Hey, what's up? I'm Kevin.
Here are 4 things about me...
Parent
Leader
Cook
Hockey Player
Parent
I thought I knew a lot about being a useful member of society until I had a child. That moment when you're holding a new life in your hands for the first time changed my life forever and for the better. If you get to know me, you will find out more sooner or later about my crazy lil' daughter! She loves to doodle just like me.
Leader
I worked for a big chunk of my career as a project manager at creative agencies. I enjoyed it, but, there's always a but. I wanted something more, something I could build upon and make a permanent impression upon. I took a leap of faith into the Startup/SaaS world and since joining Ceros in 2016, I've built a team of 10 wonderful people and contributed to the evolution of a team of 50 people as a Senior Director of Operations for Ceros' Professional Services team (PROs).
Along the way, I've been gratful to receive ample resources and taken a shine to a variety foundations like Leadership Presence, Emotional Intelligence, Change Management, Career Conversations, Effective Feedback and generally creating workplaces where people can be their best. To borrow a quote from Simon Sinek, I like to "imagine a world in which the vast majority of people wake up every day inspired, feel safe wherever they are and end the day fulfilled by the work they do."
Hockey Player
All right, so growing up in Canada I was a real late bloomer to hockey. I didn't start to even like watching it until I was a teenager so I totally missed the boat on playing the sport as a kid... not that I was too interested in that sort of thing at the time cause I was a huge nerd. Enter adulthood: I started playing street hockey as a goalie in adult rec leagues and worked my way up to the now-defunct dek hockey league in Chinatown Manhattan from about 2010-2016. We even won it all twice and I had the pleasure (or pain) of running the team the 2nd time we were champions. Since 2015, I shifted my focus to playing on ice and have enjoyed the change to being a "skater" as far away from the goalie net as possible (unless I'm scoring, which is rare but awesome when it happens...) Included below is a video of me scoring on a short-handed breakaway, which might just be my peak form.
Cook
I love to cook. I also love to source as many of my ingredients from the farmers market as much as possible, becuase nothing beats making food with the best that nature has to offer. Lately, I've gotten into using my carbon steel wok, which is a lot of fun to use because of how fast everything comes together.
