Summary
Robert Merki is a multi-disciplinary technology leader and current CTO based in New York with 12 years of experience building products end-to-end. He blends hands-on full-stack development (React, TailwindCSS, Figma) with product strategy and UX design, having led product and engineering efforts from startup-first roles to executive leadership. As founder of Wildcard People and a former first employee/Director of Product at Cognitive3D, he’s practiced connecting dots across product roadmaps, enterprise customer engagement, and rapid prototyping in VR and web. He also consults on beautiful websites and apps and authored a book on sustainable productivity tailored to professionals with ADHD—an insight into his human-centered approach to work. Comfortable shipping features from mockups to production, he pairs aesthetic design sensibility with practical systems thinking. He’s currently expanding into filmmaking and video editing, reflecting a continual curiosity about storytelling and product experience.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Business Technology Management, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Business Technology Management at The University of British Columbia
English, Hungarian