Summary
Steven Leung is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Duo Security (Cisco) with 10 years of experience building production ML systems at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. He led a 0-to-1 device quarantine feature that bootstrapped labeled data from user fraud reports to detect malicious MFA registrations, and built an automated, agentic AI research system deployed in production. His research focuses on agentic AI security—runtime detection of AI agents and risk categorization of LLM tools—bridging applied threat detection with AI-safety evaluation. Steven combines full-stack ML engineering (Snowflake, DBT, PySpark, CI/CD, Datadog) with product delivery and cross-functional leadership, and previously drove ML-enabled sales and automation at Cisco’s US Public Sector. He serves on the board of STEAMCoders, bringing STEAM education to underserved youth, reflecting a commitment to practical impact beyond the lab.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Data Science, Master's degree, Data Science at UC Berkeley School of Information
Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General, Bachelor of Science (BS), Biology, General at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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