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Merline Saintil

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Board Member; Chair of Nom & Gov at Symbotic
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Merline Saintil is a Fortune 100 board member with a background as a software engineer and COO, who has guided six companies through IPOs. She serves on the boards of Rocket Lab, TD SYNNEX, GitLab, and Symbotic, leveraging her expertise in technology, cybersecurity, and corporate governance. Colleagues describe her as personable, knowledgeable, and a trusted partner with deep technical skills.

She is a co-founder of Black Women on Boards, an organization dedicated to increasing boardroom diversity, and co-produced the documentary "OnBoardTheFilm" to further this mission. Merline is also a proud mother to a former Stanford womens soccer player who recently graduated with a degree in Computer Science, and she is a passionate investor in womens sports.

Unique fact: Merline has been instrumental in taking six different technology companies through the IPO process as both an operator and a board member.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Board Member; Chair of Nom & Gov
Job Level
Senior
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Corporate Governance
Serves as Lead Independent Director and chairs governance committees on multiple public boards. She is certified in Cybersecurity Oversight by NACD and Carnegie Mellon.
Board Diversity
Co-founded Black Women on Boards (BWOB) to prepare and place Black female executives on corporate boards and co-produced a documentary on the subject.
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Career

Work history

10-2021
Board Member; Chair of Nom & Gov
Symbotic
9-2021
Board Member; Chair of the Compensation Committee and Nom & Gov Committee Member
TD SYNNEX
6-2021
Lead Independent Director, Chair of Nom & Gov Committee, and Compensation Committee member
Rocket Lab
1-2021 - 1-2025
Former Board Member; Chair of Nom & Gov
Evolv Technology
11-2020
Board Member; Compensation Committee Member
GitLab Inc.
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Rocket Lab director Saintil sells shares worth $9.4 million. Featured in Investing.com
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Education
Executive MBA
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Master of Science (M.S.)
Carnegie Mellon University
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