Jason Merrill
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJason Merrill is a product delivery manager with a decade of experience combining hands-on engineering, agile coaching, and product ownership to deliver measurable growth and operational gains. He has driven dramatic outcomes—400% user growth and a 1200% increase in file exchange volume at JPMorgan Chase—by prioritizing ROI, refining backlogs, and aligning stakeholders. Comfortable both leading large cross-functional teams and digging into technical details, he has refactored monoliths into microservices, built middleware, and closed feedback loops with end users to reduce defects and support tickets. Jason’s background as a peer leader and developer-informed analyst gives him a rare fluency in translating complex technical constraints into practical product choices. He’s based in Chicago and consistently focuses on reducing friction—fewer clicks, faster releases, and clearer metrics—to speed time to value.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science with connectration in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science with connectration in Information Technology at Northeastern Illinois University
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Github contributions (5)
faserrano/JackedUpChicago
Nov 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:43 pushes in 19 days
jlmerri1/Howdy_Jason
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:14 PRs, 20 pushes, 17 branches in 29 days
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