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Merritt

PRODUCT
ENGINEER

Merritt Mason · Product Engineer↓
(Products)(AI)(Web)

Product engineer at Coretek 360 and founder of AVERASE, a NIST and R2 compliant data-wiping and inventory platform. I build the whole stack: products, internal tools, self-hosted AI, and the automation that ties them together.

Products 02 →
Products01
Products · 2 worksAI 04 →
AI & LLMs02
AI · 4 worksWeb 04 →
Websites03
Web · 4 worksTools 04 →
Internal Tools04
Tools · 4 worksSoftware 04 →
Apps & Games05
Software · 4 works
2025–2026Contents02 / 07
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Contents

(Index)

Table of contents for Merritt's 2025–2026 portfolio. Open a chapter to see what is inside.

  1. Chapter 1 →
    01
    Who I amChapter 01 · page 03
    • Skills
    • Experience
    • Education
    • Interests
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  2. Chapter 2 →
    02
    What I've builtChapter 02 · page 04
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  3. Chapter 3 →
    03
    Scope to shipChapter 03 · page 05
    • Scope
    • Design
    • Build
    • Ship
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  4. Chapter 4 →
    04
    Degrees and certsChapter 04 · page 06
    • Education
    • CompTIA
    • CAD
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  5. Chapter 5 →
    05
    Say helloChapter 05 · page 07
    • Email
    • GitHub
    • LinkedIn
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2025–2026About me03 / 07
#Merritt

About me

(Profile)
Phoenix, AZ
Merritt Mason
MM2026

✦ Hi, I am Merritt! Mason

Product engineer at Coretek 360 and founder of AVERASE, a NIST and R2 compliant data-wiping and inventory platform. I build the whole stack: products, internal tools, self-hosted AI, and the automation that ties them together.

Product engineer
  • Product engineer at Coretek 360
  • Founder of AVERASE, a Rails data-wiping platform
  • Built coretek360.com and habitatrowan.org
AI & automation
  • Trained and self-hosted vision and multimodal LLMs
  • AI automation and workflows across the business
  • Local-first: Whisper, Ollama, agents
Internal tools & IT
  • Custom CRM, ID badge service, email signatures with tracking
  • Shared workspace environment on Cloudflare OS
  • CS + IT student, CompTIA A+ certified
Work experience
  1. InternTechnical InternCoretek 360
  2. NowProduct EngineerCoretek 360
  3. FounderAVERASEMAESON Technologies
2025–2026Projects04 / 07
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Works

(Projects)
GitHub activity
  • Products 01
  • Web 02
  • Web 03
  • AI 04
  • AI 05
  • Tools 06
  • Tools 07
  • Tools 08
  • Tools 09
  • Products 10
  • AI 11
  • AI 12
  • Software 13
  • Web 14
  • Software 15
  • Web 16
  • Software 17
  • Software 18
2025–2026Process05 / 07
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Process

(Method)
01

SCOPE Define

Day 1–2

Start with the problem, not the stack. Who uses it, what they do today, and the one thing the first version has to do well.

User storyConstraintsOne-line goal
2025–2026Credentials06 / 07
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Credentials

(Certs)
BSc
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Computer Science BSc

The University of Alabama

2022–2026

Tuscaloosa, AL

AAS
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IT Programming & Development AAS

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College

2024–2026

Salisbury, NC

A+
“

CompTIA A+ Core 2

Plus 9 IT, CAD, and productivity certifications

Certified

Certifications
  • CompTIA A+ Core 2
  • Information Technology AAS
  • IT Computer Science
  • IT Database Administrator
  • IT Essentials
  • IT Workplace Essentials
  • IT Technical Support Specialist
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Autodesk Inventor 3D
  • SolidWorks Academic
Languages

Python · Rust · Java · JavaScript · TypeScript · C · C++ · C# · Ruby on Rails · SQL · React

Development

Full-Stack Development · iOS/Swift Development · Automation & Web Scraping · API Integration

IT & networking

Penetration Testing · Kali Linux · Network Security · Ethical Hacking · System Hardening · Database Management

Technical & AI

AI/ML Model Training · Prompt Engineering · CAD Design · Hardware Assembly · System Administration

2025–2026Contact07 / 07
(:)

Contact

(Say hi)
Say hello →

LET'S TALK.

Product engineer at Coretek 360, building AVERASE on the side. Open to interesting problems, collaborations, and coffee.

Email →
contact@merrittmason.com
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