Gregory Merritt

Mr. Gregory Merritt has more than 30 years of global experience in the Military, Information Technology and Aerospace Quality Control sectors. Mr. Merritt retired from the United States Marine Corps., (USMC), having served with distinction for more than 20 years, achieving the rank of Gunnery Sergeant, and having successfully completed several USMC leadership, information technology and intelligence schools. He deployed to several international locations, including but not limited to Iraq and Jordan. He worked for General Dynamics for eight years, leading a specialized IT team supporting intelligence systems for the USMC at Marine Corps. Air Station Miramar, supporting the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. He is highly experienced in designing, deploying and maintaining UNIX-based Information Technology Systems and Computer Networks. During his overseas military service, he was assigned to US Embassy protection duty, dealing with Foreign Nationals, Dignitaries and Foreign Service Officers. He has supervised specialized teams ranging in size from eight (8) to over one thousand (1,000). He has extensive Operations and Logistics experience, dealing with manufacturing, quality control, inspection, inventory management, scheduling, repair, troubleshooting, and customer service. He holds numerous computer certifications. Mr. Merritt is bilingual in English and Spanish.  

Since 2017, Mr. Merritt has worked in Production Control for a San Diego (California) area company, where he analyzes highly specialized and mission-critical metal tubing manufacturing, and provides recommendations to the Operations Manager. From 1998-2017 he held various positions, including service to General Dynamics Corporation as a Site Lead, where he supervised all IT Operations at US Marine Corps. Air Station Miramar, and other critical IT-related positions. From 1986-1993, Mr. Merritt served on Active Duty in the US Marine Corps, and from 1993-2006 in the US Marine Corps. Reserves. While in the military, he administered UNIX-based systems and networks providing services to Operations and Intelligence Commands. Mr. Merritt has extensive international military and business experience in the Middle East and Latin America. 

Mr. Merritt has extensive experience in PC troubleshooting and repair, UNIX Network Administration, and support of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT, XP, MS-Server 2003, Windows 7 & 8 and Cisco IOS. He has superior CAT 5 network design, installation and support experience. He has global work experience in the United States, Middle East and Latin America. 

Mr. Gregory Merritt served for more than 20 years in the US Marine Corps. and successfully completed several leadership and intelligence courses, retiring with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant. Mr. Merritt is A+ Certified, Network+ Certified, and is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and Microsoft Certified Desktop Service Technician (MCDST). He has completed training and certification programs on Promina, Sun Microsystems, Sun Ultra Enterprise Server Maintenance, IBM PC Institute Courses including PC Basics, PC Repair, and Brainbench certification courses including Computer Forensics, Computer Support Technician and Windows XP. Mr. Merritt is bilingual in English and Spanish.