About
Keke. My sister's nickname for me when we were kids, because she couldn't pronounce Kevin.
Coco. How people would say "knock knock" in Lesotho when coming into my office.
Coucou. My sister's son's nickname for me now, because he can't pronounce Keke.
Kevs. Me, and my nickname in Mexico, where I live now and work as a software developer and consultant.
Thought Runner. My name for my journal when I was 20 and spent a summer in a small room.
Kev Runner. This site, my runner of ideas.
Background
I'm a software engineer with 15 years of full-stack development experience. I've been grateful to have worn many hats — developer, product manager, fractional CTO, applied AI engineer, hiring manager, IT manager, and business owner.
I've been lucky to be part of teams that took ideas from napkin sketches to millions in revenue — helping grow startups from scratch, building and scaling teams, and learning what actually matters along the way.
I've absolutely loved working with teams and offices across Costa Rica, Lesotho, Nigeria, Germany, Austin, Minneapolis, and L.A. — and still have nostalgia for every one of them.
These days I live in Mexico and split my time between software consulting, advising small business owners through Kev's Kit, and writing about the things I'm thinking about here on this site.