Maxim Wheatley

Maxim Wheatley is the Head of Business and Marketing at Merico.  Maxim Wheatley is an entrepreneur and startup executive who started and sold a consumer health device company and scaled several startups from five to fifty plus employees.

Maxim has led and scaled remote teams for over seven years and is experienced in remote and distributed team building, operations, and leadership. Maxim is a graduate of Georgetown University where he studied Cognitive Science and Psychology. He is also a trained Rescue Diver and calls Southern California home.

Maxim Wheatley states in his LinkedIn profile:

Fast Facts:
• Brought multiple award-winning products from concept to market.
• Sold multiple $50M+ contract value strategic deals, including a $100M+ deal with Federal Government.
• Exited founder: founded and sold consumer electronics / IoT company
• Led strategic seed- and growth-stage investments in multiple sectors, industries and stages.
• Led 2x product launches that finished as #1 on Product Hunt.
• Created strategic partnerships with The World Bank, United Nations Foundation, Startup Weekend, FEMA, FCC, ADP, Capital One, Flextronics, Under Armour, etc.
• Georgetown University Cognitive Science & Psychology graduate with NIH research experience.
• Berkeley School of Law Form + Fund Fellow (Venture & Entrepreneurship Program)
• Leads & Manages Family Office, acquiring technical businesses in aerospace & defense.
• Built national sales team from scratch.
• Inventor on 13+ patents both issued and pending.
• 2x CES Innovation Award Winner
• 8+ years working with Chinese enterprises in the manufacturing and high-tech sectors.
• Board-level reporting responsibility at 4x companies.
• Associate Producer for Inc. Magazine “#1 Must Watch Documentary for Entrepreneurs” (Startupland)
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6606032/
• Associate Producer: “Mortified Maggie”, and “Tremor” (animated short)

I have spent my career at the intersection of intelligent and ambitious people, pursuing interesting and impactful goals, wherever I find them. Through this journey I have demonstrated leadership in product, GTM, sales, and marketing from 65,000 person companies to “0-to-1” startups.

I bring experience as a technical founder having led mechanical, electrical, and mobile engineering from scratch to a modest exit [LifeFuels to Keurig Dr. Pepper (NYSE: KDP)]

I bring experience as a sales and GTM leader having led a national team of account executives to produce over $100M of pipeline in new markets, while personally sourcing and closing one of the largest deals in company history [TTEC, $100M+ deal to FEMA]

I also bring a uniquely holistic perspective having worked in both seed-stage and corporate venture capital and can effectively translate technical product goals into coherent business and finance strategies that keep all teams working harmoniously.

Today I lead the Global Sales & Marketing teams for Merico / Simayi, a developer tools and technology company leading the DevOps and developer effectiveness markets, in this role I have led from being the first employee to a 90+ FTE seven-figure ARR global business.