Zach Merritt

GTM AI @ Anthropic

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Anthropicex-Capgeminiex-Twilio

Hello! I'm an AI and data leader focused on building systems that make large organizations smarter, faster, and more operationally

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At Samsara, I lead the "MAAD" organization: Machine Learning, AI Engineering, Analytics, and Data Engineering. Our team builds production AI capabilities across go-to-market, customer success, support, and customer-facing experiences, from agentic workflows and predictive intelligence to the data foundations that make those systems reliable at Previously, I led AI/ML Engineering and GTM Data Science teams at Twilio, where I worked on generative AI platforms, internal AI assistants, RFP automation, recommendation systems, predictive models, and rapid ML deployment The through-line in my work is applying AI to real business operations: helping teams find the right opportunities, understand customers more deeply, automate repetitive work, and make better decisions from complex data.

Career TimelineNOW → PAST

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  1. ANTHROPICJOB
    1. GTM AI
      1M
  2. SAMSARA,JOB
    1. Senior Dir, AI & Data Scie…
      11M
    2. Dir, AI & Data Science
      1Y 1M
  3. TWILIOJOB
    1. Dir, AI/ML Eng
      1M
    2. Dir, GTM Data Science & Ge…
      9M
    3. Senior Mgr, GTM Data Science
      1Y 2M
  4. CAPGEMINIJOB
    1. Senior Data Science Mgr (H…
      2Y 6M
    2. Data Science Mgr
      1Y 4M
  5. NAVIGANTJOB
    1. Senior Consultant - DataSt…
      11M
    2. Consultant - DataStat Team
      1Y 11M

Time in market 10Y 11MOpen 1Closed 9Stints 10

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  1. Job: Capgemini — Senior Data Science Manager (Head of Los Angeles AI & A Practice) · 2020-01 – 2022-07
  2. Job: Capgemini — Data Science Manager · 2018-08 – 2019-12
  3. Job: Twilio — Senior Manager, GTM Data Science · 2022-07 – 2023-09
  4. Job: Twilio — Director, GTM Data Science & GenAI · 2023-09 – 2024-06
  5. Job: Samsara, Inc — Director, AI & Data Science · 2024-07 – 2025-08
  6. Job: Navigant — Consultant - DataStat Team · 2015-09 – 2017-08
  7. Job: Samsara, Inc — Senior Director, AI & Data Science · 2025-08 – 2026-07
  8. Job: Navigant — Senior Consultant - DataStat Team · 2017-09 – 2018-08
  9. Job: Anthropic — GTM AI · 2026-07 – present
  10. Job: Twilio — Director, AI/ML Engineering · 2024-06 – 2024-07

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MakeMachine LearningDeep LearningProduct DevelopmentEntertainmentMedia & EntertainmentNeo4jApache SparkData ScienceForecastingData AnalyticsStatisticsTeam ManagementLarge-scale Data AnalysisLeadershipManagementProject ManagementPython (Programming Language)RStrategyData Analysis

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