LTC Raymond Leong

LTC Raymond Leong is an instructor in the computer science program in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He began his career as an armor officer stationed in Germany with the 66th Armor Battalion, 172nd Infantry Brigade. During that overseas tour, he deployed to Iraq as a tank platoon leader in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. After returning to the United States, LTC Leong was selected for FA40 (space operations) and served with the 1st Space Brigade, leading the integration of space-based capabilities into Army corps and theater-level formations. He later transferred to the Army Reserve and qualified as a cyber operations officer, where he led cyber intelligence efforts for the U.S. Army Reserve Cyber Operations Group and malware reverse engineering efforts with the Cyber National Mission Force.

In his civilian career, LTC Leong is a staff reverse engineer on Google’s FLARE Team, where he works on nation-state malware, contributes to automated malware solutions and teaches new reverse engineers. Prior to his current position, he was a cyber threat analyst at Mandiant and the Defense Intelligence Agency and a task force officer with the FBI, where he contributed to tracking and disrupting priority cyber threats.

LTC Leong is a graduate of the Armor Basic Officer Leader Course, Maneuver Captains Career Course, Airborne School, Air Assault School, Army Reconnaissance Course, Space Operations Qualification Course, Joint Network Attack Course and the Command and General Staff Officer Course.