python scripts to running products across 35+ stakeholders at a pharma company. The pattern across all of it: I look at what eats a team's time, and I make most of it disappear. At HP, I inherited a 3-year feature backlog and shipped it in 5 weeks. At Rackspace, I built the offshore hiring pipeline and grew the team from 0 to 10+. At Phoenix Contact, I cut infrastructure costs by 30-70% while owning 3 energy data products. I call myself The Lazy Engineer because the best engineering eliminates the need for more engineering. These days I use Claude Code and AI tools to 10-100x everything I do, and I help companies do the same. Right now I'm building AI products and consulting for teams that know they need automation but don't know where to start. Cloud architecture, product strategy, fractional CTO. If that's you, I'm always up for a conversation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management and Engineering expert in AI and Cloud Computing sectors.
Location: Ruhr Region
Experience: 15 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Ai/automation Strategy
- Product Leadership
- Product Management
- Product Strategy
- Software Development
- Team Management
- Project Management
- Product Ownership
- Cloud Computing
Career Highlights
- Delivered a 3-year backlog in just 5 weeks at HP.
- Built a hiring pipeline from 0 to 10+ at Rackspace.
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 30-70% at Phoenix Contact.
Work Experience
Career Transition
Open Source & AI Exploration (2 mos)
BioNTech SE
Product Owner (2 yrs 11 mos)
PHOENIX CONTACT Smart Business GmbH
Product Owner (1 yr 7 mos)
Technical Product Owner (11 mos)
Senior Engineer (9 mos)
smartB Energy Management GmbH (Currently Phoenix Contact Smart Business GmbH)
Senior Developer/Architect (1 yr)
Cisco
Software Engineer (2 mos)
Rackspace
Senior Consultant (Bangalore DevCenter @Accionlabs)/Product Owner (4 yrs 2 mos)
Hewlett-Packard
Contingent (2 yrs 1 mo)
Mphasis
Team Lead/Delivery SSE/Project Manager (2 yrs 5 mos)
Keane
Senior Software Engineer (1 yr)
N/A - Freelancer
Freelance Developer (1 yr)
Intel India Technology Pvt Ltd
Intern (1 yr)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Master of Science (M.S.) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
B.E. at Visvesvaraya Technological University
Primary education at Gulf Indian School