About

Meric B.Mara, RHCE – a passionate, hard core, zealous, and long haired Linux Enthusiast, who has witnessed Linux Infancy days and from then on, eats, sleeps and drinks GNU/Linux & F/OSS, happens to be 8layer’s CEO/CTO.

A visionary who introduced the concept of Autonomic Solutions in the Philippines and one of the Pioneers of the Asterisk Telephony Solution.

Meric has more than a decade of work and hands on experience in the fields of IT Architectural Design and F/OSS.His expertise, brand of know-how and leadership are concretely revealed and reflective in the enterprise and complex projects of sorts co-endeavored with clients in the industry of Government, Power Plant, Oil Mills, Retail and Distribution, Gaming, Telecommunication, BPO, among others.

With his command, 8layer steadily grows, be admired, trusted and respected by IT Leaders and Partners namely: Intel, NITIX, IBM, PLDT, Scalix and Digium.

He is the founder of sysads.org and philbug.org and used to hold Critical and management positions in the following companies:
Ecommsite Solutions Inc;Unionbank of the Philippines;IDS Finance;Philworld Online.