Built by an operator, proven on his own company first
Who built Certivo, why, and what running it on a real Alberta safety training company looks like ahead of a public launch targeting January 2027.
Built by an Alberta Training Company
Certivo was founded by Aaron Hoyte, owner of Ready 4 Everything Training & Supplies Ltd., an Alberta-based safety training operation. He built it because he needed it. Scattered scheduling across text messages, manual pay calculations in spreadsheets, and certifications that expired without anyone noticing.
He looked for software built for this industry. It didn't exist. So he built Certivo to run R4E first, then made it available to other training operations facing the same challenges.
Customer #0: from May 2026 through December 2026, R4E Training & Supplies runs its full operation on Certivo: 8 months of real classes, real instructors, real invoices, real cert audits, before the public launch, which is targeting January 2027. Every Founders Member buys a platform that's been validated by the founder's own daily use.
How we work
Four commitments that shape every decision, from where the servers sit to who answers the phone.
You own your data
Export your business data at any time, in open formats (JSON and CSV). Ownership is written into the contract, with a 30-day export window after cancellation so nothing is stranded.
Compute in Canada, data in Google Cloud US
Designed in Alberta. The app runs in Google Cloud's Toronto region; your data at rest (database, files, backups and sign-in) is stored in Google Cloud's US multi-region. PIPEDA handling by default, encrypted at rest, full audit logging, SOC 2 controls mapped.
Proven on a real company first
The founder runs his own training company on Certivo before anyone else does. Every workflow is used in production for months ahead of public launch.
A direct line to the founder
Founders Members deal with Aaron, not a queue. Feature requests land on the roadmap with a name on them, and the first ten companies get a real vote.
The founder runs his own training company on Certivo.
Ready 4 Everything Training & Supplies Ltd. has run its classes, students, certificates and clients on Certivo since spring 2026, ahead of a public launch targeting January 2027.
Real classes. Real students. Real certificates.
Not a demo tenant. Not synthetic data. Aaron's Alberta safety training company runs its day-to-day work on Certivo: scheduling Standard First Aid classes and event medical coverage ahead of time, keeping each student's first aid certification and its expiry on record, and holding client invoices in step with QuickBooks.
When something gets in the way of a real class, it gets logged and fixed. By the public launch (targeting January 2027), the core workflows will have run a real training business for most of a year.
- Class scheduling, booked before the class runs
- Student rosters and class close-out
- Certification records and expiry dates
- Client invoices, synced with QuickBooks nightly
A full case study, with dated figures, is in preparation.
This isn't marketing copy: Aaron's calendar entry for May 2026 reads "Run every R4E class through Certivo without falling back to Excel."
The road to launch
Where Certivo is today and what happens between now and opening to the public.
- 1May 2026
Customer Zero goes live
Ready 4 Everything Training & Supplies moves every class, certificate, invoice and instructor schedule onto Certivo.
- 2Now
Founders Membership
The first ten training companies join at $149/mo for life, 40% off Professional, and shape what ships next.
- 3January 2027
Public launch
Targeting January 2027, with slip risk into the second quarter. Founders Members are running on it well before then.
Who we build for
Safety training is a shared job between the people who deliver it and the people who have to prove it was done.
Related reading
First 10 customers: Professional at $149/mo for life. Apply here.
Every module, from scheduling and certificates to invoicing and the client portal.
Export any time, Canadian compute, 30-day exit grace.
What is shipping between now and launch, and what Founders Members vote on.