Kevin is a serial entrepreneur, having run a software consulting practice, a retail company, a manufacturing company, a commercial leasing business and is now building a Zipline tourist attraction in Peachland.

Married for 20 years and with two teenage daughters, Kevin temporarily retired three years ago at the tender age of 43. Two of these years were spent building a cottage on Bridge Lake in the Cariboo and learning cabinet making. Kevin built most of the furniture including the beds, bookshelves, dining table, dressers and wardrobes. Not a small accomplishment given that he couldn’t cut butter three years ago!

Kevin’s wife Roxanne volunteers at the local wellness center and at the Habitat of Humanity project in Westbank. She is studying Disaster Relief Management and wants to become a relief worker for Doctors Without Borders. His eldest daughter, Mackenzie, is studying Psychology at UBCO and his youngest daughter, Natasha, is at Mount Boucherie High School.

His favorite local restaurant is “my wife’s cooking”, but when they do go out it’s mostly to ethnic fusion places such as Edo’s, the Wok Box, and Sushi Q’s. For special occasions they like to go to the Blind Angler in Peachland, which does a great hazelnut crusted Halibut.

Kevin loves all the seasons in the Okanagan. His favorite summer activity is quadding, kayaking and sailing, spring it’s fishing, fall it’s hunting and winter is skiing and ice fishing. He is also a voracious reader and has just discovered eBooks at the Okanagan library, so may never have to leave home again.

His favorite vacation destination is Bridge Lake in the Cariboo where they have their cottage. It’s stunningly beautiful and very peaceful. Although they enjoyed Mexico last year, they don’t travel as much they’d like because the kids are just at that age when they’re too old to be babysat but too young to be trusted not to get into mischief!

Kevin is a real outdoor nut and loves fishing, shooting, quadding, sailing, hiking and just enjoying a G&T on the deck. He hopes to build a community shooting range in Peachland one day.

The gem of the Okanagan for Kevin are the hills behind Peachland. They’re just so beautiful and accessible. Within just a few minutes of quadding I can be almost completely alone, see all sorts of wildlife and fish all kinds of lakes.

Kevin’s favorite saying is “Aut inveniam viam aut fasciam" which means “I shall find a way or make one” which is attributed to the Carthaginian General Hannibal when told there was no way to cross the alps with his war elephants. Kevin found it fitting and inspirational, so had it tattooed on his arm.