Summary
Jun Zhang is a veteran machine learning leader with two decades of experience building production-grade fraud, digital identity, and cybersecurity analytics at companies from FICO and Netflix to LexisNexis and Traceable. He combines deep research credentials (PhD-level work in ontology-aware learning and distributed algorithms) with hands-on delivery of large-scale modeling platforms, real-time risk scoring, and model governance used by enterprise customers. Known for inventing core identity scoring algorithms (LexID Digital) and pioneering streaming behavioral and GNN/LLM applications for fraud detection, he excels at translating cutting-edge research into customer-facing products. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jun has repeatedly built and scaled high-impact ML teams and platform architectures that prioritize observability, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement. A pragmatic innovator, he pairs publication-quality research with a "just do it" ethos to ship reliable, auditable models in high-stakes environments.
9 years of coding experience