John Trauth

President

John joined Merlin International® in 2003. He has more than 25 years experience in the government sector, specializing in sales and business development. He held positions at BEA Systems, Enterworks, Oracle, Tektronix, and others. His government experience encompasses defense and civilian agencies, systems integrators, and commercial enterprises.

During John’s eight years with Merlin, he has served in multiple executive positions, and now assumes the role of President, where he is responsible for the Technology Systems Division (TSD) and the Enterprise Solutions Division (ESD). When he was Vice President of the Technology Systems Division, John grew Merlin by over 1,100 percent, established Merlin’s corporate strategy as a reseller in the Federal marketplace, established internal compensation plans, and established over 35 vendor relationships, all within his first 12 months with the company. During 2010, under John’s watch as President, Merlin grew by 49 percent.

John graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is a member of AFCEA (the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association).