Kevin Ahearn is one of the three co-founders of Bureo Inc., an emerging company on a mission to protect our ocean and end fishing net pollution through community empowerment. Growing up in a family of Ocean lovers, Kevin took to surfing at an early age with his Dad and twin brother Brian. The importance of “protecting the places you love” was a lesson ingrained in the brothers at an early age and something Kevin has carried throughout his life and into his professional career at Bureo. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and leads research and development, recycling supply chain, and material integration efforts at Bureo. While Kevin enjoyed the technical challenges posed by his previous career at Boeing submersible vehicle development, being able to use his engineering background to support his passion for protecting the environment is the realization of a lifelong dream. Kevin currently lives in Ventura, California with his wife and son Luca, to whom he hopes to pass down the same lessons his parents shared with him.