Espresa Customers.
Rate of Happiness? 100%.
Culture is the unification of the wonderful and diverse minds that make successful companies. That’s why we built Espresa – the only platform designed to celebrate and strengthen loyalty and engagement with personal benefits people love.
We built Espresa out of necessity to solve HR’s biggest challenge: Employee experience programs. Plus, in this new age of A.I., it was time to put the human experience back into human resources and people.
Espresa: Here is how happiness happened.
In 2015, Alex Shubat and Raghavan Menon had dinner, stumbled on discussing Google’s amazing employee experience programs. The conversation went on for two hours, as ideas began to form between them. That sparked more meetings and more dinners, and like so many great ideas hatched over great meals and napkin whiteboards, Espresa was brought to life.
From idea to innovation to disruption
Espresa is Powering Great Workplaces® with benefits people love. Driving global employee engagement programs, Espresa is inclusively available in all languages, time zones, and currencies. And, with Espresa LSA Plus™, companies can power flexibility and freedom of choice with integrated total well-being, recognition, and community in a single app.
And we live what we’ve created. We have our values, passions, and mission – as individuals and as a team.
We were born in Palo Alto, California, yet our team is global, operating in 82+ countries and supporting all languages, time zones, and currencies. We think beyond borders. And we are thoughtful and diligent corporate citizens.
Our mission – we work hard every day to exemplify:
- Wonder: We are curious adventurers and empaths seeking to solve the problems that collectively divide us.
- Individuality: We are staunch believers in observing and celebrating the unique and diverse people that drive great ideas forward.
- Trust: We believe that transparency and integrity lead us as a company and as individuals.
- Humanity: We are better together because of our diversity, our differences, and our collective EQ.
- Future: We mindfully approach today, while paving the way towards thriving and happy cultures.
- Evolution: We realize that the answers we have today, may not be those that lead us tomorrow – and we’re comfortable with that because we are the change-makers and mindful risk-takers.
In short – we’ve married logic and imagination to continue to find a different and better way to move people in the world towards happiness, connectedness, and brighter futures.
Executive Leadership Team
Alex Shubat, CEO & Co-Founder
"After a single meeting with my co-founder, I knew that culture benefits as a platform was an innovation that was ripe for disruption. And that was how Espresa was born – as a single unified expression to deliver the best experience for both HR teams and people. We’ve got that unity thing on lock and with a platform that does precisely that."
Raghavan Menon, CTO & Co-Founder
"I’ve been building global technology platforms for most of my career. When I was in my previous company, I could see a major disconnect between what HR was experiencing versus what was needed to support them and their employees. Between Alex and I and the many clients who came onboard, we’ve developed the solution that is bridging this divide. Espresa helps HR meet people exactly where they are."
Ryan Ramsey, Head of Strategic Alliances
"The way we work is changing at unprecedented speeds. Employees are philosophically rethinking what a career means to them and re-defining the value equation between them and their employer. Employers need creative and flexible solutions that support an inclusive work culture that gets to the heart of what people value most. That's what this team is all about. Disrupting and improving the way we work for good!"
Tim Abraham, Sr. Director of People Operations
Dawn Irby, VP of Workplace Culture Solutions
"Having worked in employee total well-being for over a decade, Espresa is the ideal place for me to help companies meaningfully engage in their culture. The future of next is where we thrive – and I am here to help create what’s next!"
Brandon Markham, VP of Workplace Culture Solutions
"Espresa has built an offering that will forever change how organizations deliver HR/people solutions to their employees. They provide the best experience to both employees and employers under one, centralized, easy-to-use platform."
Brian Leadbetter, VP of Workplace Culture Solutions
"A great workplace starts with a culture that puts people first. The team at Espresa is made up of exceptional people, driven to make life easier for HR departments across the globe. Our unique product offering helps create people-centric cultures that are happier and more productive. The opportunity to join such a talented group and help improve workplaces around the world made Espresa ideal for me."
Lindsay Euller, VP of Customer Success
Board of Advisors
Joe Farris
Former Senior Partner, Mercer, Co-Founder Nua Group
David Kim
NetApp lChief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, NetApp
Susan Lovegren
Former CPO, Medallia
Peter Navin
CPO, United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Dr. Robert Rodriguez
Author, Advisor, ERG Luminary, and Founder of Dr. Robert Rodriguez Advisors
Renya Spak
Chief Growth Officer, Well
Gaby Toledano
Former CPO of Tesla, CHRO of EA
Nancy Vitale
CHRO Omada, Former CHRO, Genentech
Our Investors
