Phong Nguyen

Results driven engineer with 10 years of experience working on high performing teams doing analysis, design, development, and testing. Highly adaptable to picking up new languages and skills in both self-driven and team oriented roles.

Skills

Proficient

  • Python
  • Django
  • Git (Phabricator, GitHub, GitLab)
  • Agile

Knowledgeable

  • C
  • Javascript
  • Vue.js
  • Flask
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • PostgreSQL
  • Packer
  • REST
  • Salt
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk
  • AWS Relational Database Storage
  • AWS S3
  • Perforce
  • Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Some Experience

  • CSS
  • HTML
  • Java
  • GraphQL
  • Embedded Systems
  • Terraform
  • GCP App Engine
  • GCP Storage

Work Experience (5)

Bring comprehensive genetic information into mainstream medicine to improve healthcare for billions of people.

Skills: Amazon Web Services (Batch, EC2, ECR, RDS, S3, Step), Python, Django, REST API, React, JQuery, HTML, CSS, Git (Github), Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, Packer, Salt

  • Oncology Web Applications team

  • Modernize and upgrade the lgeacy Archer Analysis product through containerization, first new release in over two years

  • Refactor existing CICD for new containerized environments

  • Cloud and OVA VM deployments of modernized Archer Analysis

  • Onboarding and training of new team members and contractors

Every two years a new executive board gets voted in by the community at an annual conference. Due pandemic, this year's election moved to a virtual event that necessitated a virtual voting platform.

Skills: Amazon Web Services (Relational Databases), Google Cloud Platform (App Engine, Storage), Python, Flask, REST API, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, Git (GitLab).

  • Design, implement, and test a working solution within a week of receiving requirements

  • Deploy application using Google Cloud Platform, for over 200 concurrent users

  • Collect and analyze voting results using provided weighted scoring to automate vote counting and election results

SaaS company that built marketing tools to breakdown company silos.

Skills: Amazon Web Services (Elastic Beanstalk, Relational Databases, S3), Python, Flask, REST API, Vue.js, HTML, CSS, Jenkins, Docker, Git (Phabricator), Agile

  • Employee number three, first engineer at the company

  • Lead team of two engineers to create proof of concept beta product that secured $1.5M seed funding from General Catalyst

  • Manage team of three engineers to implement core business logic across frontend and backend technologies

  • Rapid deployment of code on a nearly weekly basis

  • Engage with potential customers at company sponsored booths at conferences and trade shows

  • Listed as one of Colorado's 50 startups to watch in 2020: https://www.builtincolorado.com/2020/01/21/50-colorado-startups-watch-2020

SolidFire is a scale-out storage solution that was acquired by NetApp.

Skills: Python, Linux, REST API, Docker, Git (Phabricator, Bitbucket), Mercurial, Agile, SAFe, test, automation.

  • Write and automate feature test suites against REST-like product API

  • Coordinate and manage system level tests at scale to gather distributed system metrics

  • Design custom test automation framework for multiple test organizations

  • Implement CI/CD practices using Jenkins and Docker containers

  • Program management using Scaled Agile framework (SAFe)

Storage company that primarily deals with spinning hard drives.

Skills: C, Python, Perforce, Agile, embedded systems, customer and product management.

  • Adopt and transition team to use Agile Scrum methodologies

  • Debug firmware using bus analyzer, emulator, and serial port

  • Deliver and delegate customer specific firmware requirements and features for consumer level desktop hard drives

  • Coordinate firmware code delivery of two low-cost drive programs across manufacturing, servo, and project management teams

Volunteer

Alumni Mentor, Conference Executive Director, Conference Registration Director, Collective Philanthropy Project Campaign Director, Regional Representative
Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (UNAVSA)
Nov 2010 - Nov 2020

To empower the next generation of Vietnamese leaders with a passion for service, propensity for leadership, and self-awareness with the intent of advocating for progress in the North American Vietnamese community.

  • Manage team of 50+ staff members during 2011 UNAVSA-8 Conference to host 200+ attendees in Denver, CO

  • Manage registration system and data during 2013 UNAVSA-11 Conference in Dallas, TX

  • Raise $105,670.50 to build water filtration systems in impoverished communities in Vietnam

  • Mentor two college students studying Computer Science, both landed an internship or a full-time job in the technology industry

Founder, President, Board of Advisors, Conference Executive Director
Southwest Union of North American Vietnamese Student Associations (SWUVSA)
Dec 2010 - Nov 2020

Similar goals to UNAVSA, but with a focus on the Southwest region of the United States (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah).

  • Create organization with partnership between local Vietnamese Student Associations across multiple campuses.

  • Manage team of 20+ staff members during 2016 APEX-1 Conference to host 100+ attendees in Denver, CO

  • Mentor Executive Board teams throughout all terms

Education (1)

Bachelor of Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Colorado Boulder
2008 - 2012