Richard Mercer

CTO at 4 Roads. 20+ years building community platforms.

I started as a developer at Telligent, became a solution architect at Verint, and now set the technical direction at 4 Roads. I founded ClubPal, a platform for volunteer-run sports clubs, and consult through MRCR Digital.

Richard Mercer running the Ibiza Marathon in a Rugby & Northampton AC vest
Role
CTO, 4 Roads
Founder
ClubPal
Consulting
MRCR Digital
Stack
C# · ASP.NET · Azure · PowerShell
Based
Rugby, UK

Experience

OrganisationRoleYears
4 Roads2025 →
ClubPal2018 →
Telligent / Verint2005–2025

Selected work

Verint Community

Enterprise extensions

Core components and platform extensions integrating Verint Community with enterprise systems, for customers including Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo and ARM.

C#ASP.NETAzure

Telligent Community

Instance Manager

PowerShell tooling that provisions and manages Telligent Community instances. Used across teams to speed up development and testing.

PowerShellGitHub

ClubPal

ClubPal

A platform for volunteer-run amateur sports clubs, conceived in 2018. I founded it and still use it to run my own club.

Outside work

Endurance

15 marathons, 3 Ironman races

I have run 15 marathons, including Ibiza, and finished 3 Ironman races. I also ride sportives and race on the road.

Rugby & Northampton AC

Run leader

I am a qualified England Athletics Leader in Running Fitness. I mentor club runners of all abilities.

Daventry 10k

Race director

I directed the Daventry 10k. The race had 400+ runners and a volunteer team of 80.

Contact

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