Chad Kennedy is Australian through and through. He grew up in Trigg, a beach suburb north of Perth, and still calls Perth’s northern suburbs home. Surfing got its hooks in early, and his idea of a perfect escape is a full day in the water at Margaret River or Gnaraloo. When he’s not chasing waves, you’ll usually find him in the pool, where water polo has been a regular fixture for as long as he can remember.

Chad always has a side quest on the go. Lately that’s meant restoring a vintage Hills Hoist, building furniture, replacing garden beds and reviving a pond. He splits his time between four houses, each with its own identical Russian blue cat. He has also hiked the Salkantay trail to Machu Picchu.

That tinkerer’s mindset carries into his work as a Data Architect, where he loves kit-bashing tech stacks and connecting systems into bigger automations. Bring him a flat white and he’s ready to build.