Meri Williams
Meri is a geek, a manager, and a manager of geeks. They are a CTO and also runs micro-consultancy ChromeRose, helping digital and technical teams be brilliant.
Meri is an experienced CTO and leader of technology organisations. They particularly enjoy helping others to level up as technical leaders and managers of organizations by working as a CTO coach and tech advisor / NED to various companies in this capacity through micro-consultancy ChromeRose.
They have led teams ranging in size from 30 to 300, in a range of organizations from Procter & Gamble, to the Government Digital Service, award-winning online print company MOO, mobile-first challenger bank Monzo and patient-inspired AI-driven rare disease treatment discovery company Healx, amongst others.
Together with their wife, they run the micro-charity One Goes Up, which supports young women and non-binary folks in pursuing STEM education and careers.
Tackling tech debt
Learn practical strategies from a seasoned CTO on managing tech debt effectively – when to embrace it, how to prioritize it, and turning it into growth.
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
Investing in your personal development as an engineering leader
Learn how to set aside time to grow as a leader while leading your own teams.
My Monolith is Melting: Lessons from Legacy
Meri Williams looks at a real-world example of how she undertook the technical, cultural and process challenges to move to continuous delivery in a big organisation.
Career Vectors - CTO Flavors: Mixing & Matching Skillsets
Learn how to define your own personal development plan as a CTO
Career vectors for technical leaders
Mix and match skills to become the best technical leader that you can be.
Minimum Viable Business Continuity Management
The COVID-19 pandemic has probably made many of us view our Business Continuity Management approach quite differently to how we might have 6 months ago.
Building stable engineering organizations in times of change
Meri Williams, with Jean-Michel Lemieux, Claudius Mbemba and Elaine Zhou at LeadDev Live 2021 discussing 'Building stable engineering organisations in times of change'.
What VCs want us to know as technical leaders
Are you working at or interested in start-up, scale-up or other Venture Capital-backed businesses?
Career vectors for technical leaders
The more experience you gain as a technical leader the more varied the roles seem to get. Amongst this variation and complexity, how can we develop ourselves and others?
Tips & tricks for your own personal development
A panel discussion on how to focus on your own personal development.
