User:Eric Allen Hess

As COO for First Advantage Corporation, Eric has responsibility for fulfillment, production support, operational compliance and technology infrastructure. Prior to joining First Advantage, Eric was most recently Senior Vice President of Global Operations for the Risk Solutions business of LexisNexis where he drove the strategic direction for all U.S. and international operations for Risk Solutions. Prior to LexisNexis, Eric held various senior operating positions within the human capital management and data analytics industry. Eric is a respected industry expert on the topics of drug testing and employment-related screening, and is a frequent lecturer, speaker and author on these topics. In 2001, he was appointed by the Secretary of Transportation to the Department of Transportation's Federal Advisory Committee for the Transmission and Storage of Electronic Drug Testing Information. Having served more than a decade on the legislative and regulatory affairs committee of the Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA), including two years as Board Chairman, he now resides as Chair Emeritus. Eric is also a previous recipient of Entrepreneur of the Year Award by Inc. Magazine and Ernst and Young.