The Company

The Canadian non-profit sector is 160,000 organizations, 1.2 million employees, and 12.5 million volunteers, all playing a critical role in the well-being of communities across the country. However, non-profits are often expected to make do with second-rate tools. At Ajah we want to change that. We are building services specifically designed to meet your needs, using the best and latest technologies.

Our team is comprised of experts from the areas of community organizing, software development, and web services and we have a proven track record of developing easy-to-use, innovative software services for the community sector.

We were feeling ambitious, so we decided to tackle one of the sector's largest problems – funding. We are working hard on tracking all the sources of funding for nonprofits in Canada. We then apply the latest technical and business intelligence wizardry so that you can focus your organization's limited fundraising energy on the best prospects.

Contact Us


1124 Marie-Anne East, Suite 11
Montreal, QC
H2J 2B7
1-888-406-2524 (AJAH)

The Team

Michael Lenczner

Michael Lenczner

CEO

Michael Lenczner has fifteen years of experience in the non-profit sector. He has held varying positions including outreach for the prevention of sexual assault, job training for teenage mothers, coordinating community-academic research collaborations, promoting youth engagement, and building capacity of non-profits overseas. Michael co-founded Ile Sans Fil, Civic Access, and Montreal Ouvert and he currently serves on the boards of Apathy is Boring and the Centre for Community Organizations.

Yannick Gingras

Yannick Gingras

Technical Lead

Yannick Gingras is a senior developer with over ten years of experience. In addition to designing and developing Web services, he has managed teams, and has worked in the fields of machine learning, bioinformatics and e-commerce. He is the lead organizer of Montreal's Python community, the co-chair of the PyCon conference, and a frequent contributor to free and open-source projects.

Nicolas Cadou

Nicolas Cadou

Developer, User Experience

Nicolas Cadou is a senior developer with 12 years experience. He has a wide range of technical skills including system administration, database architecture, business tool integration, and enterprise application development. He has extensive experience developing for the Web in PHP and Python. These days he enjoys focusing on developing interactive user interfaces using AJAX.

Daniel Drouet

Daniel Drouet

Operations

Daniel is an engineer whose work bridges the worlds of technology and business. In addition to working at Ajah, he is also a partner at Montreal Start Up, a venture capital firm that invests in innovative start-ups in the Web, mobile and media spaces. He regularly advises start-ups and is often invited to speak about entrepreneurship and small business financing.

Bhavya Raju Mandya

Bhavya Raju Mandya

Information Management

Bhavya is a senior software engineer with expertise in developing graphical user interfaces. After years spent honing her skills in the telecom sector, she's now taken on a new challenge: designing and running Ajah's information management processes. As well as working at Ajah, she also volunteers at the Atwater library.

Jesse Bourns

Jesse Bourns

Researcher

Part of the research team, Jesse ensures that our funder profiles are always accurate and up-to-date. His background in the non-profit sector includes experience as a fundraiser and as the founder of a non-profit organization: La Cave Collective, a community bicycle workshop.