Mark van der Pyl

Mark van der Pyl started their career in 1997 at IBM as a Manufacturing Development Engineer, where they led a global team and designed processes for the manufacture of disk drive assemblies. In 2000, they joined Applied Materials as a Materials Program Manager and later became a Member of Technical Staff, achieving significant cost savings through alternative manufacturing technologies. Mark then served as the Sr. Commodity Business Manager for Applied Materials' Solar Business Group, where they managed supplier selection and negotiation for turnkey thin film solar factory projects. In 2010, they joined SunPower Corporation as a Sr. Global Commodity Manager, responsible for third-party solar product procurement and achieved a 300% supply growth and 20% cost reduction. Mark returned to Applied Materials in 2023 as the Polymer Supplier Account Team Lead. Between these periods, they worked at Google in various roles, including Program Manager for Network Operations Supply Chain, Systems Program Manager for Procure-to-Pay, and Manager for Google Fiber Supply Chain, contributing to cost savings and operational improvements through contract negotiation, supplier performance management, and programmatic execution of services.

Mark van der Pyl's education history includes a Bachelor of Arts and Science degree in History and Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (1993-1997), a Master of Science in Engineering degree in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Stanford University (1998-2002), and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2003-2006). Prior to college, they attended Punahou School, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.