Team
Leadership Team
Our executive team has a wide variety of backgrounds, from microfinance to organizational learning to HR tech to Enterprise solutions. Get to know them below.
Ankur Ahlowalia, CEO
Ankur is a passionate technology leader focused on helping large organizations work smarter by connecting people, systems, and insights in more intentional ways. Before joining Chronus, he served as CEO of Korbyt, where he led the company through significant growth, product innovation, and enterprise expansion.
Ankur also held senior leadership roles at SecureAuth, Apttus and Saba Software and is a graduate of the Motorola Business Leadership Program.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Mostafa Ahmed, Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Ahmed is responsible for finance, accounting, legal, M&A, investor relations and overall business operations. Mostafa has over 25 years of progressive financial and operational experience.
Prior to Chronus, Mostafa served as the Managing Partner of Vertex Accounting Solutions, a professional firm he started to provide emerging high-tech companies an access to senior financial executives on a fractional basis, and as the Managing Partner of Blackstone Realty, an investment firm he started to provide investors with a low-risk high-return investment vehicle in real estate. Mostafa also served as a CFO and as a senior financial executive in several high-growth software companies where he oversaw Finance, Legal, HR, M&A, Investor Relations and Business Operations. Prior to that, Mostafa led several public and private company audits as a member of the technology audit group at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Mostafa is a CPA and holds a BS in Accounting from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt.
Courtney Deimel, Vice President of Product & Innovation
As the Vice President of Product and Innovation, Courtney’s purpose is to reach new horizons by empowering people to live on the edge of possibility. With a passion for building beloved, human-centric experiences, she continues to envision how our solution can best help organizations and individuals thrive in the ever-evolving world of work.
Prior to Chronus, Courtney co-founded Imperative, a purpose-driven engagement solution that connected employees to their purpose, to their team members and to their organization. Used by enterprises around the world, the product fueled high trust cultures, busted organizational silos and increased employee engagement. Imperative was acquired by Chronus in 2024.
Courtney’s entrepreneurial career has been spent at the intersection of product, HR and customer experience. She was previously on the founding leadership team of Red Frog Events, recognized for record breaking revenue growth and for being a top workplace across Forbes, Chicago Tribune and Outside Magazine. As a former Head of HR herself, Courtney cares deeply about how Chronus can help our customers build best-in-class workplace experiences that are scalable and easy to manage.
She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Communications from the University of Michigan and has continued her education with master courses in Industrial Organizational Psychology and Change Management.
Lydia Frank, Vice President of Marketing
As Vice President of Marketing, Lydia uses the art and science of strategic storytelling to showcase the incredible power of mentorship in developing employees, transforming organizational culture from the inside out and ensuring every employee feels connected to and supported by their organization.
Prior to Chronus, Lydia served in a number of marketing roles at PayScale – most recently Vice President of Corporate & Product Marketing – growing it from a disruptive startup to the market leader in the compensation data and software vertical. Previously, she led digital content teams at About.com and MSN.
Lydia is a strong advocate for creating more accessible paths to power for women, people of color and other historically marginalized groups in the labor market and economy. She has been a frequent speaker and media commentator on this topic and has contributed related content to various publications including Harvard Business Review, Money, Fortune, TechCrunch.
Lydia holds a BA in Journalism from Central Washington University.
Rebekah Kaiser, Vice President of Customer Experience
As Vice President of Customer Experience, Rebekah leads a team of passionate Customer Experience and Account Managers who understand the impact mentoring can have on both the individual and the organization. Rebekah is responsible for developing long-term strategies to strengthen client relationships and scale, as well as grow an organization’s mentoring footprint.
Prior to Chronus, Rebekah held leadership positions at SaaS companies, Marchex and Rosetta Stone with a focus on the customer journey, from onboarding to renewal. In her previous roles, she delivered enterprise programs for global Fortune 500 organizations and successfully integrated technology into thousands of customer endpoints.
A member of Latinas in Tech, Rebekah is enthusiastic about leveraging mentoring to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion across the workforce landscape. Rebekah studied Music Education at Liberty University.
Jodi Petersen, Vice President of Strategy and Implementation Services
As Vice President of Strategy and Implementation Services, Jodi leads a team of professionals whose daily mission is to partner with Chronus customers to achieve their mentorship-driven goals; customers are at the heart of everything the team does. Jodi brings extensive corporate experience and a proven track record in creating and leading successful mentoring programs.
She founded MentorStrat after developing and implementing strategies for a FORTUNE® 50 mentoring program. Her achievements include securing a place on Diversity Inc’s list of Top Companies for Mentoring and being named Mentoring Champion of the Year by a leading mentor software partner in 2021.
Jodi has a BS in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Northwestern University, and an MBA in Business Management from California Pacific University.
Sabarish Sankar, Vice President of Engineering
As the Vice President of Engineering, Sabarish is responsible for defining long-term engineering strategies and roadmaps towards building highly scalable software products that delight customers and end-users alike.
Sabarish has served Chronus in a variety of roles over his ten-year tenure, including as a software design engineer, engineering lead and engineering manager. In his role, he has built cross-functional engineering teams at Chronus that have continuously focused on innovations that have helped scale the product to meet evolving customer and market needs.
Sabarish holds a B.E in Computer Science and Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Chennai.
Whitney Slough, Vice President of Sales
As Vice President of Sales, Whitney is a results-driven leader responsible for building strategic direction within the sales team, driving revenue growth and market expansion. She brings 17+ years of highly successful sales leadership, sales, and relationship development experience leading to top producer status and a proven track record of consistently exceeding growth targets.
Prior to Chronus, Whitney spent 6.5 years at UserTesting where her guidance consistently elevated teams to peak performance, ensuring that sales processes were not just efficient, but also optimized to maximize revenue growth while effectively curtailing churn. She saw UserTesting through its successful IPO in 2021 and a subsequent acquisition. Prior to UserTesting, she spent several years at ForeSee, Oracle, Telligent, Skywire Software, and has been through various acquisitions. Her professional journey in software sales has been marked by numerous accolades and achievements.
Whitney graduated from Texas A&M University with a BBA in Marketing.