Brian 'Skip' Schipper

Chief People Officer

Brian 'Skip' Schipper serves as Chief People Officer. He is responsible for overseeing the company's people teams and overall organizational strategy.

Skip has over thirty-five years' Human Resources and broader administration leadership experience in the U.S. and internationally, primarily in the technology industry in global companies at all stages of growth. Prior to Yext, he was the Chief HR Officer at Twitter, Groupon, Cisco, Andor Capital and DoubleClick. He has also held senior HR leadership roles at Microsoft, PepsiCo, and Compaq Computer Corp.Skip holds a B.A. from Hope College and an M.B.A. from Michigan State University.

He serves as Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee on the boards of 1stDibs, Inc. NASDAQ: DIBS and Open Education, and chairs the board and Nominations Governance Committee of DHI, Inc. NYSE: DHX

About

Office

Chicago

Hometown

Holland, MI

Favorite part about job

Enabling great performers to learn, grow, and be promoted to higher levels of responsibility and impact.

Fun Fact

Skip has lived and worked in eighteen cities in his thirty-six year career since graduate school.

Favorite Book

Putting It Together by James Lapine

Social Media

Interested in interviewing Skip? Contact us at pr@yext.com

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