Overview
Our senior advisors average 16 years of operating experience. We've been CEOs, COOs, heads of sales, GMs of business units. We've raised capital, made acquisitions, built teams, and dealt with boards. When we give you advice, it's based on having done it ourselves.
Our success is tied to yours. We don't measure our work by the offer signed or the search closed. We measure it by whether the leader we placed is still defining your organization years later. And if an appointment doesn't take hold, we stand behind it until it does.
Leadership Team
Meet the direction
Mélissa Porretta, CRHA
Executive Account Director
A CRHA-certified human resources professional with over eight years of experience, Mélissa serves as a strategic partner to the organizations Kernel Solutions supports. She brings deep expertise in change management, labor relations, performance, and guiding leaders through complex, high-stakes environments. As Executive Account Director, she leads recruitment and HR mandates with particular strength in the construction, real estate, and infrastructure sectors. By combining a sharp understanding of operational realities with a strategic, people-centered vision of human resources, Mélissa delivers targeted, high-value support that helps leaders and teams perform at their best.
Jennifer Dupuy
Executive Vice President
As Executive Vice President of Kernel Solutions, Jennifer leads the firm's executive search and strategic talent acquisition mandates with a results-driven, relationship-first approach. Drawing on extensive experience in team leadership, operational management, and entrepreneurship, she understands both the strategic challenges organizations face and the ambitions of the high-impact leaders they need. She specializes in identifying and engaging passive candidates—the rare executives who aren't actively looking—and connecting them to roles that directly shape company performance and growth. Guided by a long-term vision and an unwavering focus on the quality of every connection, Jennifer helps clients build leadership teams that deliver lasting results.
Jonathan Munyika
Founder & CEO
As Founder & CEO of Kernel Solutions, Jonathan has helped numerous companies across industries identify, attract, and secure their most critical executive team members and leaders. A strategic recruitment expert and certified Hogan coach, he specializes in psychometric assessment and direct approach, partnering with organizations to solve their most complex talent challenges—structuring high-performing teams and pinpointing the top 10% of leaders who genuinely drive growth, transformation, and long-term performance. His proven track record spans construction, real estate, sales, finance, and professional services, where he consistently helps clients avoid costly mis-hires and win the rare, high-impact talent that moves businesses forward.
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