Bring life to work

Faiz Abdulla
Founder & Co-CEO

Faiz has over 25 years of extensive financial, operational, and leadership experience as well as consulting experience. He holds CPA, CMA, and PMP designations and has been involved in the successful restructuring of several multi-million-dollar organizations. An active member in his community, Faiz is the recipient of a number of awards for his entrepreneurial efforts, including the Economic Development of Southern Manitoba Regional Entrepreneur Award. Faiz also pioneered “The Breakfast Club” at Rise, where he demonstrates his love for getting to know everyone he works with. 

Misha Abasov
Co-CEO

Misha is an operationally-minded business leader and entrepreneur. Over the past decade, he's helped entrench customer and product excellence at fast-growing SaaS companies including Allocadia, Mobify, and Hootsuite. Misha has spent over seven years in the HR technology space, working directly with hundreds of organizations to help optimize their people practices.

Kimberley LeComte
President of Rise Health

Kimberley is a business leader and expert with an extensive background in the health and benefits industry spanning over 20 years. She has worked with clients in Canada, the US and the UK creating human resource alignment with the business they support, creating value for dollars spent, maximizing employee engagement and wellbeing.  From program design through delivery and governance, Kimberley supports a team of experts who are passionate about delivering value in a transparent and easy to communicate way.  Her favorite days include problem solving, investing in people and contributing towards a healthier, more balanced workforce.

Steve Bond
VP, Engineering

Steve is a seasoned Technology and Engineering leader with a demonstrated history of building great teams and products. Over the past two decades, Steve has helped launch digital products and services for top-tier brands including Nike, Land Rover, TELUS, FitBit, and Heineken. More recently, Steve has helped engineering teams scale and flourish at SaaS companies including Jane App, REW, and now Rise People.

Ajay Achacoso
VP, Sales

Ajay is an SaaS sales leader with over 12 years of experience in the HCM and payroll technology space (primarily at ADP). He has led national and regional sales organizations with strong results, including double-digit year-over-year revenue growth. With a background in structured sales, Ajay has a proven track record of scaling teams, driving new logo acquisition, and improving win rates. Ajay is also known for partnering with executive stakeholders to accelerate revenue growth and deliver consistent top-tier performance.

Elan Desrochers-O’Sullivan
Director of Client Experience

Elan brings over 10 years of client-facing experience across diverse industries, including hospitality, financial services, and SaaS. Before joining Rise, she led onboarding teams at Bench Accounting, guiding clients through complex, high-stakes situations and building scalable processes that improved the client experience from point of sale through delivery. Elan brings a curiosity-driven, people-first leadership style, and she is passionate about shaping systems that serve clients and about building diverse, high-performing teams.