Hello I am
Viet-Thai Nguyen

A little bit about me

🎓 EDUCATION

EPITA - École d'Ingénieurs en Informatique (Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France) Feb 2023 - Sep 2024
MSc in Computer Science: Data Science & Analytics - Classification: Valedictorian

    • Machine Learning & Statistical Analysis, Neural Networks & Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision
    • Data Science in Production, Relational Databases, NoSQL Databases, Data Visualization, Predictive Analytics & Data Mining
    • Advanced Algorithms, OOA-UML-Java, Big Data & Cloud Computing, Network Protocols & Architecture, UNIX OS

University of Technology - Vietnam National University (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Sep 2015 - May 2019
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering - Classification: Good

Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Sep 2012 - May 2015
Major in Mathematics - Classification: Excellent

🏢 WORK EXPERIENCE

AREKA CONSULTING Feb 2024 - present
Data Engineer

  1. Data Engineering
    • Built and maintained ETL pipelines in Azure and GCP to consolidate travel data from raw sources to final dashboards for multiple clients.
    • Improved transformation processes including hotel normalization, flight route mapping, and data validation using AI-powered solutions.
    • Developed continuous API and web scraping connectors to collect reference datasets - air fares, hotels, aircraft specifications, and emission factors - enriching final data outputs.
  2. Business Intelligence
    • Managed Travel KPIs across dashboards; analyzed and resolved ad-hoc BI issues raised by consultants and clients.
    • Participated in the migration of reporting dashboards from TIBCO Spotfire to Power BI, ensuring continuity and an improved user experience.
  3. R&D Data Projects
    • AREKA Carbon Track: Researched and implemented AREKA's methodology to calculate CO₂ emissions across all travel categories; built an end-to-end prediction pipeline for per-flight emissions - helping clients meet sustainability goals.
    • Air Sourcing Tool: Designed a comprehensive and scalable matching tool to apply airline discounts across contracts, supporting consultants with data-driven insights for supplier negotiation.
    • TMC & Expense Matching: Developed a de-duplication methodology for transactions from travel agencies and booking tools, deployed across all clients to detect and reduce travel leakage.
    • AREKA Lab: Built an internal web platform to showcase R&D AI projects, used for client demos and product discovery.

FPT SOFTWARE - Skywise Data Capture Team, AIRBUS Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
Data Engineer | Software Developer

  1. Data Engineering
    • Built and maintained data pipelines for airlines, improved various data products.
    • Analyzed data problems to solve ad-hoc issues, optimized code performance.
    • Deployed new architecture for airline time series pipelines.
  2. Web Software Development
    • Developed front-end Airbus Skywise Store for the New Offer project to customers.
    • Built new Foundry application for back-end sensor time series processing.
    • Fixed and improved other web apps according to internal and airlines requirements.
  3. Scaled Agile Framework
    • Presented solutions to business stakeholders in Europe.
    • Collaborated with other outsourcing teams from France, India, and Vietnam.
    • Worked and organized Agile meetings with the technical team.

HUU TOAN GROUP Sep 2021 - May 2022
Data & IT Engineer

  1. Data Processing & Analysis
    • Cleaned customers & products raw data to gain insights in industrial market.
    • Visualized dashboards and built dashboard pipelines in Power BI.
  2. ERP system (Dynamics 365)
    • Created automation tools in ERP & Power Automate to help company reduce workflows and paper tasks.
    • Maintained & standardized name rules for all types of company products used by all departments.
  3. IT & network administration
    • Built and found solution for new office IT system including network server, domain cotroller, UPS, IP cameras & phones.
    • Migrated company data from on-premises file server to Microsoft Office 365 ecosystem.

BAA TRAINING VIETNAM Oct 2019 - Dec 2021
Flight Simulator Engineer

  • Operated and maintained flight simulator systems including electrical, mechanical, and computer systems (Windows Server, Linux, simulation software).
  • Designed and improved the systems and process according to customers and manufacturers requirements.
  • Worked with partners and flight instructors, managed company's data systems and infrastructures.

⚙️ TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Programming: Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Java
  • Python: PySpark, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, Streamlit, SciPy, NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn, Matplotlib, Selenium, BeautifulSoup
  • Cloud: Foundry (Palantir), Azure, AWS, GCP
  • Tools: Git, Docker, Conda, Airflow, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Grafana, Orange, Dynamics 365, Power Automate
  • Business Intelligence: TIBCO Spotfire, Power BI, Looker Studio
  • Machine Learning: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, SVM, XGBoost, Random Forest, Decision Tree, K-means, PCA, SVD
  • Deep Learning: Convolution Neural Networks, Recurrent Neural Networks, Attention, Transformers, Transfer Learning

📂 CERTIFICATES

🌏 LANGUAGES

  • English: Professional working proficiency
  • French: Limited working proficiency (niveau B1)
  • Vietnamese: Native language