--- title: Management - Mertech description: Meet the management at Mertech, including President and CEO Riaz Merchant. Mertech helps customers migrate and modernize legacy databases and applications. --- [![Mertech Data Systems, Inc](https://www.mertech.com/hubfs/Mertech_August2019/Images/mertech.png) ](https://www.mertech.com/?hsLang=en) * ** * ## Management #### Riaz Merchant *President / CEO* Riaz is responsible for setting Mertech’s direction and overall profitability. Given his extensive knowledge of the database market and being one of the architects of Mertech’s ISDBC technology, Riaz is also responsible for setting product directions, marketing and business development. Riaz is a graduate of Florida International University, Miami. While at FIU, Riaz was involved in research related to application of neural networks to power-load forecasting and has several publications in this area. #### Shirley Merchant *CFO* Shirley is responsible for Mertech’s finances and overall administration. With her extensive background in dealing with Mertech’s customers, Shirley is also responsible for sales coordination. Shirley has a Master’s degree in Accounting from Florida International University, Miami. Prior to joining Mertech, Shirley worked as an auditor at BDO-Seidman, Miami specializing in publicly traded companies. #### Oliver T. Nelson *Director of Engineering* Oliver is responsible for development and quality assurance for Mertech’s Evolution API server, specialty database middleware and application modernization services. Oliver brings with him decades of software development experience and the business applications knowledge required to manage high performance teams. Prior to its acquisition by Mertech, Oliver was the President of Out of the Box Consulting where he led the development of complex custom software solutions and mobile platforms. ### Recent News ### Offices *Corporate Office* 18503 Pines Blvd. Suite 312 Pembroke Pines, FL 33029, USA Tel: +1 (954) 585-9016 Fax: +1 (866) 228-1213 [Email Us](https://www.mertech.com/contact-us?hsLang=en) *California Office* 7621 N Del Mar Avenue, Suite 101 Fresno, CA 93711 *Brazilian Sales & Support* +55 (11) 4349-1326 ### Quick Links © 2026 Mertech Data Systems, Inc. | All rights reserved. [All mentioned trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.](https://www.mertech.com/copyrights-and-trademarks?hsLang=en) ![Oracle Gold Partner](https://www.mertech.com/hubfs/Mertech_August2019/Images/Oracle-Gold-Partner-Mertech-03.svg) ![Microsoft Gold Partner](https://www.mertech.com/hubfs/Microsoft-Partner/microsoft-gold-partner1x.svg)   - [** ](https://twitter.com/MertechData) - [** ](https://www.facebook.com/mertechdata) - [** ](http://www.linkedin.com/company/mertech-data-systems) - [** ](https://www.youtube.com/user/MertechData/videos) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "Organization", "alternateName" : "Mertech", "contactPoint" : { "@type" : "ContactPoint", "contactType" : "sales", "email" : "sales@mertechdata.com", "telephone" : "+19545859016" }, "logo" : "https://www.mertech.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mertech-Logo/mertech-logo-color.png?width=255&height=47&name=mertech-logo-color.png", "name" : "Mertech Data Systems Inc", "sameAs" : [ "https://www.facebook.com/mertechdata", "https://www.twitter.com/mertechdata", "https://www.youtube.com/user/MertechData/videos", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/mertechdata/" ], "url" : "https://www.mertech.com/" } ```