Daniel Yanisse
Background
Daniel Yanisse was born in France and studied computer science and systems engineering at École Centrale Paris and EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland. A brilliant systems programmer, Yanisse moved to Silicon Valley, working as a software engineer at on-demand delivery startup Deliv.
Role at Checkr, Inc.
Daniel Yanisse is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Checkr, Inc. While working at Deliv in 2013, Yanisse was shocked to discover that onboarding a delivery driver took weeks because legacy background check companies relied on manual paper courthouse searches. In 2014, alongside Jonathan Perichon, Yanisse founded Checkr in San Francisco to automate background screening via modern APIs. Under Yanisse's visionary, mission-driven leadership, Checkr grew into a $5.0 billion technology titan generating over $300 million in annual revenue, powering screening for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash. Yanisse emerged as a national champion of Fair Chance Hiring, helping over 1.5 million individuals with prior arrest records secure employment. Yanisse's principled, mission-driven leadership made him one of the most respected enterprise software founders in Silicon Valley. Pairing ruthless technical execution with a profound commitment to criminal justice reform, Yanisse steered Checkr from a two-person YC startup into a $5.0 billion technology powerhouse past $300M ARR, championing Fair Chance Hiring to unlock life-changing economic mobility for over 1.5 million individuals with past arrest records.