Mr. Andre Kearns

André Kearns is a genealogist, author, speaker, and Founder and CEO of Black Ancestries, a company helping people of African descent uncover, celebrate, and preserve their family histories. His work explores the intersection of geography, genealogy, migration, and identity, using DNA analysis, historical records, and spatial research to reconstruct the journeys of the African diaspora across generations and continents.

Before founding Black Ancestries, André spent more than two decades in business and technology leadership, including senior roles at Amazon Web Services, Maxar Technologies, and GeoEye. His career spanned geospatial intelligence, satellite imagery, cloud computing, and aerospace, providing a distinctive perspective on geography, technology, and human mobility.

André is the author of Finding Cornerstone Stories: Uncovering Inspiration in Your Family's History and Vice President of the National Genealogical Society's Board of Directors. His research has contributed to the American Ancestors 10 Million Names initiative.

A frequent conference speaker, André has been featured by The Washington Post, USA Today, and National Geographic.