KEVIN HOLST
Kevin Holst and friends on top of Half Dome
Climbing Half Dome with some friends.

Life

I have an awesome wife, two great kids and a giant German Shepherd.

I love new experiences, going on adventures with friends, eating at fun restaurants, and hosting parties.

StrengthsFinder · top 5, in order

  1. 1 Positivity
  2. 2 Includer
  3. 3 Futuristic
  4. 4 Belief
  5. 5 Woo

Report card

name: Kevin H. · period: lifelong
  1. 01

    Chico State

    B.S., Nutrition & Food Science
    explains the meals thing
  2. 02

    Georgetown

    Certificate in Marketing
    fell in love with scale and story
  3. 03

    University of Helsinki

    Certificates: Elements of AI + Building AI
    LSTM, CNN, LLM, LFG
  4. 04

    Codecademy

    Certificate in SQL
    spreadsheet got annoying

teacher’s note: asks a lot of questions. still learning.

Fun stuff

Things that don’t fit on a résumé, but are too fun not to share.

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    Peered into an active volcano

    Masaya, Nicaragua
    Live
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    Stung by seven bees harvesting honey

    Nicaragua
    Ouch
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    Hiked Half Dome

    Yosemite, CA
    2× · Encore
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    Wimbledon, the Tour de France + the Audi Cup

    London · Paris · Munich
    Sold out
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    Visited 16 countries

    World tour
    16 dates
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    Cooked potatoes on the White House lawn

    Washington, DC
    VIP
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    Bowled in the Roosevelt Building

    Next to the White House
    Lane 1
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    Sold my car to spend two months in Europe

    With 11 friends
    One way
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    Safari in Kenya

    Nairobi
    Wild
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    Ate raw beef heart

    Twice…
    Yum
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    Flew CA → NYC for dinner at Eleven Madison Park with a friend

    Worth it.
    Table for 2
Standing Tall: a Pirate Bear story cover
I wrote a children’s book

Pirate Bear

Wrote a children’s book with my son. Illustrated by a DreamWorks and Nickelodeon animator. I got a BAFTA-nominated director to consult on the story. It was so much fun to make and I learned a ton.

piratebearbook.com ↗

Acknowledgements

I was fortunate to help out in some impactful situations with amazing leaders. They were very kind and added me in the acknowledgements of their books.