Headquarters:

Peoplesafe Personal Safety, Suite 300-848 Courtney Street, Victoria, BC, V8W 1C4

Year founded:

2013

Number of employees:

20+

Phone:

866 595 8413

Email:

rob.camp@ok-alone.com

Website:

okaloneworker.com

LinkedIn:

linkedin.com/company/ok-alone

Naz Dossa

Chief Executive Officer

Jeremy Williams

Chief Financial Officer

Rob Camp

Senior Vice President

Leadership

Having started his career in banking, Naz Dossa has spent most of his career in and around the Telecoms and IT sectors, including a spell as managing director of network services at Capita. He spent a large part of his career at Colt Technology Services, a global telecoms and IT provider, where he held numerous leadership positions across different business units and geographies. Dossa has joined OK Alone from his most recent role as UK managing director of Brightstar. During his time there, he was twice voted into the prestigious Mobile Power 50 Rankings.

Chief Executive Officer

Naz Dossa

Jeremy Williams is an ACA chartered accountant with over 25 years’ experience. His prior roles include working at Orange, the mobile telecoms operator, leading the Group Financial Planning & Analysis department and working on the 2001 IPO, before moving to Fitness First, the private equity backed gym-chain operator. In 2017, Williams led the exit of Fitness First Asia and was appointed Group CFO of Evolution Wellness Group, operating multiple fitness brands across six countries and 165 sites in Southeast Asia. He has an engineering degree from Cambridge University.

Chief Financial Officer

Jeremy Williams

Rob Camp is a proven sales leader with deep expertise in building and scaling businesses in the North American market. He began his career in the IT services and software sector, spending a decade driving growth across global markets, including three years in Sydney, where he led APAC expansion for West Unified Communications. Camp later focused on helping UK-based, private-equity-backed SaaS companies establish and accelerate their presence in North America. With over 20 years of B2B SaaS experience, he brings a disciplined, hands-on approach to international expansion and a track record of scaling North American operations for UK organizations.

Senior Vice President

Rob Camp

Freddie McGrath

Marketing Director

Freddie McGrath has over 16 years of marketing experience, where he has honed his craft working with global enterprises and, more recently, a fast-growing PE-backed SaaS company. His early career was based in London, where he worked for two global B2B enterprises, RBI and UBM (now Informa). During this time, McGrath also completed two diplomas in marketing and implemented digital channels in both organizations to accelerate their marketing results. He has recently built up the marketing infrastructure for a growing SaaS firm from scratch into a European-wide function that has driven the firm’s impressive growth over the last three years.

Marketing Director

Freddie McGrath

Dan Noblett

Head of Product and Engineering

As one of the founders of OK Alone, Dan Noblett leads product and engineering for North America, ensuring that safety technology is not only innovative but tailored to the operational and compliance needs of US-based enterprise clients. With deep expertise in product strategy, engineering leadership, and technology integration, Noblette plays a pivotal role in delivering scalable, resilient, and future-proof solutions.

Head of Product and Engineering

Dan Noblett

Christopher Welty, PHR, SHRM-CP

Chief Human Resources Officer

Elizabeth Bounds

General Counsel

Nealy Farshadi

Principal, Strategic Client Relations

Pam Chhabra

Manager – Residential Strata

Christopher Welty joined Brown & Riding in 2007 as an HR assistant and swiftly advanced within the company. His dedication and talent led to a series of promotions, culminating in his appointment as the firm’s CHRO in 2019. During his tenure, Welty has seen B&R more than quadruple in growth. He helped successfully integrate the company through two mergers and has been a strong advocate for many of the company’s important benefit plan enhancements. He excels at collaboration and has been a key contributor in establishing and promoting the company’s culture and offering programs and opportunities to help employees.

Chief Human Resources Officer

Christopher Welty, PHR, SHRM-CP

Elizabeth Bounds oversees Brown & Riding’s legal, risk management, and claims departments. As the company’s chief legal resource, she reviews and negotiates corporate contracts and manages the firm’s litigation, internal legal resources, and relationships with outside counsel. She also works closely with B&R’s senior management in developing overall risk management strategies for the firm and is directly accountable to the Board of Directors for implementing risk control measures and for the facilitation and oversight of corporate liability insurance placements. In the claims department, she takes an especially active role in policy interpretation and client claims advocacy.

General Counsel

Elizabeth Bounds

Nealy Farshadi is instrumental in helping strengthen and grow Brown & Riding’s client relationships. She maintains and improves quality procedures, oversees B&R’s ISO certification, and manages the firm’s client feedback program. Her contributions enable the executive management team to act on client input effectively. As a result, B&R’s client feedback scores greatly exceed the average and continue to improve each year. Farshadi also supports and furthers the growth of B&R and its employees by contributing to professional development within the organization and being a resource to staff.

Principal, Strategic Client Relations

Nealy Farshadi

Stephen McMillan first entered the financial services Industry when he joined GE Capital as a finance analyst in 2008, from which he progressed through roles working both onshore and offshore. From there, he moved into Pacific Premium Funding as a financial planning and analysis leader in 2012 and was a key resource in the evolution of the business, first with the successful sale to Macquarie Pacific Funding and then the following progression into IQumulate Premium Funding, where he is now the commercial manager. As commercial manager, McMillan leads a team that is responsible for commercial analysis and business support, identifying and reporting improvement initiatives, and the securitization and treasury functions of the business.

Commercial Manager

Stephen McMillan

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OK Alone is a lone worker safety platform that helps organizations protect employees who work alone, remotely, or in higher‑risk situations. Founded in 2013 in Victoria, BC – and now part of Peoplesafe, a global personal safety technology group – OK Alone provides a practical, app‑based solution that turns lone worker policies into day‑to‑day protection. The platform is designed for sectors where staff are frequently away from direct supervision: healthcare and community services, utilities, field services, local government, social care, and other public‑facing or geographically dispersed operations. In these environments, employers are grappling with the same core challenges – limited visibility of worker status, delayed response when something goes wrong, inconsistent check‑in procedures, low‑signal or remote working conditions, and the need to demonstrate a clear, defensible duty‑of‑care process. OK Alone addresses those issues by combining simple worker actions with strong management oversight. Workers use a mobile app to check in at the start and end of lone working or shifts, set timed check‑ins for higher‑risk tasks, and raise a Panic Button alert if they need help.

Man‑down detection provides an additional layer of protection if a worker is unable to raise the alarm themselves, while Low Signal Mode+ supports operation in areas with poor connectivity. On the management side, a live safety dashboard shows who is working alone, where they are, and whether any check‑ins have been missed, with configurable escalation paths that can trigger internal response or route incidents to a 24/7 Safety Monitoring Center. Strategic expansion and partnerships From its origins as a Canadian SaaS solution developed by Trusty Ox Systems, OK Alone has evolved into a broader employee safety platform with a growing presence across North America. Key milestones include the launch of its 24/7 Safety Monitoring Center, which extended the service from app‑based monitoring to professionally managed emergency response; the development of a Lone Worker API, allowing organizations to integrate check‑ins, location monitoring, and alerts into existing systems and workflows; and satellite integrations with providers, such as ZOLEO and Globalstar SPOT, to support workers in remote or low‑signal environments. Partnerships have also played a significant role in the platform’s growth. A Geotab integration enables organizations to extend protection beyond the vehicle, bringing lone worker monitoring into the myGeotab environment and aligning driver and worker safety within a single view. The company’s acquisition by Peoplesafe in 2023 further strengthened its position as part of a wider global personal safety technology group, supporting investment in new features, integrations, and market expansion. A platform that workers and employers can rely on What sets OK Alone apart is its balance between usability and operational control. Workers get an intuitive, low‑friction app that fits naturally into the working day, while employers gain the visibility, reporting, and flexibility needed to run a credible lone worker program at scale. Automated records of check‑ins, alerts, and escalations create a clear audit trail that supports compliance, internal accountability, and continuous improvement. By focusing on real‑world working conditions rather than theoretical workflows, OK Alone helps organizations move beyond basic lone worker policies to a more consistent, reliable approach to protecting people – wherever and whenever they are working alone.

Product overview

OK Alone is a lone worker safety solution designed to help organizations protect employees who work alone, remotely, or in higher-risk environments. Built around the realities of mobile and dispersed workforces, the platform gives employers better visibility of worker status, supports faster response when something goes wrong, and helps strengthen lone worker procedures in day-to-day operations. It is used by businesses that need a practical way to support duty of care, improve oversight, and maintain reliable records of safety activity across field, community, public-facing, and remote work environments.

Key features and capabilities

At the core of OK Alone is the Panic Button, which gives lone workers a fast, simple way to raise an alert when they need help. The alert is sent through to the live Safety Dashboard, where monitors can see worker status and location in real time, and it can also be escalated to the 24/7 Safety Monitoring Center for professional emergency support. Additional features include Man Down detection, Timed Activities and high-risk check-ins, Limited Coverage Mode for poor-signal areas, mass notifications and Privacy Mode to give workers greater control over location visibility.

Integrations

OK Alone is designed to work alongside existing operational systems. Its Geotab integration extends fleet and driver safety by bringing OK Alone monitoring into myGeotab, including worker visibility and alerting when staff are away from the vehicle. For remote work, OK Alone integrates with satellite devices, including ZOLEO and Globalstar SPOT, with support for a wider range of satellite providers. The Lone Worker API also allows organizations to connect OK Alone with existing platforms, such as Teams, HR, workforce management, dispatch, or other internal systems, to automate safety workflows and data management.

For most employees, OK Alone is used as a simple check-in system. Workers check in at the start of lone working or a shift, and check out when finished, giving employers visibility without relying on manual follow-up. In an emergency or for higher-risk situations, workers can use the Panic Button for immediate assistance, start a Timed Activity for shorter-duration higher-risk tasks, or rely on Man Down detection if they are unable to raise the alarm themselves. If a worker becomes unresponsive, the system automatically raises an alert. Alerts are then sent to designated monitors through the dashboard, with the option of its 24/7 Safety Monitoring Center, which has a faster response rate than calling 911.

How the product works

After-sales and customer services

OK Alone’s support extends well beyond implementation. The team works closely with customers during onboarding to help configure the system around their roles, risk levels, escalation processes, and internal safety procedures. Training is provided for both workers and administrators to support adoption and confidence in day-to-day use. Ongoing customer support focuses on responsiveness, practical problem-solving, and helping organizations get long-term value from the platform as their needs evolve. This includes assistance with rollout, user engagement, optimization, and continuous improvement, ensuring the system remains aligned with operational realities rather than becoming a set-and-forget safety tool. OK Alone’s intuitive help center can also answer most questions related to the app’s functionality.

Contact for a demo

Rob Camp, rob.camp@ok-alone.com

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