Personal Mission Statement: Securing the world through intelligent, proactive defense.
Summary: I am currently a Staff ML Scientist at Proofpoint. My experience spans building and scaling machine learning–driven security systems, with a focus on staying ahead of evolving attack patterns. I’m particularly energized by tackling ambiguous problems and bringing clarity through strong project leadership. I invest deeply in mentorship, helping teams grow while delivering meaningful, high-impact solutions together.
Dissemination
- ML in Production: Duke Statistical Sciences Proseminar, February 1st, 2023
- Promissory Image Classifier: Proofpoint Engineering Blog, June 14th, 2023
Technical Presentations
- Textual Analysis: Automated Insights, 2017
- McGAN: Carin Lab @ Duke, 2017
- Inverse Autoregressive Flow: Carin Lab @ Duke, 2017
- Deep Learning Introduction: Smiths Detection, 2017
- Elasticsearch 101: Proofpoint, 2021
- NLP Pre-Transformers: Proofpoint, 2022
- Model Performance Management: Proofpoint, 2022
- ML in Production: Duke Stat Sci Proseminar, 2023
Patents
- Augmented NLG: Automated Insights, 2019
- Automated Cyberthreat Detection: Proofpoint, 2022
- Promissory Image Classifier: Proofpoint, 2022
Mentorship
Interns
- Jacob McCright: Automated Insights Summer Intern, 2018
- Gautham Gorti: Proofpoint Summer Intern, 2021
- Rahul Shukla: Proofpoint Summer Intern, 2022
- Abigail Spigarelli: Proofpoint Summer Intern, 2023
- Aarav Gupta: Proofpoint Summer Intern, 2024
Full-Time
- Cole Juracek: Proofpoint Data Scientist, 2021-
- Boston Lee: Proofpoint Software Engineer, 2022-
- Colby Leclerc: Proofpoint Software Engineer, 2022-
- Veeresh Gurusiddappa: Proofpoint AI Engineer, 2025-
- David Hyland: Proofpoint AI Engineer, 2025-
- Kevin Silviera: Proofpoint AI Engineer, 2025-
- Paul Trust: Proofpoint AI Scientist, 2025-