Women's Committee Executive Team Member Jennifer Cheung announces the first ForwardWomen's LeanIn Circle during our July 31st, 2025 General Committee Meeting.
Jennifer Cheung is a mathematician who became a cybersecurity engineer and has been working in the field since August 2014. Her role as a research scientist for the past five years has exposed her to emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, homomorphic encryption, and quantum computing. She primarily worked with the NIST Risk Management Framework for about four years before assuming the role of research scientist as a Navy Civilian. She has a master’s degree in Applied Mathematics. She was awarded a Fulbright study/research grant on Quantum Informatics in Denmark during 2011-2012.
In August 2020, she founded the WiCyS (Women In Cybersecurity) San Diego Affiliate and was the Affiliate President for three years. She was a Circle leader for the San Diego Women In Tech Circle, a Lean In Circle, for six years. She has been outspoken about building a more diverse and inclusive cybersecurity and technical workforce of the future, encouraging and helping others to break into the field.
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