Joshua Merritt, Pmp, Csm
About Joshua Merritt, Pmp, Csm
Joshua Merritt is a Senior Project Manager at Sandia National Laboratories, with a background in business and applied mathematics, and a track record of leading critical national defense programs.
Current Role as Senior Project Manager
Joshua Merritt serves as a Senior Project Manager at Sandia National Laboratories, a role he has held since 2021. As a Senior Project Manager, Joshua is responsible for leading project execution, ensuring that project hardware is delivered on schedule, and managing critical national defense programs.
Previous Roles at Sandia National Laboratories
Before his current position, Joshua Merritt held the role of Project Manager at Sandia National Laboratories from 2018 to 2021. In this role, he defined project budgets, schedules, goals, and deliverables for 11 R&D projects, each with budgets ranging from $5M to $30M. Prior to that, he was a Project Controller from 2017 to 2018, where he identified and reduced excess inventory management costs by $1.1M and received multiple awards for his outstanding contributions.
Educational Background
Joshua Merritt pursued his higher education at Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business, where he studied Business, earning his Bachelor's Degree. Additionally, he studied Applied Mathematics at Chandler/Gilbert Community College, achieving a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Key Contributions and Achievements
Throughout his tenure at Sandia National Laboratories, Joshua has demonstrated a strong ability to refine project execution approaches. He implemented new quantitative project risk analysis across five projects and improved labor allocation and hiring strategies across nine projects. He was instrumental in negotiating contracts, managing commitments, delivery logistics, and security needs for 11 projects. His efforts have earned him four company-wide awards and two executive commendations, highlighting his significant contributions to the organization.