Leigh Yeh is a Chief of Staff and product-minded technologist with eight years of experience bridging AI research, product management, and operations at startups and enterprise firms. With an MS in Computer Science and a background in cognitive science and behavioral research, Leigh moves fluidly between NLP/ML prototyping and strategic execution, having improved model performance and built reasoning frameworks in production contexts. She has led product and CoS functions at early-stage companies and now at American Express, pairing hands-on technical credibility with operational rigor. Active in NYC’s Chief of Staff and AI communities, Leigh co-founded AI Circle and participates in curated mastermind networks to scale her impact and craft cross-organizational best practices. Notably, her research experience measuring morality in social media and building NLG modules reflects a rare blend of human-centered behavioral insight and engineering delivery.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at University of Southern California
Bachelor of Science - BS Cognitive Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Cognitive Science at University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
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