Dustin Bigham

Dustin Bigham is a highly skilled professional in the field of machine learning, currently serving as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Modeling at Block since March 2025, focusing on predictive modeling for financial crimes within Square and CashApp. Prior to this role, Bigham worked as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Modeling at OnePay for a brief period earlier in 2025. From January 2020 to January 2025, Bigham held the position of Head of Machine Learning, Modeling at Next Insurance, leading efforts in real-time applications such as risk and underwriting. Bigham's previous experience includes serving as Lead Machine Learning Engineer at RhythmOne from July 2017 to January 2020, where the development of algorithms and models for optimization and recommendations took place, and as a Data Scientist at RadiumOne between July 2015 and June 2017, focusing on machine learning systems to enhance key performance indicators for clients. Bigham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from UC Santa Barbara.