About Kevin

Kevin Neil Ladd was born in 1969 in Augusta, Maine and moved to Chicago almost 30 years later. He has since become a certified SCUBA diver and travelled to the Caribbean and several countries in Europe.

From professional chef to carpenter to web developer and COO, Kevin is now sharing his story in his book and online via website and social media... and possibly even a podcast in the not so distant future.

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From a childhood in small-town Maine with a black-and-white TV and an overactive imagination, to blue-collar beginnings in carpentry shops, to unexpected success in the burgeoning tech world, Ladd traces the winding backroads—literal and figurative—that shaped him. Along the way, he shares the lessons earned through work, creativity, motorcycles, mistakes, friendships, craftsmanship, and the stubborn refusal to live life on autopilot.