Kernls is on a mission to make online giving as satisfying as helping in person.

Mike lost his dad to pancreatic cancer as a senior in college. After his death, Mike was determined to bring an awareness of the devastation caused by the disease to his friends and others. This led him to found and run the Pancreatic Cancer Foundation of Canada (PCF).

Through the experience of starting and running a foundation, Mike learned how difficult it is to create meaningful connections between the world of research and the donors who supported the PCF. It was clear a gap existed and that there was a need for a tool to enable information to get from the researchers to the donors.

Years later, in 2018, Mike lost his mom to gallbladder cancer. After this, it was clear to him a new model was needed, new innovation, and a focus to bring the importance of research to the world of donors.

This is why he started Kernls. Previous to founding Kernls, Michael was instrumental in the ideation, funding, staffing, and execution of Tradewind Markets, a supply chain software company based in NYC. To date, Tradewind has raised over $23M from leading industry partners and employs 33 people in their NY office. Michael lives in NYC with his wife Meghan.

Payton brings 10 years of combined nonprofit, community engagement and content marketing experience to the team. Relying on his previous tenure managing signature digital activations for a global hunger nonprofit, Payton bridges the Kernls’ application to the experience and success of fundraising and development teams. Payton oversees the implementation of Kernls projects and makes sure donors have access to the research information that matters to them.

Yves brings over six years of software development experience along with his passion to deliver scalable, robust, and tested software. He has produced and maintained multiple complex software in the Healthcare field for over 3 years.He has successfully led a small team of software developers remotely and in-person. He graduated from Sheridan College attending the Software Development and Network Engineering Co-op program.