Tests and Requirements, Requirements and Tests: A Möbius Strip
G. Melnik, R. C. Martin — IEEE Software, 2008
Technology Executive & Product Leader
Dr. Grigori Melnik
Chief Product Officer at Amperity
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Technology Executive & Product Leader
Chief Product Officer at Amperity
I'm a technologist and executive with 25+ years leading platform transformations, launching category-defining products, igniting developer ecosystems, and scaling companies across every stage of growth.
Leadership roles across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Building the systems behind high-growth software companies -- from developer & testing platforms and cloud infrastructure to databases, customer data platforms, and observability.
Senior leadership at Microsoft, Splunk, MongoDB, Tricentis, Cribl, and Amperity. Dr. Melnik blends research-grade rigor with operator-level pragmatism and engineering excellence.
Today, through Agile Minds LLC, he partners with CEOs, CTOs, CPOs, private equity investors, and VCs — including Insight Partners, Warburg Pincus, OXX, Matrix Capital Management — on AI-native transformation, cloud modernization, M&A product integration, and engineering effectiveness.
2025-Present
2023-2024
2020-2023
2017-2019
2014-2017
2006-2014
Dr. Melnik's innovation track record spans foundational contributions across cloud, data, and software engineering. He developed and launched Microsoft Azure's first autoscaling engine, pioneered Semantic Logging and Transient Fault Handling, and helped bring the Inversion of Control pattern into the mainstream with the introduction of the Microsoft Unity dependency injection container. At MongoDB, he advanced the data platform with the introduction of distributed ACID-compliant transactions, strengthening its enterprise-grade capabilities. He has also long championed disciplined engineering practices—popularizing Test-driven development(TDD) and pioneering Executable Specifications that bridged the gap between requirements and running code.
Separately, at Tricentis, he led the launch of VisionAI, an AI-powered testing capability introduced years before the broader market embraced AI-first development workflows, positioning the platform at the forefront of intelligent test automation.
G. Melnik, R. C. Martin — IEEE Software, 2008
G. Melnik, R. Jeffries — IEEE Software, 2007
H. Erdogmus, G. Melnik, R. Jeffries — Encyclopedia of Software Engineering, 2010
F. Shull, G. Melnik, B. Turhan et al. — IEEE Software, 2010
C. Zannier, G. Melnik, F. Maurer — ICSE 2006
G. Melnik — Forbes, 2021
G. Melnik — DZone, 2021
F. Maurer, G. Melnik — Cutter IT Journal, 2006
J. Meaden, M. Jarosz, P. Jodłowski, G. Melnik — arXiv, 2025
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