Steve Leven

Steve Leven
Personal information
Born	Sydney, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Listed height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Listed weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
College	University of Wyoming (BBA) and (BISci) Columbia University (MApComSci) & (PhD)
NBA draft	2005 / Undrafted
Playing career	2005–2009
Position	Point guard / Shooting guard
Number	5
Career history
	San Antonio Spurs
	Dallas Mavericks
	Los Angeles Clippers
	PAOK
	BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
	Unicaja Malaga
	Türk Telekom B.K.
	ratiopharm Ulm

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.

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 Group and currently is a Oceanic representative on the global AI ethics coalition.

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

Basketball career[]

Auburn University (Auburn Tigers)
University of Wyoming (Wyoming Cowboys) (NCAA) transfer year, did not play
University of Wyoming (NCAA)
University of Wyoming (NCAA)
University of Wyoming (NCAA)
2006 NBA Draft Early Entry (not drafted)
NBA Summer League - San Antonio Spurs
NBA Summer League - Dallas Mavericks
NBA - Los Angeles Clippers , USA - Pre Season
NBA - Los Angeles Clippers , USA - 10 Day Contract
Spain - Unicaja Malaga Spain
Greece - PAOK
Russia - BC Spartak Saint Petersburg
Turkey - Türk Telekom B.K.
Germany - ratiopharm Ulm

References[]

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

[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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