Brian 'Skip' Schipper

Brian 'Skip' Schipper is the EVP, Chief People Officer at Yext. Prior to their current role, they served as the Head of Human Resources at Twitter from January 2014 to March 2016. Before Twitter, Schipper was the Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Groupon from July 2011 to January 2014. Brian also served as the CHRO - Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Cisco Systems, Inc. from October 2006 to July 2011 and as Corp. Vice President - Human Resources at Microsoft Corp from March 2004 to October 2006. From February 2002 to March 2004, they were a Partner, Head of HR & Administration at Andor Capital Management, LLC and from February 2000 to February 2002 they were Sr Vice President, HR & Administration at DoubleClick Inc. Prior to that, they served as Vice President, Human Resources at PepsiCo from May 1995 to February 2000 and as Gen'l Mgr, Compensation, Benefits & HRIS at Compaq Computer Corp. from November 1987 to May 1995.

Brian 'Skip' Schipper has a MBA from Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and a BA from Hope College.

Brian 'Skip' Schipper reports to Michael Walrath, CEO & Chairman. Some of their coworkers include Ho Shin - General Counsel, Lexi Bohonnon - EVP, Customer Success, and Brian Distelburger - Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer.