About Peopl
Peopl is the AI-powered HRIS for the whole employee journey, first day to last. Simple to run, ready to scale, built to match the way your business works. One price, no surprises.
Why we built Peopl
Peopl Systems was founded on a simple idea: growing organizations deserve better people support. With over 35 years of HR and Finance experience, we saw how businesses at critical growth stages were stuck relying on spreadsheets, email chains, and generic advice. We started with strategic advisory to help organizations build strong people foundations but realized strategy only works if it holds up in day-to-day operations.
That’s why we built the Peopl HRIS designed for Canadian organizations to turn those strategies into a scalable system to support your growing business.
Intelligence, with people in control
Built-in intelligence helps your team work faster. It flags anomalies, handles routine documents and surfaces the insights that matter, while people stay in control of every decision.
Our team
Our team is made up of seasoned HR professionals with experience across many sectors. Together, they bring expertise in organizational change, leadership development, and people operations. Our advisors hold Prosci® Certified Change Practitioner credentials to support successful change initiatives, and Insights Discovery Accreditation to strengthen team development, communication, and leadership effectiveness. This combination of practical experience and specialized certification ensures our clients receive grounded, high-impact guidance tailored to their unique workforce needs.
The people behind Peopl
Sarah Chapman
Co-Founder & Principal Consultant
Sarah is a Human Resources leader with 25 years of experience building the HR foundations, leadership capabilities, and talent systems required for sustainable growth. She has built scalable talent infrastructures, strengthened leadership capability, and supported organizations through transformation and modernization.
At Peopl, she advises on workforce strategy and AI-enabled talent practices, translating hands-on experience into practical frameworks that help organizations navigate the evolving world of work.
Mayleen Ahoy
Strategic Advisor
Mayleen is an operations leader with deep experience guiding organizations through transition, modernization, and operational rebuilds. With a foundation as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), she brings a rare combination of financial discipline, operational clarity, and people-first leadership. Her work spans executive oversight, process redesign, and the stabilization of complex environments where both structure and empathy matter.
Across her career, Mayleen has led teams through organizational change, strengthened financial and operational systems, and built the foundations required for sustainable growth. She is known for improving payroll processes, optimizing reporting and compliance workflows, and creating the operational infrastructure that allows teams to work with confidence and consistency.
Her consulting work extends this expertise to organizations implementing new software, redesigning processes, or navigating leadership transitions. At Peopl, she contributes her experience to help shape practical, scalable workforce solutions that support organizations through every stage of change.