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BRIEF OVERVIEW
Merline Saintil – a software engineer turned Silicon Valley COO and investor who has taken six companies through their IPOs – is building A10L Ventures, a holding company that acquires and builds asset-light businesses ripe for technology and AI transformation.
A frequent featured speaker and with her perspectives quoted in major publications including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Forbes, Merline is now starting a fund that invests in early-stage companies.
She is a Fortune 100 board member and co-founder of Black Women on Boards, a global organization of 200+ executives at market-leading companies who help prepare, place and propel top Black female talent into boardrooms of the most innovative companies.
Her technical degrees, coupled with a Stanford business education, serve her well as an advisor and public board director of leading technology companies such as Rocket Lab (RKLB), GitLab (GTLB), Symbotic (SYM), and TD Synnex (SNX).
Outside of her business interests, Merline is passionate about supporting the next generation, especially student‑athletes pursuing STEM degrees. She is an avid fan of Stanford women’s soccer and proud mom of Jasmine Aikey, the first Stanford player ever to win both the MAC Hermann Trophy and Academic All‑America Team Member of the Year in the same season, and only the second player in Division I history to achieve this rare double. Jasmine earned these honors while graduating as a computer science major and now plays professionally in the NWSL for Denver Summit FC.
Sampling of Influencer Recognitions:
2024 Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering: Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award
2023 CNBC Changemakers Advisory Board
2023 Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100
2022 LinkedIn Top Voices in Leadership: The Top 10 Creators to Follow
2022 NACD Directorship 100™
2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Director by Savoy Magazine,
2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by Women’s, Inc.
2017 Women of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal
Business Insider: #6 of the 22 Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World
Lifetime Achievement Award by Girls in Tech
Contributing writer for the Governance in the Digital Age book published by Diligent Corporation
Board Cybersecurity Oversight by NACD and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.
Advisor and guest speaker in executive education and board governance programs, including Stanford Directors’ College and Harvard Business School.