About Recognize
Meet with Us
Recognize’s mission is to foster a positive and engaging workplace culture by providing integrated and tailored solutions. We aim to empower organizations to celebrate achievements, enhance morale, measure progress, and create a supportive environment where employees feel seen and valued.
Recognize’s Company Values
Take Ownership
Innovative Thinking
Responsiveness
Adaptability
A+ Work
Leadership
Alex Grande
CEO
Alex is an entrepreneur and published research author combining psychology with web development. Before founding Recognize, he worked in web development for companies like Uber and Target.
Peter Philips
CTO
An end-to-end engineering powerhouse. Before Recognize, Peter founded TechForProgress. More recently, he authored “The Ruby Workshop”.
Ashley Butler
Director of Operations
As the Director of Operations at Recognize, Ashley is dedicated to enhancing customer and employee experiences. Before joining the Recognize team, Ashley spent nearly five years scaling operations at Zoom Video Communications, where she honed her skills to drive operational excellence and enhance organizational performance.
Meet the Team
Anuj Shilpakar
Principal Software Engineer
David Jones
Senior Account Executive
Nikki Whitehead
Operations Manager
Beca Caldwell
Product Enablement Manager
Brittany Espranza
Senior Customer Success Manager
David Rader
Systems Operations
Pankaj Dhakal
Software Engineer
Rajan Bhattarai
Senior Software Engineer
Ritesh Chaudhary
Software Engineer
Samantha Liravongsa
Customer Success Manager
Zach Grande
Software Engineer
Siddartha Paudel
QA Engineer
Bikash Pandey
Associate Software Engineer
Kshitiz Tamang
Software Engineer
Jeff Hsu
Senior Account Executive
Advisors
Leland Miklovic
Leland has nearly 30 years of senior-level operating, management consulting, private equity investment, and merger & acquisition experience. He is currently a managing director with Opus Advisory Partners, a strategic advisory firm, and a partner with Opus Investment Partners, a private equity investment firm. Leland was previously a senior executive with Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and several other firms. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University and an M.B.A. from Cornell University, and currently serves on the boards of three companies and one not-for-profit.
Lena Kempe
Leveraging 20+ years of legal experience in law firms and companies, including General Counsel roles, along with Yale Law education, I provide strategic guidance to GCs, C-level executives, and boards in different industries. I have published articles in prestigious legal publications, including the American Bar Association’s peer-reviewed Business Law Today and Bloomberg Law. I have taught AI at several CLE programs, including those hosted by both the New York State and New York County Bar Associations.
Autumn Manning
Autumn co-founded YouEarnedIt (now WorkTango), a game-changing employee experience platform for global enterprises. Her expertise in measuring, understanding, and positively impacting behavior was the secret sauce behind the platform’s success, paired with her keen ability to identify new markets, comprehend customer needs, and develop differentiated offerings that tap into the pulse of what makes people tick. Under Autumn’s leadership, YouEarnedIt grew into a thriving business, which was ultimately acquired by Vista Equity Partners in 2018.
Join Our Team
We are always looking for talented individuals to join our team. Let’s work together to make a difference in the world through the act of positivity and appreciation.
