Hi, I’m Kerry

Founder of  Kera Wear


If I were to share my favorite snapshots throughout my life, you would see a smiling woman living life to its fullest – graduating from Stanford with honors, riding elephants in Africa, diving with whale sharks in Belize and working, traveling and living in amazing international locations.

 

Kerry Starr, Founder

Yet, with every one of those pictures, behind the scenes is a stoic who has been suffering from chronic pain since the age of 4, but who has also refused to let anything get in the way of her dreams.

There are over 100 million adults in the United States who, like myself, fight chronic pain every day to keep it from robbing them of everything they love including their employment, relationships, financial security, health, activities with family and friends and the ability to follow their passions in life.  

Chronic pain can also rob us of the power of restorative sleep.  Our independent research has shown that the #1 activity disrupted by pain is the ability to sleep. And if we can't sleep well,  chronic pain is intensified and everything in life becomes even more challenging.

Kera Wear™ is bringing together an inter-disciplinary community of innovative thought-leaders to develop a market disrupting new category of consumer wearable pain management to help those with chronic pain live their best lives.


Kerry’s Professional Bio

Kerry has worked with start-ups to Fortune 500s in a variety of capacities, from C-Level executive, to board member and advisor, to international business consultant, bringing with her a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach toward new venture formation.

Kerry received her B.Sc with Honors and M.Sc. in the Biological Sciences from Stanford University and was awarded the Searle Fellowship as a PhD candidate in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. 

Early in her career, Kerry was a consultant to the National Air and Space Agency (NASA at Moffett Field) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA in New York).  And weeks after 9/11, Kerry was part of a leading-edge information technology team assigned to the Secretary of the Air Force Information Technology Services.  In the FinTech space, Kerry designed an innovative risk mitigation software product that was featured in American Banker and the organization’s Top 25 Innovator Award.  Kerry received her certification in Finance and Financial Management Services Certification from Cornell University.

As the Life Sciences Principal for an international Venture Capital group, Kerry served as the Chief Science, Quality, Risk and Compliance Officer for a start-up international nutraceutical corporation.  Kerry focused heavily on aligning the enterprise operations with multiple international regulatory standards regarding good manufacturing practices (GMP). 

Leveraging her strong inter-disciplinary approach toward leadership, innovation, team-building, and strategy, Kerry is now wholly focused on chronic pain innovation to help the millions who wake up every day in pain and sleep deprivation.  Kera Wear™ is assembling a global group of researchers and thought leaders in chronic pain to introduce the most advanced, body-mapped,  wearable technology that allows those with chronic pain to sleep, focus and live their best lives.