Summary
Leo Van is a senior machine learning leader based in Sydney with 11 years of experience building and operationalizing ML solutions across banking, fintech, gaming and IT services. He has progressed from hands-on systems and BI roles to senior management at Macquarie Group, demonstrating both individual-contributor depth and team leadership in production ML and MLOps. Recognized repeatedly for high performance, he combines a quantitative finance and information-systems background with focused upskilling—completing multiple Udacity nanodegrees and earning the Udacity Bertelsmann Tech Scholarship. His work spans risk portfolio modelling, product-facing data science, and platform-level ML engineering, enabling business outcomes in regulated and fast-moving environments. Known for pursuing pragmatic innovation, he often blends research-driven techniques like NLP with robust deployment practices to move prototypes into production.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Quantitative Finance & Information Systems Management, Bachelor's Degree, Quantitative Finance & Information Systems Management at Singapore Management University
Nanodegree, Natural Language Processing, Nanodegree, Natural Language Processing at Udacity