Carl Mercier
Chief Technology Officer at The Little Campus
Grapevine, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolCarl Mercier is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with two decades of experience founding, growing, and exiting tech ventures. As Chief Technology Officer at Bloomworks since 2024, he sets the technical vision, leads product development, and steers scalable, secure engineering across the organization. He previously built VarageSale into a global mobile marketplace, raising over $40M from top-tier VCs and guiding it to a successful acquisition in 2017, after earlier launching Defensio which Websense acquired. Beyond startups, he led The Little Campus, a private early-education school serving 130+ families, and has long been a pillar of the developer community as founder of Montreal on Rails (Montreal.rb) for over 15 years. Based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, his hands-on background spans full-stack Rails, DevOps, and system configuration, with open-source-style contributions that reflect practical, production-focused engineering across education and commerce ventures.
17 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate, Business Management, Undergraduate, Business Management at Stonehill CollegeUndergraduate, Business Management, Undergraduate, Business Management at Université du Québec à Trois-RivièresEngineering, Computer Assisted Audio Engineering, Engineering, Computer Assisted Audio Engineering at Trebas Institute
English, French
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Github Skills (30)
web-applications10
webapplications10
web-application10
rails10
drivers10
opencore10
driver10
hackintosh10
webapplication10
webapp10
web-app10
html10
web-development10
ruby-on-rails10
system-configuration9
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
cmer/gigabyte-z390-aorus-master-hackintosh
Nov 2018 - Oct 2021
A guide to build your own Hackintosh based on Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:125 commits, 7 PRs, 95 pushes in 2 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Carl primarily focused on configuring and updating the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) files used for booting a Hackintosh system. They made frequent updates to Clover, drivers, and kexts, indicating a strong focus on system configuration and maintenance. The user also implemented scripts and configurations for managing and cleaning the EFI environment, including changes related to OpenCore and the boot process. They regularly updated the EFI files to keep the Hackintosh build up-to-date with the latest versions of Clover and related software.
gigabytemastermacosaorusbuild-your-own
cmer/socialization
Jan 2012 - Feb 2022
Socialize your app with Likes, Follows and Mentions
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 review, 141 commits, 14 PRs in 10 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Carl contributed to the demo application, adding an initial HTML structure and Rails application configuration. The commits indicate the development of a basic web application with a focus on Ruby on Rails, including initial setup and configuration for production environments. Furthermore, they made code changes to integrate the "mentions" feature, implying the enhancement of the application's social interaction capabilities. These changes demonstrate a focus on both front-end and back-end integration within the context of a Rails application.
firebasesocializelikes
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