Meet the USG Founding Team

The Union Software team consists of industry leaders, repeat CEOs, EY Entrepreneurs of the Year, Forbes Top 40 Under 40s, who come from the top global institutions.

Our Team

RAMEEZ ANSARI

Co-Founder

STEVE LAU

Co-Founder

UMAR MIR

Co-Founder

Kyle Zhao

Co-Founder

Dana Watkins

Vice President

Moiz Qureshi

Vice President

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Dana Watkins

Vice President

Dana is VP of Business Development for M&A. She is an experienced financial and business development executive, having been a VP in retail banking and business banking, as well as a licensed investment advisor, and director of M&A for an operating group of Constellation Software.

Dana graduated Magna cum Laude with a BS in Economics and minor in Finance while working full time as a single mother. She has been President of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the International Honors Economics Society, Chapter President of Business Networking International where she won Rookie of the Year and Member of the Year, and served as Board Member and Treasurer of the Board for The Florida Center for Early Childhood.

Additionally, Dana is a graduate of the Leadership Sarasota and the Harris Foresee programs, and was awarded the Wall Street Journal Award for Excellence in Economics.

Dana is now the proud mom to a blended family of 5 amazing humans, who occasionally drive her a little crazy while she drives them everywhere else. Her favorite things are traveling, boating, cooking, serving others, and more traveling!

Moiz Qureshi

Vice President

Moiz is a Vice President at Union Software Group. His current focus is on deal origination, where he is tasked with building quality relationships with software business owners, identifying growth opportunities, and recognizing potential synergies. With nearly 7 years of experience in the M&A space, Moiz has developed a keen understanding of the industry. He has cultivated robust relationships with thousands of business owners, CEOs, and executives, recognized common pain points, helped address their challenges, and shared effective strategies.

Prior to joining Union Software Group, Moiz was a Director at one of the largest software acquirers in the world. He helped deploy millions into new acquisitions, developed and led robust teams, grew pipelines, and closed multiple software acquisitions.

Moiz holds a BBA from the University of Toronto. Outside of work, you will most likely find him at the gym—but not in the cardio section!

Rameez Ansari

Co-Founder

Rameez is a Co-Founder of Union Software Group. He is an experienced CEO and investor having led various companies in North America and Asia. He is also currently the Co-CEO of AutoLeap, a vertically focused B2B SaaS start-up within the auto repair space.

Rameez was formerly the Co-CEO of FieldEdge, which he helped grow more than 5x in 3 years. Earlier in his career, Rameez worked as a management consultant at BCG and in 2018, Rameez received an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award. He has also been actively involved in his family’s power generator business, Synergy Corp., as an advisor and director over the past two decades.

Rameez is a Lecturer at the University of Toronto and holds an MBA from Stanford GSB.

Rameez has a lovely daughter (seven) and an energetic son (two) who both undisputedly run the household. Rameez is also quite proud of his winning squash record against Steve (976 to 956).

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Kyle Zhao

Co-Founder

Kyle is a Co-Founder of Union Software Group.

He is also currently the SVP of Finance, Product, and Operations at AutoLeap. Kyle has played a pivotal role in growing AutoLeap into an industry leader by building multiple departments and has been a key part in company’s various investment rounds totaling more than $50 million.

Kyle was previously the Director of Finance and Operations at HiMama and served as Director of Customer Success at FieldEdge prior to that where he built the team from 0 to 25 employees. Earlier in his career, Kyle was an investment banker at BMO Capital Markets and a Private Equity Associate with Highland Creek Partners.

Kyle holds an HBA from Ivey Business School.

Kyle loves to travel and practice amateur photography with his wife, and he always makes sure to add local bouldering gyms to the itinerary.

Umar Mir

Co-Founder

Umar is a Co-Founder of Union Software Group.

He also serves as the Chief of Staff at AutoLeap where he has been instrumental in building various teams and departments such as customer experience, marketing services, and the content engine as well as contributing to various special projects to help drive growth at the business. During his time at AutoLeap, the company has grown from 40 to 200 employees and has raised more than $50 million from investors.

Before joining AutoLeap, Umar was a Private Equity investment professional at Onex Partners and an M&A investment banker at RBC Capital Markets prior to that.

Umar holds a Bachelors from the University of Toronto.

Umar starts every morning with a glass of fresh orange juice and on weekends he relives his glory days of playing basketball which usually just ends up in back pain nowadays.

Steve Lau

Co-Founder

Steve is a Co-Founder of Union Software Group. He also serves as the Co-CEO of AutoLeap, a leading provider of auto repair software.

Prior to AutoLeap, Steve served as Co-CEO of FieldEdge and helped to scale the company from 20 to 200 employees. Earlier in his career, Steve spent several years with CPPIB and worked in investment banking at TD Securities prior to that. In 2018, Steve received an EY Entrepreneur of the Year award and in 2019, he was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Steve is also a Lecturer at the University of Toronto and holds an MBA from Wharton Business School.

Steve has two boys (seven and five) that often drop in on his conference calls, and he enjoys playing squash with Rameez enough to let him win.