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Leadership Team

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  PierceUjjainwalla

  Co-founder & CEO

  
  Pierce is a career marketer who has lived in the marketing trenches at companies like IBM, SAP, NVIDIA, and Marketo. He launched Knak in 2015 as a platform designed to help Marketers simplify email creation. He is also the founder of Revenue Pulse, a marketing operations consultancy.

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  BrendanFarnand

  Co-founder & Chief Evangelist

  
  Brendan Farnand is a career enterprise marketer who’s passionate about making modern marketing accessible to everyone. He takes pride in positioning products effectively and crafting messages that resonate, and has extensive experience in demand generation, customer experience, and marketing operations. Brendan’s real job is being a husband and father of five, and he is proud of his dad jokes even if his family isn’t. He’s also a major car nut.

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  MychelleMollot

  Chief Marketing Officer

  
  Mychelle is a geophysical engineer turned career marketer who has led marketing teams at Cognos, IBM, Klipfolio and Solace. She has been very active in the startup community as a board member at Invest Ottawa, Unito, Trustiics and Touch Bistro and is on the Ottawa Hospital Foundation Board. In her spare time she spends her time outdoors biking, kayaking and skiing.

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  GregLeNeveu

  Chief Revenue Officer

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  RodMoshfeghi

  VP, Product Management

  
  Hirbod (or Rod for short) is a seasoned Product Executive with a passion for building a product vision that delivers value for customers. Prior to coming to Knak, Hirbod (or Rod for short) was the Director of Product Management at Hootsuite. Rod is excited to come to Knak to work with the team here and take everything he has learned to help bring Knak to the next level. In his free time, he loves to spend time with his wife and three kids and trains in Muay Thai kick boxing.

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  JoelChretien

  VP, Engineering

  
  Joel launched his career in software engineering for the mining sector, where he developed a deep understanding of intricate systems and challenging networking conditions. He is passionate about solving operational challenges, leading highly effective teams, and wrangling complex systems. When not at work, he’s a part-time chauffeur and proud dad to two young dancers.

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  StephanieLeBlanc

  VP, Customer Success

  
  Stephanie joins Knak with a breadth of digital marketing and SaaS experiences. Dabbling in successful M&As, bootstrapped to 100 million, and a recent IPO, she leads highly engaged teams with a passion for designing exceptional customer experiences. Stephanie knows first hand that successful customers emerge from deeply engaged teams. Stephanie is committed to building out the very best employee and customer experience at Knak! Stephanie loves to collect new growth opportunities in and out of the office. She has recently taken up hiking some of the highest peaks in the rocky mountains and regularly champions her two energetic kids in all of their activities.

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  ChristopherChan

  Senior Director, Finance

  
  Chris joins the Knak team after working at Ottawa-based accounting firm Logan Katz. Chris graduated with a Commerce degree with a specialization in Accounting from the University of Ottawa and got his CPA designation in 2019. When he's not crunching numbers, Chris enjoys hiking, rock climbing, and white water kayaking.

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  SarahCrandlemire

  Senior Director, People Ops

  
  Sarah joins the Knak team as Director of People & Culture at Knak, playing a pivotal role in shaping our workplace ethos. Sarah integrates her passion for building genuine and lasting connections into her role, supporting leaders in fostering the same within their teams. Prior to joining Knak, Sarah was the Director, People & Culture at Noibu. Outside of work, Sarah enjoys traveling, live music, spending time with family, and trying new foods.

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Board of Advisors

Our Board of Advisors is a group of men and women who play an official mentorship role at Knak. They are some of the most innovative, pioneering leaders in the industry, and we're so happy to have them in our corner.

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  LeahMacMillan

  Chief Marketing Officer

  Trend Micro

  
  As CMO at Trend Micro, Leah MacMillan is responsible for all aspects of global marketing strategy and operations, including driving brand awareness for the organization and the solutions it offers. She is passionate about high-tech innovation and storytelling, and these interests have fueled a successful career that included senior positions at Entrust and Cognos, and, more recently, an executive position at IBM. Ms. MacMillan holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing and International Business from McGill University.

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  RobertAshe

  Advisory Board Member

  Independent Advisor

  
  Robert Ashe is the former President and CEO of Cognos Inc. First appointed President in 2002 and CEO in 2004, he held both roles until the company was acquired by IBM in 2007 for $4.9 billion, IBM’s largest software acquisition to date. After the acquisition, Mr. Ashe served as IBM’s General Manager of Business Analytics for several years. Currently, he is a director of ServiceSource International, Inc., MSCI, Inc., Shopify, and Halogen Software, Inc. Mr. Ashe holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Ottawa and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

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  PascalSt. Jean

  President

  3iQ

  
  Pascal St. Jean is a born entrepreneur, innovator, and life-long learner. His remarkable business achievements have earned him a respected reputation as a passionate leader, visionary, and advisor. Pascal is the founder of many successful ventures, including Picsphere and Citadel Rock Communities, Inc., and he serves as a strategic advisor to many start-up businesses in the Ottawa region. His current focus is to establish Ottawa as a tech and business hub by championing local businesses and their leaders. Mr. St. Jean holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of Ottawa.

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  LesRechan

  CEO and Founder

  Rechan Consulting Group, LLC

  
  Les Rechan is a high performance, go to market leader with over 40 years of global CEO, COO, GM and board experience in AI, analytics, cloud, data, bitcoin, CRM, HCM, SCM and EDA. He has served as CEO of Solace and Halogen Software, COO of PROS, Cognos and Onyx Software, and Global SVP/GM at IBM, Oracle, Siebel and Cadence Design Systems. Currently, he is a director of Microstrategy and advisor to Lorica Cybersecurity and Mistral Ventures. Mr. Rechan holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical/Computer Engineering, and Bachelor of the Arts in Organizational Behavior and Management, from Brown University. He also has a Masters in Management from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

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