Meet the Team

  • Chris Kane

    MANAGING PARTNER

    Christopher Kane, comes to Obsidian Holdings as our Global HR Operations and Payroll professional. He brings with him extensive experience in Payroll and Benefits Operations, domestic and international, and SOX 404.Christopher's project management experience included ones that required significant re-engineering of processes and establishment of policies and procedures.

    He possesses a thorough understanding of international payrolls and HRM systems, and has successfully managed the consolidation, centralization, and outsourcing of global Human Resource's operations for Client Companies.

  • Nym Raske

    MANAGING PARTNER

    Nym is an entrepreneur and operator with experience spanning industries from professional services, healthcare, financial services, hospitality, technology, and real esate, currently serving as CEO in two businesses in the professional services and fitness industries. Previously, Nym worked as a consulting CFO in aerospace and digital entertainment, ran Finance and Strategy for a Bay Area SaaS/telecommunications company, and earlier led Operations and transformation initiatives at a FinTech division of JPMorgan Chase.

    Nym received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and holds a BA in Economics from University of Southern California.

  • Chuck Leu

    MANAGING PARTNER

    Chuck Leu is a Human Resources Executive with extensive expertise spanning over twenty years in compensation, total rewards, HR systems, and HR operations. He has experience in public companies, non-profits, and private equity-backed firms. His approach leverages the drivers of human and organizational performance to align with the company’s business strategy. Previously, Chuck spent time at Aon Consulting, Michaels, AMN Healthcare, and Fluor.

    Chuck has an MBA and master’s degree in finance from the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a frequent guest lecturer at the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas in the areas of organizational development and strategy.

Our skilled team of consultants have an average of 20 years of experience establishing best practice and rolling up their sleeves in the areas of HR, Payroll, Operations and Finance. This hands-on experience allows us to prioritize what matters most and drive impact quickly. 

We are particularly effective for organizations during periods of great change, such as mergers, acquisitions, spin offs, internationalization and enterprise system implementations. 

We help eliminate the risks associated with highly complex projects through a unique blend of diligent strategic planning, tailor made solution design and tactical execution. We know your time is valuable. We work alongside your team every step of the way to deliver the actionable insights you need and the ideal state is fully realized.  

We know there isn’t one size fits all - let us deliver a “big firm” result without the overhead of bureaucracy.