Hi, I'm Clark Merrick!
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Technical
Extensive experience with Cloudflare, internet security, application delivery technologies, CDN, WAF, DDoS mitigation, TLS, networking protocols, routing, Linux-based systems, packet capture, cloud identity platforms, secure connectivity solutions, virtualized lab environments, architecture validation
Non-technical
Customer-facing technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, solution mapping, proof-of-concept ownership, technical validation, executive communication, technical enablement
Experience
Cloudflare Inc | San Francisco, CA
Senior Solutions Engineer - Digital Native Enterprise
April 2026 - Present
Solutions Engineer - Mid-Market
March 2023 - April 2026
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers, applying deep knowledge of security, networking, and cloud architectures to guide long-term platform adoption and roadmap alignment.
- Drive technical wins maintaining a 54% win rate through solution alignment and technical validation.
- Partner with Account Executives to identify customer initiatives, build technical champions, and secure net-new logos across digital native industries while expanding strategic enterprise accounts
- Demonstrate expertise of Cloudflare through internal knowledge sharing opportunities, including biweekly AE/SE enablement, Associate SE mentorship through the creation of reusable demo narratives and technical guidance.
- Represent Cloudflare at industry conferences through live demos, panels, and private consultations with enterprise customers.
- Orchestrate testing and implementation of complex enterprise requirements using a comprehensive personal lab, advising customers on best-practice architectures and validating designs through detailed diagrams.
Public Data Library Inc | San Mateo, CA
Chief Financial Officer and Board Member
October 2022 - October 2024
Verkada Inc | San Mateo, CA
Senior Technical Support Engineer
June 2021 - March 2023
- Resolved a wide variety of support tickets with excellent communication and timely updates to keep customers informed.
- Managed the support and product engineering labs and redesigned the lab spaces to better meet the company mission and cost objectives.
- Created primary technical documents for our internal and external knowledge bases, including customer-facing instructions.
- Determined the root cause of bugs and created tickets while maintaining the point of contact between engineering and customers.
- Methodically handled the RMA process for all OEM returns to properly discover the root cause of issues.
- Provided expertise to enterprise customers for installation, best practices, and configuration.
clak.io LLC | Greater Dallas Area, TX
Founder/President
June 2018 – October 2025
Let's get in touch!
My best point of contact is email at clark@clarkmerrick.com