Kari Marquis is an industry veteran well-versed in leading customer-focused teams in human resources management systems. With more than 15 years’ experience as a leader in the space, Kari has lent her expertise to large enterprise and multinational companies and now serves as Chief Customer Officer for First Advantage. Kari first joined the organization in 2016 as a Vice President of Enterprise Sales and moved on from that role to serve first as Vice President of Sales—Staffing and then as Senior Vice President of Customer Success. In these roles, Kari and her team have improved First Advantage customer engagement, retention and satisfaction across the board.

Prior to joining first Advantage, Kari spent more than 10 years at HireRight, where she led Operations, Sales and Account Management efforts.  Earlier in her career, Kari managed large civil litigation law firms.