Yext Appoints Tom Nielsen as Chief Revenue Officer
October 12 2022 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Nielsen joins Yext with over 20 years’
experience in driving profitable revenue growth for enterprise tech
organizations
Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Answers Company, today announced
that Tom Nielsen has joined Yext as Chief Revenue Officer to
accelerate and scale global revenue growth. Nielsen will report
directly to Marc Ferrentino, President and Chief Operating Officer,
and will serve on Yext's leadership team.
This press release features multimedia. View
the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221012005280/en/
Tom Nielsen has joined Yext as Chief
Revenue Officer to accelerate and scale global revenue growth
(Photo: Yext)
With extensive sales leadership experience from New Relic, Inc.,
TIBCO, Oracle, Secerno, and IBM, Nielsen will be a strong asset to
Yext in executing an ambitious sales and go-to-market strategy.
Nielsen will oversee Yext’s global revenue organization and will be
responsible for driving strategic alignment between all
revenue-related functions.
“Tom’s strong customer relationships and deep industry knowledge
will play a key role as Yext continues to disrupt the market for
digital experience solutions,” said Ferrentino. “We believe his
track record of developing successful sales strategies will enable
him to make a tremendous impact on the company’s go-to-market
execution. We’re thrilled to welcome Tom to the team.”
Nielsen is a globally recognized, results-driven executive with
over 20 years of enterprise software sales experience. Most
recently, Nielsen served as EVP and Head of Worldwide Sales at New
Relic, Inc., where his team developed a sales strategy that tripled
year-over-year growth and drove nearly $1 billion in global
revenue.
“Throughout my career, I’ve learned that the most effective way
to fuel growth is to drive meaningful outcomes for your customers,”
said Nielsen. “Yext has a compelling, differentiated platform that
manages content and delivers contextualized digital experiences at
scale. I am grateful and excited for the opportunity to bring these
powerful capabilities to organizations all over the world.”
To learn more about Yext, visit www.yext.com.
About Yext Yext (NYSE: YEXT) helps organizations answer
every question about their business. Yext's Answers Platform
collects and organizes content into a Knowledge Graph, then
leverages a complementary set of products — including Listings,
Pages, Reviews, and Search — to deliver relevant, actionable
answers wherever customers, employees, and partners look for
information. For over 15 years, thousands of companies worldwide
have trusted Yext to create seamless content-driven experiences at
scale across search engines, websites, mobile apps, and hundreds of
other digital touchpoints. Learn more at yext.com.
SOURCE Yext, Inc.
View source
version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221012005280/en/
Investor Relations Nils Erdmann ir@yext.com
Public Relations Gordon Knapp pr@yext.com
Yext (NYSE:YEXT)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Yext (NYSE:YEXT)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024