Leonard Melnik

Leonard Melnik is a seasoned professional in the cybersecurity and technology sectors, currently serving as a Senior Consultant at EisnerAmper, where responsibilities include leading technical projects, enhancing operational efficiency, and automating accounting processes. As the Executive Director of the Cybersecurity Reach Foundation, Leonard focuses on raising cybersecurity awareness and providing educational resources to individuals and small businesses. Previously, Leonard co-founded ThreatRecord, developing advanced data scraping techniques to enrich threat intelligence databases and improving threat classification using CVE and MITRE frameworks. Leonard also contributed to phishing research at NYU SPAM Lab by creating automation tools for cybercrime report analysis. Academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Business Administration in Cybersecurity from Baruch College and ongoing pursuit of a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy at Georgia Institute of Technology.