Experienced technical leader (CTO, VP Eng, Engineering Director) with strong operations, technical development, project/programme and people management experience. Passionate about technology and love creating smart multi-functional teams to build brilliant products. Accustomed to high-pressure, business critical environments and delivering excellent services and optimising costs simultaneously. Strong technical background and major project & programme management experience, both agile and traditional. Published author and international speaker. Available for limited speaking, training and consultancy engagements via my micro-consultancy, ChromeRose ([email protected]).

Head of Engineering @ Leading M&S Digital's technology team, spanning engineering, techops, perfops and testing/quality. From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Founder, Culture Coach & Interim CTO @ I help technical and digital teams be brilliant. Sometimes I'll join as an interim CTO to help a tech & product organisation to scale up and reach their potential; other times I'll be involved as a consultant, coaching, mentoring & training, getting the right approaches & systems in place. Typically I get involved when a team is going through change, when scaling quickly, pivoting, or merging with another company, for instance. Want some help? Get in touch by emailing [email protected] From February 2013 to Present (2 years 11 months) London, United KingdomFounder, CTO @ From July 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 1 month) London, United KingdomCTO @ From December 2013 to July 2014 (8 months) London, United KingdomIS Designate @ From July 2013 to March 2014 (9 months) Head of Delivery @ From April 2012 to February 2013 (11 months) Holborn, LondonHead of Operations - North Europe Site Services @ From January 2011 to April 2012 (1 year 4 months) Newcastle upon Tyne, United KingdomOrganisational Development Roles (various) @ From October 2004 to April 2012 (7 years 7 months) Application Management Group Leader @ From January 2009 to December 2010 (2 years) General Accounting IDS Team Leader @ From March 2008 to January 2009 (11 months) Author: Principles of Project Management @ From July 2007 to July 2008 (1 year 1 month) Global Procurement Card Product Manager @ From November 2006 to March 2008 (1 year 5 months) EMEA Self Billing Product Owner @ From July 2005 to October 2006 (1 year 4 months) UK Corporate Solutions Systems Analyst @ From June 2002 to June 2005 (3 years 1 month)

English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computer Studies, History, Latin @ Rhenish Girls' High School1st Class Honours in BSc (Hons) Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Management @ University of Bath Meri Williams is skilled in: Software Project Management, Agile Project Management, Product Management, People Management, Business Process Improvement, Service Operations, Software Development, IT Service Management, Team Leadership, Leadership Development, Organisational Transformation, Organizational Development, Recruitment/Retention, Diversity Strategy, Diversity