Chris Hollindale

Chris Hollindale is the Head of Checkr Pay at Checkr, a background check technology platform, based in San Francisco, California. Prior to his current position, he co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Zesty, a corporate catering startup that participated in the Y Combinator Winter 2014 batch. He successfully led the food technology company through its initial growth phases and its eventual acquisition by Square in 2018. Following the transaction, Hollindale integrated into Square as a member of their product management team to oversee post-acquisition operations. He holds a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford, having studied at St Anne's College before relocating to the United States in 2013. His professional background centers on B2B software and financial technology, with a current focus on developing embedded payment infrastructure for enterprise platforms.