John Trauth

President

John joined Merlin International® in 2003. With more than 20 years of experience in the government sector, he has held executive-level sales and business development positions at BEA Systems, Oracle, Enterworks, Tektronix and others.

His experience in the government sector spans defense and civilian agencies, systems integrators, and commercial enterprises.

Prior to joining Merlin, John was responsible for growing BEA’s Department of Defense business by more than 375 percent during his last year at the company. His group sold to defense and intelligence agencies such as DISA, the Army, Air Force, Navy, the Department of Homeland Security and more, accounting for 87 percent of BEA’s public-sector revenue.

Prior to BEA, John held executive-level positions at Enterworks Inc., a software company in Northern Virginia, where he developed and defined Enterworks’ sales strategy across both government and commercial territories. He consistently outperformed his quotas by securing major program wins in the government market.

John began his career as a logistics analyst, assigned to the Fleet Logistics Support Program of the Submarine Engineering Department, which provided logistics-management support to the Naval Sea Systems Command.

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