Zennify’s story: Making data meaningful

The Story Behind Zennify

In 2012, three Salesforce experts at Hewlett-Packard (HP) Manvir Sandhu, Jesse Barker, and Nathan Mueller got a call that changed everything. UNICEF and the CDC needed urgent help. Haiti was facing a public health emergency. Vaccine fridges across the country were failing. Life-saving vaccines were spoiling. The problem was massive, and the solution needed to be fast. The ask? Help track and preserve vaccine temperatures. 

More than half of the fridges and vaccine potency couldn’t be trusted. But Nathan, Jesse, and Manvir didn’t hesitate. With no outside funding and no time to waste, they built a Salesforce-powered IoT solution. It connected sensors inside fridges to real-time alerts. It notified health workers when temperatures spiked. And it did all this through a simple interface anyone could use.

They called it "Fridges That Talk."

Technology that saves lives

It worked. Within months, the system was live across several clinics in Haiti. Spoiled vaccines were prevented. Lives were saved. And the WHO and UNICEF published the solution as a new global standard for vaccine monitoring. That moment sparked something bigger. It proved what the Zennify team believed from day one, that technology, when applied with urgency and care, can solve real-world problems at scale.

“Our experience in Haiti was the first time we truly put our beliefs about innovation to the test, and it worked. That was the moment Zennify began.” 

- Manvir Sandhu, Founder & CIO, Zennify

Building with purpose

Zennify was born from that mission in Haiti. Officially founded in 2012, we’ve always been driven by one thing, outcomes that matter. Yes, we specialize in Salesforce, nCino, MuleSoft, Twilio, and Databricks. But our real specialty is solving complex challenges with purpose, speed, and credibility.

"Zennify embodies a lifelong dream of building a visionary technology firm that cares about solutions because it cares about people." 

– Manvir Sandhu, Founder & CIO, Zennify

We’re still privately owned. In 2021, we took on growth funding from Tercera and Salesforce Ventures. In 2024, we acquired Terazo to deepen our data and AI expertise. And we’re continuing to invest in what matters: our people, our partnerships, and our purpose.

Why it still matters

We tell this story not because it’s a feel-good memory, but because it still defines us. That mission in Haiti shaped the way we operate. You’ll see that spirit in every Zennify engagement. In how we listen with intent. How we deliver with discipline. How we focus on results that move the needle.

From emergency cold chains to enterprise-scale transformation, our mission hasn’t changed.