About Recognize

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.

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Recognize’s Company Values

  • Recognizer

    A Recognizer finds the good in what others are doing and isn’t shy about celebrating wins. They shine a light on great work, show appreciation for differences, and help others succeed. They look for ways to celebrate their work through data.

  • Exemplar

    We lead by example and strive for greatness where it truly counts, delivering five-star care and their best work every time. They are passionate about the cause, resourceful, and solution-oriented. They are thorough, detailed, and data-driven in their work. They want their work to be well-designed and easy to follow.

  • Ally

    An Ally is kind, respectful, and understanding. They communicate with honesty and care, collaborate openly, and build on teammates’ ideas. They work well with others, knowing that real progress comes from trust and cooperation.

  • Futurist

    A Futurist is forward-thinking and embraces new possibilities without clinging to outdated ways. They welcome change, they maintain a growth mindset, ask questions fearlessly, and challenge assumptions to uncover what’s next and best. Bring your ideas forward with testing and insights.

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”.

Leland Miklovic

Advisor + Founder of Opus Investment Partners

Leland has nearly 30 years of senior-level operating, management consulting, private equity investment, and merger & acquisition experience.

Meet the Team

Anuj Shilpakar

Principal Software Engineer

David Jones

Senior Account Executive

Nikki Whitehead

Operations Manager

Bikash Pandey

Associate Software Engineer

Brittany Espinoza

Head of Customer Success

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

Kshitiz Tamang

Kshitiz Tamang

Software Engineer

Catherine O’Keefe

Catherine O’Keefe

Customer Success Manager

Steve Dourountoudakis

Steve Dourountoudakis

Sales Representative

Advisor

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.

 

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.

Careers

Recognize team at a conference