Mostafa Al-Rashid
Founder & Principal Builder
Walks every quote himself and stays on site through the build. Red Seal carpenter, Gas Technician 2.
Red Seal Carpentry · G2Since 2009Estimating · site leadership
About us
A crew of builders, not a call centre.
Ronin Inc. started in 2009 with one truck, two carpenters and a rule we still keep: the person who quotes your job is on site while it's built.
17 years
On the tools in Southwestern Ontario
1,400+
Homes touched personally
Red Seal
Carpentry, plus Gas Technician 2
Every quote
Walked by Mostafa himself
The founder
Mostafa Al-Rashid
Founder & Principal Builder · Cairo → London, Ontario
Mostafa came to London, Ontario in 2004 with a civil engineering diploma, three hundred dollars and no contacts. He framed houses in Byron through a winter that convinced him he'd made a mistake, then spent five years learning every trade on site — carpentry, tile, plumbing rough-in, cabinetry — because nobody would hand him a management job.
He started Ronin in 2009 out of a rusted Sierra with a single rule that still runs the company: the person who quotes your job is on your site while it's built. That rule is the reason he turns work down when the calendar is full, and the reason 94% of Ronin's work comes from repeat clients and their neighbours.
He's bald, he's loud on demo day, he answers his own phone at 6:40am, and he will absolutely tell you when the thing you saw on Instagram is a bad idea for your house.
"I've had my own kitchen torn apart for eleven weeks. I know exactly what we're asking of your family. That's why we finish."
Leadership
The people who own your project.
Ronin runs on a flat leadership team — each of them is reachable by name, and one of them is accountable for every job we take.
Danielle Fournier
Director of Operations
Runs the master calendar for all six field crews and keeps permits, inspections and trade bookings ahead of the build.
PMP · Gold Seal CandidateSince 2013Scheduling · trades coordination
Owen Brackett
Construction Manager, London
Twenty years framing and structural work across Old North, Wortley and Byron. Handles engineered beams and second-storey additions.
Red Seal CarpentrySince 2011Whole-home & additions
Priya Raghunathan
Design Director
Leads the in-house design studio: layouts, 3D renders, cabinetry drawings and every finish selection meeting.
B.Int.Des · ARIDOSince 2016Kitchens · bathrooms · millwork
Jason Whitmore
Commercial & Corporate Lead
Runs tendered commercial fit-outs, multi-unit turnovers and after-hours schedules for occupied buildings.
Gold Seal · WHMIS trainerSince 2018Property managers · clinics · retail
Sara Nowak
Client Care Manager
Owns the returning-client file: maintenance visits, warranty callbacks and the promise that someone answers within a day.
Client Experience LeadSince 2019Ronin Care · warranty desk
The crew
Managers, trades and specialists — all in-house.
Beyond leadership, these are the people you'll actually meet on site and on the phone across London and Kitchener–Waterloo.
Marcus Delaney
Site Superintendent, Kitchener–Waterloo
Our boots in Waterloo Region — daily site walks, quality checks and neighbour relations.
Red Seal CarpentrySince 2017KW field crews
Elena Petrova
Project Manager
Runs 8–12 renovations at a time and sends the Friday written update clients keep quoting back to us.
CET · Gold Seal CandidateSince 2018Kitchens & bathrooms
Tyler Boudreau
Lead Carpenter
Built most of the stair rebuilds and built-ins in our portfolio. Fussy about reveals, in the best way.
Red Seal CarpentrySince 2012Framing & finish carpentry
Amrit Sanghera
Master Electrician
Handles knob-and-tube removals, service upgrades and every ESA inspection we book.
ECRA/ESA LicensedSince 2015Panels · rewires · smart home
Rob Kearns
Licensed Plumber & Gas Fitter
First truck out on burst-pipe emergency calls, day or night.
306A · G2Since 2014Rough-in · HVAC coordination
Nadia Haddad
Interior Designer
Turns Pinterest boards into buildable drawings, budgets and order sheets.
B.Int.DesSince 2020Selections & renders
Kwame Osei
Tile & Stone Lead
Schluter-certified; every wet room we build is water-tested before tile goes on.
Schluter CertifiedSince 2016Waterproofing · wet rooms
Stephanie Cole
Estimator & Procurement
Prices jobs line by line so the number on page one is the number at the end.
CET EstimatingSince 2019Pricing · material logistics
Victor Ilić
Emergency Response Lead
Coordinates the on-call rotation — water, fire and storm damage, under 90 minutes.
IICRC Water RestorationSince 201524/7 dispatch
Hannah Reyes
Permits & Compliance
Files every permit and keeps insurance, WSIB and inspection paperwork current.
BCIN RegisteredSince 2021City of London · WSIB
Dmitri Sokolov
Exterior & Envelope Lead
Runs the envelope crew: flashing details, drainage planes and window replacements.
Working at HeightsSince 2013Roofing · siding · windows
Grace Lin
Finishing & Punch-List Lead
The last person in your house — nothing gets signed off until her list is empty.
Quality Assurance LeadSince 2020Paint · final QA
Plus 30+ carpenters, apprentices and long-standing trade partners — every one licensed, WSIB-covered and insured under Ronin Inc..
Seventeen years of other people's homes.
We've rebuilt century semis in Wortley Village, gutted 1970s bungalows in Oakridge and added second storeys in Byron. That range matters: when we open a wall and find knob-and-tube, undersized joists or forty years of quiet water damage, it isn't a crisis — it's Tuesday.
Today we run six field crews plus in-house carpentry, tile and finishing, backed by licensed electrical, plumbing and HVAC partners we've worked with for over a decade — across London, Kitchener–Waterloo and the towns in between. Every project gets one lead who owns it from the first walkthrough to the last touch-up.
1,400+
Projects completed
17 yrs
Licensed & insured
94%
Referral & repeat rate
5 yr
Workmanship warranty
Our standards
Four rules nobody on our crew breaks.
Show up when we say
A schedule is a promise. If something slips, you hear it from us first — not from an empty driveway.
Price it honestly
We'd rather lose a bid than win it with a number we know will grow by 40% mid-project.
Build it twice as strong
Blocking behind every fixture, waterproofing beyond code, and framing you'll never have to think about again.
Leave it clean
Floor protection, dust walls and a broom-clean site every single evening.
Free, no-pressure estimate
Tell us what's broken, dated or too small.
We'll walk the space, price it honestly and give you a schedule you can plan around.