Checkr, Inc.
Leadership History
2 leaders · 2014 to present
Daniel Yanisse is the CEO of Checkr, in the role since 2014.
| Name | Role | From | To | Years in role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Yanisse | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 2014 | Present | 12 |
| Jonathan Perichon | Co-Founder & former CTO | 2014 | Present | 12 |
Checkr turned the background check, long a weeks-long, paper-heavy process, into an API call. That speed made it core infrastructure for the on-demand economy, where companies like Uber and DoorDash needed to onboard drivers and couriers in days rather than weeks. More than a decade later, Checkr describes itself as an AI data platform for trust decisions, from hiring and lending to visitor screening and online dating. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Checkr is a B2B usage-based platform. Employers, gig platforms and lenders order verifications through its dashboard, more than 100 HR and applicant-tracking integrations, or a REST API, and pay per report or package. Gross revenue includes court access and other government fees Checkr passes through; net revenue strips those out, which is why Checkr reports both figures ($800M+ gross and $500M+ net in 2025). Add-on products, including continuous criminal and driving-record monitoring, drug testing, employment and education verification, Truework income verification and Checkr Trust API lookups, raise revenue per customer.
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
2014 – Present
12 years (current)
Built Checkr API-first for on-demand platforms, pushed into enterprise and SMB (GoodHire, 2022), cut 32% of staff in 2024 to restore efficiency, and broadened into lending and consumer verification with Truework and Checkr Personal.
Has led Checkr since founding, from gig-economy screening API to a four-product verification platform with $800M+ gross revenue in 2025.
Co-Founder & former CTO
2014 – Present
12 years (current)
Perichon architected the core, highly scalable API infrastructure that allowed Checkr to instantly automate background checks for massive gig-economy platforms rather than relying on manual court runners.
As Co-Founder, he established the engineering culture that made Checkr the absolute default background check provider for Silicon Valley before eventually departing the company.
These officers report to the chief executive and are not part of the CEO timeline above.
Checkr's volumes track hiring: when tech and gig hiring slowed, the company cut 382 jobs (about 32% of staff) in April 2024. It also operates under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), state and local Fair Chance and 'Ban the Box' laws, and court-record redaction trends that can slow searches. Legacy rivals (Sterling, now part of First Advantage, and HireRight) compete hard on enterprise price, and Checkr has to keep data accurate and secure across hundreds of millions of identity records.
Co-founder Daniel Yanisse has been CEO since Checkr's founding in 2014.
He was a software engineer at Deliv, a delivery startup, where he saw firsthand how slow background checks held up courier hiring.
Building Checkr API-first for gig platforms, acquiring GoodHire (2022) and Truework (2025), cutting 32% of staff in 2024, and turning Checkr into a four-product verification platform.
Tim Yarbrough, former CFO of ZipRecruiter, joined in March 2026, succeeding Naeem Ishaq.
Compare executive leadership tenures and strategic transitions
Explore Checkr
Core profile pages, founders and related research hubs for this company.