Four decades of high-level experience in governmental performance management and performance budgeting. Provided consulting services to dozens of U.S. Federal agencies and to several non-U.S. national governments and the World Bank. Testified before committees of the U.S. Congress on government performance reform, and was appointed to a U.S. federal government task force on improving performance reporting.Often called "the Father of GPRA" by members of Congress and other officials for having proposed the idea for and then developing the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) while serving as a U.S. Senate Committee Counsel. Formerly served as mayor and city councilmember in Sunnyvale, California -- the city that pioneered governmental performance-based management/budgeting in the U.S. and that was the inspiration for GPRA. Serve as the on-camera instructor in a popular training video on strategic planning in government. Lead the product design work for Knovos Cascade performance management software, as a consultant to a global software company.Described in the press as a "good-government guru," "government reformer," "Mercer pioneered spending/performance tie," and as "considered by many a foremost expert on performance-based budgeting." Has been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles about his work. A winner of Federal Computer Week's Fed 100 award for leadership in developing GPRA.Founder and Owner/Manager of the 5000-member LinkedIn Group: Performance Planning/Management/Budgeting for Government. Link: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4518607/
Listed skills include Performance Based Budgeting, Performance Management, Transparency And Accountability, Strategic Planning, and 1 others.