Niels Meersschaert
Fractional CTO CPO at Freelance
Town of Bedford, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorNiels Meersschaert is a seasoned technology leader and Fractional CTO/CPO helping clients translate strategy into high‑impact product and engineering outcomes, backed by 16 years of delivering agile software under resource constraints. Currently consulting, he guides technology strategy, AI/ML initiatives, product vision, development processes, IT operations, and vendor management across client engagements. Previously, he led technology as CTO for Global Banking Solutions at McKinsey & Company and as Director of Engineering for ClienTech in New York, driving client-facing assets and internal venture exploration. At Qualia, he built Intent Quality and led the deployment of one of the largest graph databases using Neo4j for cross-device identity, while migrating infrastructure from AWS to Google Cloud. His background spans industries from financial services to advertising, fashion, and media, and his unique blend of marketing, art, and technology informs strategic, creative problem-solving. Based in the Town of Bedford, NY, he mentors cross-functional teams and champions pragmatic, scalable solutions that empower both businesses and people.
17 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
289reputation
41kreached
5answers
7questions
Github Skills (58)
code-climate9
codeclimate8
delayed-job7
ruby-client7
rake6
internet-explorer6
aspnet6
google-drive-api6
complexity6
linter6
angularjs6
sneakers6
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formatter6
jquery6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
nielsm/metric_fu
Jul 2009 - Aug 2010
Contributions:11 commits in 1 year 1 month
nielsm/tracker-ical
Jul 2010 - Apr 2011
Contributions:27 commits in 9 months
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