Kevin became an accidental owner of an 1889 heritage home in Picton, Ontario. What started as reluctant chores became his biggest passion, and Kevin became an avid learner and advocate for better heritage craft, education, and policies.

Kevin is the Founder of Veranda, a machine vision platform for the building materials industry. Prior to Veranda, Kevin led OCAD University's industry research and consulting studio, and was formerly with Deloitte's strategy and innovation consultancy, Monitor Deloitte.

A serial restorer of century homes, Kevin is known for thoughtful and sustainable restoration, weaving heritage techniques with contemporary sustainability approaches. His work has been featured in The Globe and Mail, Domino, House Beautiful, and Better Builder Magazine. In 2025, he received the Town of Halton Hills' Heritage Conservation Award.

He holds a Master of Design from OCAD U, where he also served as adjunct faculty, and studied Sustainable Historic Preservation at Cornell.

Motivation:
I came to heritage restoration through my own properties. That experience showed me something bigger: as technology changes the future of work, the craft, skills, and ways of thinking that Willowbank teaches become infinitely more valuable. I wanted to support an institution that understands that.

Vision:
I believe restoration is the key to a brighter future. I want to help Willowbank make that case to a wider audience and bring my expertise in strategy, innovation, and futures thinking to strengthen the school's long-term sustainability and impact.

Advice:
The skills that hold their value into the future are the ones that require judgment, craft, and context — the ability to read a situation; understand materials, places, and systems; and make decisions that weigh what came before against what comes next. Lean into those skills. The world needs more Willowbank.