Steve Leven

Steve Leven (born 15 October 1981 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired Australian professional basketball player and now works in the development and applications of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. He is the Co-Founder and CTO of software company Zenbly.

Steve Leven
Personal information
BornSydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Listed height6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
CollegeUniversity of Wyoming (BBA) and (BISci) Columbia University (MApComSci) & (PhD)
NBA draft2005 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–2009
PositionPoint guard / Shooting guard
Number5
Career history
San Antonio Spurs
Dallas Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers
PAOK
BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
Unicaja Malaga
Türk Telekom B.K.
ratiopharm Ulm

College career

Leven, a 6-foot 5-inch (1.97m) tall combo guard started his college basketball career with Auburn University in 2002, then transferred to the University of Wyoming, due to Auburn being found guilty of NCAA violations.[1]

Professional career

Leven started his professional career after an declaring an early entry into the 2006 NBA Draft. He then participated in the Las Vegas NBA Summer League and the Rocky Mountain NBA Summer League. He then joined Unicaja Málaga in Spain's top level Liga ACB, PAOK, BC Spartak Saint Petersburg, Türk Telekom B.K., ratiopharm Ulm.

Since retiring from professional sport, Dr Leven has earned a PhD from Columbia university in applied Artificial Intelligence and has established himself as a leading expert in the domain of Artificial Intelligence. He has led initiatives in global organisations such as google, Microsoft and government agencies such as DARPA and Department of Defence (Australia) and Defence Science and Technology Groupand currently is a Oceanic representative on the global AI ethics coalition.

Leven is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of software company Zenbly.

Basketball career

References
  1. Daly, Jack (2 January 2005). "Traveling man: Australian Steve Leven appears to have found home in Laramie". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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