awalin sopan
Data Scientist
Summary
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SeniorAwalin Sopan is a Principal Engineer specializing in applied AI/ML for cybersecurity with a decade of experience building production-ready defenses that blend HCI, data visualization, and responsible AI. At Workday she leads GenAI efforts for cyber defense—operationalizing RAG and agentic workflows and delivering solutions that cut analyst triage from hours to minutes and improved SOC incident response. Her background spans government and industry roles (White House PIF, GSA, SBA, Sophos, Mandiant) where she co-founded Responsible AI communities, led large analytics programs, and translated policy and equity concerns into practical AI systems. A product-minded technologist steeped in UX and visual analytics, she mentors teams on LLM products and anomaly detection at scale. Notably, she combines hands-on ML engineering with community leadership—founding Systers Bangladesh and serving on the WiCyS board—bringing a rare mix of technical depth, user-centered design, and civic impact.
11 years of coding experience
Github Skills (20)
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scipy4
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kafka1
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
awalin/vizsec.github.io
Dec 2018 - May 2020
Contributions:79 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 5 months
awalin/awalin-sopan
May 2022 - Jul 2023
Contributions:79 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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