Australian basketball player

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 CEO of software company Zenbly. Due to financial issues and misappropriation of funds Zenbly went into administration on the 7th April 2022 and Steve was forced to step down as CEO.

Contents

• 1 College career
• 2 Professional career
• 3 Basketball career
• 4 References

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.

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 Zenbly.

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

• Eurobasket.com Profile
• University of Wyoming College Basketball Profile
• Draftexpress.com Profile
• https://www.empired.com
• https://chiefit.me