Yext, Inc. Appoints Mark Davis to Its Board of Directors
July 03, 2024 at 01:30 am IST
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Yext, Inc. announced that Mark Davis has been elected to its board of directors at its 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, effective immediately. Davis has also been appointed as a member of the audit committee. Davis brings nearly four decades of diverse management and executive leadership experience from his tenure as an Audit & Assurance partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP.
Throughout his career, Davis has been a trusted advisor to Fortune 500, privately held and pre-IPO companies, corporate boards and audit committees across a broad spectrum of industries. His extensive experience guiding over 50 clients through IPOs and advising on corporate governance and acquisition strategy positions him as a valuable addition to Yext?s leadership team.
In his roles at Deloitte, Davis has advised a diverse group of public and privately held companies ranging from middle market to large multinational companies. His leadership has contributed to the success of the Emerging Growth Company (EGC) business, which has increased substantially with many active clients. His go-to-market approach for the creation of Deloitte Private also helped establish Deloitte as a leader in the space.
Yext, Inc. is a provider of an answer platform. The Company is engaged in organizing businesses facts to deliver relevant, actionable answers to consumer questions throughout the digital ecosystem. Its platform lets businesses structure the facts about their brands in a database called the Knowledge Graph. Its platform is built to leverage the structured data stored in the Knowledge Graph to deliver a search experience on a business or organization's own Website, as well as across over 200 service and application providers, which it refers to as its Publisher Network, and includes Amazon Alexa, Apple Maps, Bing, Cortana, Facebook, Google, Google Assistant, Google Maps, Siri, and Yelp. The Company's platform offers various features, including Listings, Pages, and Search, along with its other features and capabilities. The Company also offers field user support, which includes one-on-one training, review of content based on brand guidelines, and other support services.