Kevin Desforges brings together past experiences in programming, data science, database management, and dynamic web development. He worked as a professional programmer and data scientist in the military, in finance, and in health care for such notable organizations as the New York Stock Exchange (NYC), FINRA (NYC), Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA (Boston), and Research Triangle Institute (Cary, NC / Waltham, MA). He attended Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH), Bristol Community College (Fall River, MA), and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. He served four years as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (San Antonio, TX) and proceeded to earn a continuing Ed degree in Small Business Entrepreneurship from the Borough of Manhattan Community College (NYC).

 

In 2006, Kevin began to focus his technical skills in the area of genealogy and the preservation of family legacy by starting Visual Ancestor (www.visualancestor.com), an elite online library of ancestor photographs, after having been inspired by the antique community in Warren, Rhode Island. In 2022, he co-founded a tech company called Echodify (www.echodify.com) which specializes in passing on family legacies to future generations. Currently, he continues to pursue his passion for preserving ancestor photographs bringing the subject matter into the realm of modern, AI-driven technology such as facial recognition.