Yash Verma

Applied AI | MS CS @ University at Buffalo | Ex-Ford Motor Company

Buffalo, New York, United States

About

Passionate about people, innovation, and technology! Living, learning, & leveling up one day at a time.

Experience

  • Research Assistant at The Research Foundation for SUNY
    Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    Safe and Efficient Autonomous Systems (SEAS) Lab

  • University at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York, United States)
    • Graduate Student Assistant
      Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    • Board Member at CSEGSA
      Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

      - Plan, coordinate, and execute technical workshops, career development sessions, and networking events for graduate students. - Contribute to strategic planning, governance, and decision-making processes to strengthen student engagement, inclusion, and professional growth within the CSE community.

  • Ford Motor Company (Full-time · 4 yrs)
    • Senior Software Engineer
      Jan 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      - Led automation and SOAR workflows using Docker containers and ServiceNow, Splunk SOAR, and Phantom, streamlining intelligence ingestion and reducing manual analyst workload by 40%. - Leveraged AI/ML models (classification, clustering, NLP) to automate detection of malicious domains, phishing campaigns, and anomaly-based threat indicators, improving detection accuracy by 25%

    • Software Engineer
      Sep 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

      - Hands-on expertise with ThreatConnect, IBM QRadar, RSA Archer Suite, and other CTI platforms, driving integration and intelligence enrichment for over 500 security alerts monthly. - Experienced in dark web monitoring & TOR navigation, extracting IOCs, leaked data, and threat actor communications to provide actionable intelligence.