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Matt Leebody

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Director of Engineering for Security at EverQuote
📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Dr. Matthew Leebody is the Director of Security Engineering at Everquote, leveraging a unique background with a Ph. D. in Physics from Queens University Belfast. A Chartered Engineer, he specializes in secure-by-design principles and empowering engineering teams. People often describe him as brilliant, empathetic, and a fantastic manager.

He transitioned from researching solid-state physics and pulsed laser deposition to a leadership career in cybersecurity, specializing in application security and API architecture.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering for Security
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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AI Security
He recently highlighted the critical need for robust security and guardrails as organizations adopt AI, noting that its force-multiplication applies to negative outcomes too.
Security by Design
States his mission is to empower teams to be "secure-by-design" and to build the tools that will help them maintain that standard.
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Career

Work history

4-2023
Director of Engineering for Security
EverQuote
7-2022 - 3-2023
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Synopsys Inc
4-2022 - 7-2022
Director Of Engineering
NTT Application Security
2-2021 - 4-2022
Senior Engineering Manager
NTT Application Security
11-2019 - 2-2021
Lead Security Engineer
BT
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Education
2009 - 2014
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Queen's University Belfast
2004 - 2009
MSci
Queen's University Belfast
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