Ken Kahanek graduated with a B.A. in Construction in 1992 from Texas A&M University, where he served as a member of the Corps of Cadets. Ken entered the high-end custom homebuilding   field as a project manager and was one of the first custom builders in the Austin area to achieve Graduate Master Builder certification from the National Association of Homebuilders, joining the ranks of only 400 other Master Builders in the U.S. at that time.