Founder, Dorris Consulting International. Former Director, Office of Innovative Technologies, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, U.S. General Services Administration. Former positions with Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technology: Deputy Associate Administrator; Deputy Director, Office of Intergovernmental Solutions; Director, Office Intergovernmental Solutions. Other positions with the U.S. General Services Administration: Branch Chief, Delegations and Procurement Management Review Divisions; Branch Chief, Information Resources Management. Associate, Booz Allen and Hamilton.

 Partner, Potomac Ridge Consulting, LLC; Executive Director, Office of VA Modernization, Office of Enterprise Integration , Department of Veterans Affairs; Chief Acquisition Officer, Office of Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, Department of Veterans Affairs; Executive Director, Enterprise Program Modernization Office, Office of Policy and Planning, Department of Veterans Affairs; Executive Director, Facilities Management and Engineering, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Executive Director, Secure Border Initiative, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Executive Director, Secure Border Initiative, Department of Homeland Security; Deputy Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; Deputy System Program Director, E-3, Air Force Materiel Command, Department of Defense; Program Manager, Air Force Weather Weapon System, Air Force Material Command, Department of Defense; Program Manager, DoD Personnel Demonstration Project, Office of Acquisition Reform, Office of Secretary of Defense; Various, Air Force Logistics Command, Department of Defense.

Jerry Mechling, an independent consultant, is a former faculty member of the Harvard Kennedy School, where from 1983 to 2011 he taught degree-program courses on information management and founded Strategic Computing in the Public Sector, a research and executive-education program. He also is a former research vice president at Gartner Inc.

A fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and four-time winner of the Federal 100 Award, he was formerly a fellow of the Institute of Politics; an aide to the mayor of New York City and assistant administrator of the New York City Environmental Protection Administration; and director of Boston's Office of Management and Budget.

He received his B.A. in physical sciences from Harvard College and his M.P.A. and Ph.D. in economics and public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.