Kevin Shao
Kevin Shao

Kevin Shao — Strategy & AI

I'm moving to Taipei to bet on myself. No blueprint, no network, no safety net.

Currently a business analyst at Capital One. Previously BCG, PwC, Stax, and CareWallet. Off the clock: photographer, traveler, and somewhere in the middle of three books.

Hvalfjarðarsveit, Iceland — Fujifilm X-T30 II

02 / About

The longer version.

I've always loved listening and learning from the world around me.

Most of that happens when I'm away from my temporary living arrangement. Spend enough time in enough places and you start to notice there's no single definition of a normal life, just a lot of different ones, and everyone's fairly convinced theirs is the right one. Sonder is the word. That's made it hard for me to trust the idea that there's one well-marked path that's correct, including whichever one I happen to be on.

The other thing travel has taught me about myself is that the more comfortable I get somewhere, the less I actually pay attention to it. I stay curious when there's some friction. A new place, a new problem, a situation where there's no existing playbook. These kinds of environments energize me.

That's a big part of why I'm moving to Taipei: for reinvention. Taipei is where I'm going to get a real signal, to actually understand what people in a completely different society might need, before I try to build anything.

Kyoto, Japan — iPhone

03 / Where I've been

A chronology of places.

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  1. grew up in Plano, TX

  2. left Texas for Northeastern University — Boston, MA. escaped the bubble

  3. New York, NY. internship at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx

  4. started a barista job at Caffe Bene, quit in a month

  5. first co-op at BCG on the digital health knowledge team

  6. London School of Economics summer session

  7. got the idea to start Huntington Strategy Group

  8. consulting co-op at PwC

  9. joined CareWallet, a healthtech startup, to lead growth. competed in a few startup competitions

  10. started 3rd co-op at Stax, still shooting for consulting

  11. solo traveled for the first time — London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Seville

  12. graduated. left Boston

  13. Japan, Singapore, Thailand, China, South Korea, Indonesia. never anywhere more than 2 weeks at a time

  14. moved to Arlington, VA to start corporate job at Capital One

  15. traveled to Iceland with 2 friends. unlocked new terrains

  16. Puerto Rico. vacation instead of travel for once

  17. Berlin, Copenhagen, Amsterdam. realized there were infinite paths I could take, and I needn't succumb to path dependence

  18. jul 2026put in my 2 weeks
  19. aug 2026Taipei
San Juan, PR — Fujifilm X-T30 III

04 / Projects

Two things worth pointing at.

  • This website

    Built with Lovable and Claude Code. Most of the work was reacting to drafts and rewriting them until they actually sounded like me, not generic AI output.

    • TanStack Start
    • Tailwind
    • Lovable
    GitHub
  • Huntington Strategy Group

    My brainchild. Founded Northeastern's first social impact strategy consulting group alongside 4 peers. Scaled the team from 2 projects and 12 consultants every semester to 4 projects and 40 consultants.

    • Operator
    • Consulting
    • Business Development
    • Leadership
    Annual Report
Kyoto, Japan — Canon G7X
Boston, MA — Canon G7X
Copenhagen, Denmark — Fujifilm X-T30 III
Copenhagen, Denmark — Fujifilm X-T30 III
Copenhagen, Denmark — Fujifilm X-T30 III
Amsterdam, Netherlands — Fujifilm X-T30 III
Singapore — Canon G7X
San Juan, PR — Fujifilm X-T30 III

05 / Interests

Off the clock.

Currently reading

  1. The Power of NowEckhart Tolle

    A reminder to stay present rather than getting lost in what's next.

  2. The Squiggly CareerHelen Tupper & Sarah Ellis

    Reframed how I think about career growth. Skills compound in ways titles don't.

  3. GreenlightsMatthew McConaughey

    What looks like an obstacle usually has a green light in it if you're looking for one.

Into

  • Travel — 13 countries in the past two years
  • Photography — Fujifilm X-T30 III, mostly slow walks
  • Sustainable fashion — designer resale as a hobby-sport
  • Poker — 2/5 and 5/10, treating decisions like bets
  • Sports — heartbroken Mavs fan; deep into football and soccer

06 / Contact

Let's talk.

If any of this resonates — strategy, AI, a photo you'd like to place — the inbox is open.

Jökulsárlón, Iceland — Fujifilm X-T30 II

Built quietly in 2026. Set in Inter Tight, Fraunces, and JetBrains Mono.