François de Kerret

Co-Founder

Montreal, Quebec, Canada12 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Co-founded a platform raising over $2B for nonprofits.
Achieved high student completion rates in entrepreneurship courses.
Awarded first prize for master thesis research.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with a strong background in research and education.

Contact

francois@zeffy.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneuriatGestion De ProjetMachine LearningMaterial ScienceWeb Development

Other Skills

InformatiqueApprentissage automatiqueMatlabFluid MechanicsOpticsDatabase ManagementRechercheJavaLaTeXFrançaisAnglaisPhysiqueScience des matériauxScienceStatistiques

About

Zeffy’s goal is to empower millions of nonprofits to change the world. We are building the platform allowing nonprofits to finance their mission 100,000 nonprofits raised $2B, and given our hypergrowth, we will raise ten times more in two years.

Experience

12 yrs

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

9 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Zeffy

Cofounder and CEO

Feb 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 3 mos · Montréal

Cofounder and CEO at Zeffy, free fundraising platforms used by 50 000 nonprofits, processing $100M a month.
We want to empower nonprofits to change the world.

EntrepreneuriatGestion de projetInformatiqueApprentissage automatique

Commission scolaire de montréal (csdm)

Entrepreneurship Teacher

Sep 2016 – Mar 2017 · 6 mos · EMICA

I was teaching entrepreneurship to recently arrived in Montreal adults. This is a class with a high drop out rate. Out of 24 participants, I managed to have 21 students completing the first course, and 22 for my second course.

EntrepreneuriatGestion de projet

Polytechnique montréal

Research Assistant Graduate Student

Sep 2014 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos · Montréal

Master thesis 1st prize out of 150 students in the department for my research project at the Fluid Structure Interactions chair of Polytechnique Montréal about "two phase flows"
Analysis of the behaviour of an air liquid flow in a steam generator thanks to physical understanding and experimental studies.
Use of machine learning with Matlab to classify the different two phase flow patterns.

MatlabMachine LearningFluid Mechanics

Columbia university in the city of new york

Research Intern

Apr 2014 – Jul 2014 · 3 mos · Région de New York City, États-Unis

X. Y. Zhu group is a leading group in light matter interaction. Its objective is to develop new photophysical mechanisms to improve the efficiency of solar cells.
As a research intern I was working on a team built experiment to understand the surprisingly important efficiency in solar cells of a new material.
Optimization of the picosecond resolved experiment, thanks to my knowledge of optics and material science.
Training of a recently hired graduate student to carry on the work.

OpticsMaterial Science

Option

Intern developper

Jul 2013 – Aug 2013 · 1 mo · Santiago de chile

Internship as a Web developer in an award winning start up.
In charge of the database migration from Sql to MongoDb for the Leadsius project..
Contribution to the improvement of the database organization for the mailing application.

Web DevelopmentDatabase Management

Apprentis d'auteuil

Civic service as an educator

Sep 2011 – Apr 2012 · 7 mos · Meudon

Educator for teenagers and young adults with academic and social issues in a boarding school.
Organization of a sport tournament for 150 teenagers without any injuries.