Pierre Merlet

Pierre Merlet currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Forest Admin, having assumed the role in April 2025. Prior to this, Pierre held the position of Chief Technology Officer at ilek from September 2021 to March 2025, where responsibilities included scaling the engineering team significantly, ensuring resource availability, fostering cross-departmental collaboration, and managing external technical partnerships. Experience also includes serving as Chief Digital Officer at WiSEED, and as Chief Technology Officer at Bolden, where Pierre designed an alternative lending platform and managed international teams. Additional roles include Software Engineer at Thomson Reuters and various positions in consulting and business analysis, with a solid educational background from ECE Paris and UC Irvine. Expertise encompasses a wide range of technologies including hybrid cloud, machine learning, and various programming frameworks.