Mr Merli is the founder and CEO of JMC Group, acquired by Vection Technologies during 2021. During the last ten years, Mr Merli expanded JMC's focus as an OEM partner for a =$100b tech hardware giant within mission-critical sectors including military, telco, and broadcasting, becoming, in 2019, one of their global suppliers. During his university career in aerospace engineering, Mr Merli joined as a consultant to the Italian branch of a NASDAQ listed world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processor (DSP) and integrated circuits (ICs) acquiring knowledge of company management processes.