Professional Background: Business
Merline Saintil serves on the boards of Rocket Lab, Synnex, GitLab Inc, Symbiotic, and Evolve Technology. She formerly was on the board of Banner Bank and Diligent Corporation. Saintil was Head of Operations, Product and Technology at Intuit and Head of Operations for Mobile and Emerging Products at Yahoo. She has also worked at PayPal, Adobe Systems, and Sun Microsystems. Merline’s training was in engineering and her career focused on technology and product development. She is the co-founder of Black Women on Boards.
Interview Quotes:
“Always focus on how she can be a better version of herself in and beyond the boardroom.”
“Likes boards where her contributions will be valued.”
“Important to get feedback on your board performance.”
“Need to have meetings outside the boardroom to accelerate your learning.”
“Change can take some time but collaboration is the key.”