Ling Shao

A mother of four autistic sons, Ling founded SpectrumAi to improve healthcare for families like hers. A graduate of MIT and Harvard, she began her career as a nurse in the U.S. Army, where she led a battalion aid station in an active combat zone—an excellent training ground for her audacious goals. Through SpectrumAi, Ling created predictive analytics and real-time decision‑support tools to help clinicians optimize care quality and advance neurodiversity outcomes. In 2025, Ling sold SpectrumAi to CentralReach, the leading software company focused on helping adults and children with autism and intellectual/developmental disabilities. She integrated her SpectrumAI team into CentralReach, and now, as the company’s SVP of Outcomes‑Based Care, Ling is achieving her mission on a larger platform.