# Roger Mao

> Lead Engineer at Adaptive Security

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/rogermao

## Work Experience
### Lead Software Engineer @ Adaptive Security
Jan 2024 – Present | New York, New York, United States
Stop AI-powered cyber attacks like deepfakes, GenAI phishing, Smishing and More..

We have seen a…
4X increase in email phishing since the launch of ChatGPT
100K+ deepfake attacks in 2024
60% of employees will fail a deepfake attack, according to Adaptive estimates. 

Our goal is to reduce that risk by 90%, while also identifying any remaining weak points. 

Adaptive is a Next-Generation Security Training and Simulation Platform. We currently offer two products: Adaptive Phishing and Adaptive Training. 

Adaptive Phishing identifies weak points by simulating GenAI cyber attacks over email, SMS, chat, and voice. Businesses can customize these attacks to utilize features like deepfakes of their executive team, open source intelligence of their company, and known attack vectors. 

Adaptive Training educates employees on new and emerging security threats like deepfakes, smishing, and social media attacks. Material is broken down into engaging 3-7 minute modules, optimized for mobile and desktop viewing. Content is automatically personalized for every business. 

Today, Adaptive is growing fast, working with leading businesses like regional and national banks, leading tech and software companies, and critical health systems. 

Adaptive’s mission is to protect people and businesses from AI-powered cyber attacks. Over the next decade, we will work tirelessly to stay one step ahead of attackers with enhanced features, new products, and scale to every business globally.

### Senior Software Engineer @ Attentive
Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Remote, NYC
- Built orchestration system sending millions of messages per day using an in-house workflow system
- Built flexible systems capable of targeting and personalizing messages based on a variety of user behavior events
- Expanded messaging beyond SMS to multi-channel capabilities
- Led efforts to overhaul link engagement and attribution tracking
- Overhauled stats infrastructure for tracking message performance
- Collaborated with machine learning team to productize model insights to drive targeted messaging
- Led the creation of an org-wide experimentation platform to drive data-based decision making
- Led the Engineering Mentorship Program to provide cross-team exposure, deeper relationships in a remote-first environment, and valuable mentorship opportunities between more-experienced and less-experienced engineers.
- Revamped a LLM-driven conversational messaging product with a 20% increase in message quality

### Software Engineer @ Wolfram|Alpha LLC
Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area
- Designed main data infrastructure using Java and MySQL
- Built a distributed data versioning system to allow concurrent curation and development of data
- Leveraged functional programming in building quick and reliable data delivery systems
- Developed the backbone of an ads system targeting users based on their queries
- Led development on systems compiling multiple sources of data into a single and queryable repository


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jan 2012 – Jan 2016


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/roger-mao-3941a359

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Last updated: 2026-03-20