NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE:
YEXT), the AI Search Company, today announced Laurie "LC" Cook as
its first-ever Vice President of Public Sector, effective
August 2, 2021.
In this role, the industry veteran with over twenty years of
experience will be responsible for leading and building out an arm
of Yext's sales organization to serve United States federal, state, and local
government agencies.
"Yext has laid a solid foundation in the public sector, having
built impressive trust and credibility helping the WHO and U.S.
State Department deliver accurate COVID-related information during
the pandemic," said Cook. "I'm looking forward to building on that
foundation and building out a team dedicated to bringing out the
full potential of Yext's AI search platform in a sector where it
can truly make an impact."
Prior to joining Yext, Cook served as the Vice President of
Public Sector at Blue Prism, where she was responsible for leading
a sales and alliances team in the robotic process automation (RPA)
market. Previously, she was Federal Civilian Sales Account Director
for the Department of Commerce at SAS Institute, an analytics
software company, as well as Manager of Federal Civilian Sales at
LexisNexis.
Cook's impressive work in the public sector has also earned her
ten federal sales leadership awards in the past 12 years, including
a FedScoop 50 Award for Leadership in Industry.
"We couldn't be more excited for LC to join Yext as our
first-ever Vice President of Public Sector," said Brian Distelburger, Co-Founder, President, and
Chief Operating Officer of Yext. "Her unmatched energy, deep
industry knowledge, and appreciation for the impact that AI search
technology can have is going to be critical to our success in
serving the public sector."
About Yext
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the AI Search Company and is on a mission
to transform the enterprise with AI search.
With the explosion of information and data online, search has
never been more important. However, while the world of consumer
search has innovated over time, enterprise search has not. In fact,
the majority of enterprise search is powered by outdated keyword
search technology that only scans for keywords and delivers a list
of hyperlinks rather than actually answering questions.
Yext, the AI Search Company, offers a modern, AI-powered Answers
Platform that understands natural language so that when people ask
questions about a business online they get direct answers – not
links.
Brands like Verizon, Vanguard, Subway and Marriott — as well as
organizations like the U.S. State Department and World Health
Organization — trust Yext to radically improve their business with
answers-led AI search.
CONTACT: Amanda Kontor,
pr@yext.com
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