Seungmin (Helen) Lee is the director of Intelligent Cyber Research (ICR) and a senior engagement manager for cyber risk at Next Peak. As the Director of ICR, she leads the company's geopolitical cyber risk offerings and engagements and oversees research on cybersecurity risks, AI, national cyber strategy, and more. As a senior engagement manger, she manages cyber risk consulting engagements from proposals to stakeholder management to deliverables and oversees. She also leads the Blue Force Tracker Initiative, recording and analyzing international technological defense assistance provided to Ukraine since the onset of the war in 2022, for Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative (CDAC).

Previously, Helen was a 2025 #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow with New America, researching cyber secure AI data centers. She has published pieces with Aspen Digital, CSO Online, Columbia University, The Diplomat, Stimson 38 North, Tech Policy Press, and World Politics Review. She received her Master's in International Affairs at Columbia University's SIPA in May 2022 and Bachelor of Arts at Columbia University's Columbia College in May 2021. Helen is fluent in English, Korean, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.