About me
Caren Merrick is an entrepreneur, board director, advisor and executive with over 25 years of experience launching new companies, reinventing companies, leading business improvement transformation, and overseeing change management. She and one of the companies she co-founded were highlighted among the 10 Start-Ups that Changed Washington by the Washington Business Journal.
Caren has built boards of directors for webMethods, Inc. and the webMethods Foundation. She serves as a board director of public and private growth companies with combined assets of $12B and revenue of $3B across a variety of sectors. Her board leadership includes Chairman of Finance, Technology, Valuations, Nominations, and Ethics Committees and member of the Audit Committee.
Accomplishments include:
Co-Founder and member of Executive Management Team of webMethods, Inc.
• Led, launched and managed marketing for category defining B2B e-commerce and integration
platform
• Essential in growing the business from $0 to a $200m, global company with 1,100 team
members
• Essential in achieving the most successful software IPO in history at offering
• $570m - Software AG acquired webMethods
Founder and CEO of Pocket Mentor
• Created mobile app delivering leadership development tools
• Led product development, launch, and social media marketing
• Nominated for Appy Award, which honors extraordinary applications on all platforms: mobile,
social and web-based.
Co-Founder, President and Chairwoman, webMethods Foundation
• Pioneered innovative approach in Corporate Social Responsibility with a focus on education and
workforce
• Led $25m Foundation, recruiting hundreds of employees as volunteers and grant-makers to
nonprofits
• Improved the lives of 50,000 low-income families in the DC Metro area and East Africa
Angel Investor
• Partner with Bibury Partners early stage angel fund
• Investor in NextGen Venture Partners, a venture firm investing in category defining
companies like EverlyWell, Urban Stems, and Till
Author
• Featured in Forbes, Inc., U.S. News & World Report, The Daily Mail, Business Insider,
Entrepreneur, Success, Nasdaq
• Written hundreds of articles on strategies to grow businesses and teams
