Lindsey Scrase, Checkr

Lindsey Scrase has always done her own thing, letting personal and professional instincts be her guide. The approach hasn’t always been comfortable, but the results speak for themselves. The Ann Arbor, MI native has demonstrated leadership prowess at just about every stage of her career – from her days as a crew leader at a fast food chain restaurant to her current role as COO of Checkr, a streamlined, AI-powered background-checking platform. In a conversation with Women to Watch’s Sue Rocco, Scrace discusses the importance of diversity-based hiring practices she learned during her decade at Google, and why everyone – even her own kids – could benefit from stepping outside their boxes.

Lindsey Scrase, COO at Checkr, shared the story behind her title with us on April 2, 2025.

Lindsey is Chief Operating Officer at Checkr, leading all go-to-market functions including Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Solutions, and Partnerships, as well as all of Operations including Customer and Candidate Support Operations. Prior to Checkr, Lindsey spent ten years at Google Cloud where she was globally responsible for all SMB, Mid Market, and Startups revenue for Google Cloud including Google Workspace and Google Cloud Platform. She played an instrumental role in growing the business to over 6 million paying Google Workspace customers, building the Google Cloud Platform SMB/Startups business, and scaling the Google for Startups Cloud Program.