Author: Seth Colaner / Source: VentureBeat
For an automated background-checking company, “Chief Trust and Security Officer” is as mission-critical as it gets. That’s the title of Checkr‘s newest member, Cory Louie. After beginning his career as a U.S. Secret Service agent, Louie has held variations of “security officer” at WeWork, Planned Parenthood, Dropbox, Google, and the White House.
In a blog post announcing Louie’s arrival at the company, Checkr said that it’s at an inflection point; in any case, it’s been growing. In July 2018, Checkr was running more than a million background checks per month, but now it’s upped that number to 1.5 million, with 10,000 customers on its rolls. For his part, Louie seems to have more in mind than just salient marketing data points, though. In an email interview with VentureBeat, he said, “I have two criteria when exploring new opportunities: Is it worth protecting, and does it have a higher purpose?” Checkr, he said, exceeded his expectations. He cited in part the company’s mission of “utilizing technology for good.”
Throughout his answers, Louie kept returning to this idea of fairness. Although automated background checking or resume scanning can surface bias that weeds people out, which is patently unfair, his view is…
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