NEW YORK, June 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE:
YEXT), the AI Search Company, today announced that it has appointed
Shane Battier, Vice President of
Basketball Development and Analytics of the Miami Heat for over
five years, to its Board of Directors, effective June 30, 2021.
"We're thrilled to welcome Shane to Yext's Board of Directors,"
said Michael Walrath, Chairman of
Yext. "His incredible professional background, coupled with his
natural talent for analysis and data-driven strategy, will give us
a big boost as we embark on the next phase of Yext's incredible
journey."
"I couldn't be more excited to join such an innovative,
data-driven company," said Shane
Battier. "From its differentiated AI search platform to the
range of impressive customers, Yext truly is building the next big
thing in search, and I'm looking forward to fostering its further
success in my role on the Board."
Most recently, Battier served as the Miami Heat's Vice President
of Analytics and Basketball Development, guiding the organization's
strategic initiatives with data-based solutions. He is also a
member of the Board at BOA Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded
company, the founder of the Battier Take Charge Initiative, an
organization dedicated to providing educational and developmental
resources for underserved youth communities, and a Senior Fellow
for the Fuqua Center on Leadership and Ethics at Duke University's Fuqua
School of Business.
Battier also spent 13 years in the NBA, where he was named to
the All-Rookie First Team in 2002 while playing with the Memphis
Grizzlies, then went on to win back-to-back NBA Championships with
the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013. He was a first-round draft pick in
2001 and a consensus national player of the year after leading
Duke to the NCAA National
Championship.
As the newest member of Yext's Board of Directors, Battier joins
Howard Lerman, Yext Founder and CEO;
Brian Distelburger, Yext Co-Founder,
President, & Chief Operating Officer; Michael Walrath, Yext Board Chairman and Right
Media Founder and former CEO; Jesse
Lipson, founder and chief executive officer of Real Magic,
LLC; Julie Richardson, former Senior
Adviser to Providence Equity Partners LLC and former Partner and
Managing Director at Providence Equity; Andrew Sheehan, former Partner of Sutter Hill
Ventures and Managing Director of Tippet Venture Partners, L.P.;
Tamar Yehoshua, Chief Product
Officer at Slack and former Vice President of Product Management
for Search at Google; Seth Waugh,
CEO of the PGA of America; and Hillary
Smith, Operating Partner at Craft Ventures.
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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