Merline Saintil is a seasoned business executive with a proven track record of operationalizing strategy and developing global, award-winning products in iconic Fortune 500 and privately held companies including Intuit, Yahoo!, PayPal, Adobe, Joyent, and Sun Microsystems. She was part of the leadership team taking Change Healthcare public in 2019 as COO, R&D-IT. She serves on the boards of Lightspeed, Banner Corp., and ShotSpotter. Saintil has been named among the Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by WomenInc. (2019) and one of the Women of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal (2017). She was ranked #6 among the Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World by Business Insider. Girls in Tech have given Saintil their Lifetime Achievement Award for “Sending the Elevator Back Down.” Saintil has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, CNET, CIO Review, and Business Insider, among others. She holds the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight.