Sears Merritt
Head Of Enterprise Technology & Experience (CIO) at Barings
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSears Merritt is a seasoned technology executive and CIO with 13+ years at MassMutual driving enterprise technology, cybersecurity, data and AI strategy and leading multi-hundred-million dollar budgets and global teams. He built the firm’s data science and analytics capability from the ground up—deploying 200+ predictive models, founding a wholly-owned AI startup, and establishing the life insurance industry’s first data and AI governance program. Sears has delivered measurable business impact through generative AI and digital products, major cloud migrations that reduced unit costs and improved security, and a wellness program that ties genetics and behavioral economics to product design. His background spans early engineering roles—architecting a regional telehealth network and creating a real-time probabilistic sports prediction platform—so he combines deep technical rigor with board-level strategic leadership. He holds advanced degrees including a PhD in Computer Science and an MBA from MIT Sloan, and maintains active advisory and board roles while mentoring talent across industry and academia.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance at MIT Sloan School of ManagementDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
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Github Skills (47)
visualization10
dashboard10
postgresql10
mysql10
python10
data-science10
scikit10
statistics10
machine-learning10
clojure10
slack10
scikit-learn10
database10
data-analysis10
yum9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
merritts/GradientDescent
Apr 2013 - May 2017
Contributions:18 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 4 years 2 months
regressionlogisticlogistic-regressiondescentmachine-learning
massmutual/scikit-learn
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
pythondata-sciencelearn-machine-learningmachine-learningscikit-learn
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