Biography

Merline is an experienced non-executive director and currently serves on the boards of Lightspeed (NYSE: LSPD), Banner Corporation (NASDAQ: BANR), and ShotSpotter (NASDAQ: SSTI). Merline was the former Chief Operating Officer at Change Healthcare, and previously held leadership roles at iconic companies including Intuit, Yahoo!, PayPal, Adobe, and Sun Microsystems. Merline began her career as a software engineer and was honored as one of the Most Influential Corporate Directors in 2019 by Women’s Inc. She has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award by Grls in Tech and is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Merline is also certified in Cyber-Risk Oversight by NACD and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.