Corporate Board Profile
Tech Score: 30/100
9 mention(s) identify CAREN D. MERRICK as having software/technology expertise.
| Company | Filing Date | Evidence | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE | 2018-06-15 | Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. | Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company, indicating experience with software development. |
| GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION\DE | 2021-06-21 | Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. | Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, indicating experience with software products. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2015-03-27 | “Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies.” | She has direct experience founding and leading a business-to-business enterprise software company and has worked in technology-focused investment/advisory roles, which is the clearest software-related background among the directors listed. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2016-03-25 | “Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies.” | She has direct software and technology-sector experience, including co-founding webMethods, Inc., which provided enterprise software solutions, and leading a mobile application and digital publishing company. This is the strongest indication of software-adjacent technical background in the filing. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2017-03-31 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies." | She has direct experience with enterprise software and technology-sector companies, including co-founding webMethods, a business-to-business enterprise software company, and serving as founder/CEO of a mobile application and digital publishing company. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2018-04-02 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." | She co-founded and led webMethods, a company that provides enterprise software solutions, and also founded a mobile application company; this is the strongest evidence in the filing of direct software-industry technical adjacency, though it still does not explicitly state she can write code. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2019-04-01 | "Ms. Merrick founded and from 2014 to 2017 served as the chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company... Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions" | She has direct experience with enterprise software and a mobile application company, which indicates adjacent technical/software background relevant to writing programs. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2020-03-30 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." | She has direct experience with enterprise software and a mobile application company, including co-founding webMethods, which provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions; this is the strongest software-adjacent technical background in the filing. |
| GLADSTONE LAND Corp | 2021-04-02 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." | She has direct experience with enterprise software and technology companies, including co-founding webMethods, which provided business-to-business enterprise software solutions; this is the strongest software-adjacent technical background among the directors listed. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2014-12-12 | Caren D. Merrick (54) ... Director ... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director ... Audit Committee ... Following the end of the 2014 fiscal year, Ms. Merrick was appointed to the Audit Committee ... Compensation Committee's current alternate members, Mr. Parker and Mmes. English and Merrick ... Ms. Merrick was appointed as an additional alternate in November 2014 ... DIRECTOR COMPENSATION FOR FISCAL 2014 ... Caren D. Merrick ... $0 |
| 2015-12-11 | Caren D. Merrick (55) ... Director ... During fiscal year 2015, the Audit Committee was composed of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick ... Mr. Parker and Mses. English and Merrick currently serve as alternate members of the Compensation Committee ... The Valuation Committee, which is composed of Ms. Merrick (Chairman), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson |
| 2016-12-09 | Caren D. Merrick (56) ... Director ... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board ... During fiscal year 2016, the Audit Committee was composed of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick. ... Mr. Parker and Mses. English and Merrick currently serve as alternate members of the Compensation Committee ... Mr. Parker and Mses. English and Merrick currently serve as alternate members of the Ethics Committee ... The Valuation Committee, which is composed of Ms. Merrick (Chairman), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson ... Total Compensation from Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Directors ... 156,000 |
| 2017-12-08 | Caren D. Merrick (57) ... Director ... The Company’s Ethics, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee (the “Ethics Committee”) nominated three incumbent directors: Caren D. Merrick and Walter H. Wilkinson, Jr. |
| 2018-12-14 | Caren D. Merrick (58) ... Director ... Mses. English and Merrick are independent directors ... Compensation for fiscal year 2018 ... Total Compensation from Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Directors ... $168,000. |
| 2019-12-16 | Caren D. Merrick (59) ... Director ... Term expires at 2021 annual meeting. Director since November 2014. ... The following table shows ... Caren D. Merrick ... $44,000 |
| 2020-12-18 | Caren D. Merrick (60) ... Director ... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director ... Caren D. Merrick X *X ... Director Compensation for Fiscal Year 2020 ... Aggregate Compensation from Fund 45,000 |
| 2021-12-17 | Caren D. Merrick (61) ... Director ... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director ... The following table identifies our standing committees and their current members ... Caren D. Merrick ... X ... *X ... Total Compensation from Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Directors ... 169,000 |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-23 | Ms. Merrick, age 54, has served as our director... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board... Ms. Merrick was also appointed to the Audit Committee in November 2014... Ms. Merrick currently serve as alternate members of the Compensation Committee... Ms. Merrick was appointed as an additional alternate in November 2014. |
| 2016-03-18 | Ms. Merrick, age 55, has served as our director since November 2014... The Valuation Committee, which was composed of Ms. Merrick (Chairman)... The Board table shows Caren D. Merrick on Audit, Compensation, Ethics, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Valuation. |
| 2017-03-17 | Ms. Merrick, age 56, has served as our director... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board... The Valuation Committee, which was composed of Ms. Merrick (Chairman), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson... Caren D. Merrick X *X |
| 2018-03-16 | Ms. Merrick, age 57, has served as our director... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director... During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, the Audit Committee was comprised of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick... The Valuation Committee, which was comprised of Ms. Merrick (Chairman), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson... |
| 2019-03-18 | Ms. Merrick, age 58, has served as our director... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board... Caren D. Merrick X *X ... During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Audit Committee was comprised of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick... Ms. Merrick currently serve as alternate members of the Compensation Committee... The Valuation Committee, which was comprised of Ms. Merrick (Chairperson), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson during the last fiscal year... |
| 2020-03-23 | “Caren D. Merrick. Ms. Merrick, age 59, has served as our director... Ms. Merrick was selected to serve as an independent director on our Board...” and the committee table shows her on Audit and Valuation, with the Valuation Committee described as “Ms. Merrick (Chairperson).” |
| 2021-03-19 | Ms. Merrick, age 60, has served as our director... The Audit Committee was comprised of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick... The Valuation Committee, which was comprised of Ms. Merrick (Chairperson), and Messrs. Outland, Parker and Wilkinson... |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2015-06-19 | Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company, since 2014. |
| 2016-06-17 | Caren D. Merrick (56) - Founder and CEO of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company. No explicit mention of programming or technical skills. |
| 2017-06-16 | Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company, since 2014. Partner with Bilbury Partners, an investment advisory firm, since 2004. |
| 2018-06-15 | Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. |
| 2019-06-14 | Founder and CEO of Caren Merrick & Co., an advisory firm on growth strategies, since 2014. Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. |
| 2020-06-15 | Founder and CEO of Caren Merrick & Co., an advisory firm on growth strategies, since 2014. Founder and chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. Partner with Bilbury Partners, an investment and advisory firm that focuses on enterprise and consumer technology sectors, from 2004 until 2018. |
| 2021-06-21 | Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company focused on leadership development and career advancement, from 2014 until 2017. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-27 | “Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies.” |
| 2016-03-25 | “Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies.” |
| 2017-03-31 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solution for Global 2000 companies." |
| 2018-04-02 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." |
| 2019-04-01 | "Ms. Merrick founded and from 2014 to 2017 served as the chief executive officer of Pocket Mentor, a mobile application and digital publishing company... Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions" |
| 2020-03-30 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." |
| 2021-04-02 | "Ms. Merrick co-founded and from 1996 to 2001 served as an executive vice president of, webMethods, Inc., a company that provides business-to-business enterprise software solutions for Global 2000 companies." |
| 2022-04-01 | "During the last fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the Audit Committee consisted of Messrs. Parker (Chairperson) and Outland and Mses. English and Merrick." |
Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-08-25