Yext Continues Expansion with Key Leadership Hires and Office Openings

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, the global leader in Digital Location Management, announced it has hired five accomplished leaders from top tech companies including Facebook, Salesforce.com, and Yahoo! The strategic hires follow rapid company growth over the past few years, including international expansion, a 3-year growth rate of 2,026%, and recognition in the Inc. 500.

"As Yext grows its domestic and international presence, we are building our team with some of the most brilliant individuals in our industry who share our mission of helping people go places," noted Howard Lerman, Yext Co-Founder & CEO. "We could not be happier to bring this accomplished group onboard and we look forward to leveraging their deep experience to help us achieve our ambitious growth goals. Also, we're still hiring like crazy, so please get in touch with us if you are looking to go new places in your career!"

New hires include:

Bridgette Blake, Group VP, Enterprise Sales, Midwest Region, and Head of Global Agency Development
A 20-year veteran of the marketing and media industries and over 15 years in digital, Bridgette most recently served for 6 years in a leadership capacity at Yahoo! She also previously held management roles at MSN, Newscorp/MySpace, CafeMom and PopSugar. Bridgette serves on the board of Step Up Women's Network, and lives in Chicago where she'll head Enterprise Sales for Yext in the Midwest, as well as the Global Agency Development team.

Brad Cohen, VP, Partner Sales
Brad joins Yext as VP of Partner Sales and will lead the GTM strategy and growth of the Partner channel. Brad has 15 years of experience in the SaaS, media, and digital industries, most recently spending 5 years as the Senior Director of Sales at ReachLocal.

Owen Fegan, VP, Creative Director
An accomplished designer, photographer, marketer, and musician, Owen Fegan has joined Yext to build its in-house creative team and drive the evolution of Geomarketing.com. Owen was most recently the VP, Creative Director at Grooveshark, and has previously led the internal creative agencies of a number of premier media properties including Rolling Stone, SPIN, and New York Media.

Lindsay Johnston, Group VP, Enterprise Sales, Southwest Region
With over 25 years of experience executing complex sales across various verticals in the Fortune 500, Lindsay joins Yext from Salesforce where he most recently served as Regional VP of Sales and managed a Core Enterprise team responsible for $57 million in recurring revenue. Based in Dallas, Lindsay will lead Enterprise Sales for Yext in the Southwest.

Stephen Zangre, Group VP, Enterprise Sales, Northeast Region
Stephen joins Yext after six years with Facebook in Sales Management, most recently spearheading domestic growth within the CPG vertical. Stephen began his career at Coca Cola USA and has also held a variety of sales management roles at Catalina Marketing, CoolSavings, and ValueClick Media. Stephen will lead Enterprise Sales in the Northeast at Yext.

Yext has also announced the opening of two new U.S. offices in Chicago and Dallas. "Our new offices will help us better serve our customers nationally," stated Yext President and Co-Founder Brian Distelburger. "We look forward to building our teams in both locations and becoming a valued member of the business community in each."

About Yext
Yext is the global Digital Location Management (DLM) leader, helping over 500,000 business locations reach mobile consumers across a network of 100+ app, map, directory, search engine, and social media partners including Apple, Bing, Facebook, Foursquare, Yahoo, and Yelp. Yext's mission is to enable the world's 50 million businesses to harness the power of location and drive face-to-face and digital interactions that boost customer engagement, build audiences, and increase sales.

Based in the heart of New York City with a growing team of over 400 employees worldwide, Yext has been recognized as one of America's fastest growing companies by the Inc. 500 (#212 in 2015), one of Forbes Most Promising Companies (2014 & 2015) and one of Fortune's Best Places to Work (2014).

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