THANH NGUYEN Lorton, VA 22079 OBJECTIVE Experienced software / database engineer looking for a fulltime position where I can utilize my .NET web developing, database/web analytic and internet marketing skills. EDUCATION University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota Master of Science in Computer Science, 09/2005 - 12/2006 GPA: 3.67 / 4.00 Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering with Honor, 08/2002 GPA: 9.15 / 10 (Rank 1st / 400). SKILLS Languages: OOD/OOP (C++, C#, VB.NET), SQL (T-SQL, PL/SQL), XML (XPATH, XSLT), Matlab. Web: HTML, ASP.NET (1.1, 2.0), AJAX, Javascript. DBMS: SQL Server (2000, 2005), Oracle, Access, MySQL. Tools: Visual Studio .NET (2003, 2005), Visual Studio 6, Rational Rose, Power Designer, Crystal Report, MS SQL Reporting Service, MS Visual SourceSafe, CVS, Omniture, Keynote Experience: Search Engine Optimization (SEO), URL Rewriting, Database Optimization, Information Retrieval, Online Digital Printing Process, Load Balancing Servers. WORK EXPERIENCE Software Engineer, 123Print Inc, Taylor Corporation, MD, USA, 01/2007 – Now · www.123print.com: An online business cards and custom printing system. - Used ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server, AJAX, ICSM - Designed and implemented an automatic email marketing system which is individualized for each customer based on their visits and previous orders. This feature helps 123Print to increase the cross-sale value and re-order rate up to 40%. - Designed and implemented a flexible discount system that can provide different price schemes based on different referral sources. With this feature, 123Print is able to give competitive price for customers coming from search engines where there are many competitors. Many special email campaigns are also benefit from it. - Integrated Omniture (www.omniture.com) code to 123Print website to provide the marketing team useful data and reports for online business analytic and optimization purpose. The information got from Omniture helps marketing team to revise and improve landing pages , decision pages an work-flow to improve conversion rate of the website. - Implemented code logic (online design studio, flow) for many new important products such as stamps, photo holiday cards, recycled business cards, business card assortments, post-it notes … These new products increase website’s sale about 15%. - Implemented and maintained ICSM service which transfer order information and order status between 123Print and sister companies. This service also provides customer order and activity information which will help to determine the targeted customers for email campaigns. - Worked closely with customer service team as an instant troubleshooter for any issues reported by the customers. Suggested many ideas to improve the communication between customer service team and developer team which reduce much time to duplicate and fix bugs. Database Analyst/Developer, 123Print Inc, Taylor Corporation, MD, USA, 01/2007 – Now - Administrated several database servers (MS SQL 2005) for local testing and production including www.123print.com, www.123print.co.uk, www.staplescustomprinting.com and www.designitdepot.com (limited IP access). - Optimized the old database design and stored procedure implementation for better performance by examining the execution path and comparing executing time. Improved the stored procedure performance by 20% for most complex store procedures. - Implemented complex T-SQL scripts to migrate the design data from 123Print database to OfficeDepot and Staples databases. This work saved hundreds of hour works for creative team. - Provided various reports for marketing team such as A/B testing, customer visit, revenue, conversion rate, natural and pay-per-click search engine volume… Intern Developer, Andale Software Company, MN, USA, 06/2006 – 08/2006 · Human Resource Management Software: An employee candidates management software - Used C#, Infragistics Controls, SQL Server. - Implemented the front-end C# forms using Infragistics Controls. - Implemented and integrated a new email management tool into the existing system. Senior Software Engineer, TVH Corporation, Vietnam, 10/2000 – 07/2004 · Online Soccer Bet – Team Leader / Website Administrator: The first and the biggest online soccer bet for Vietnamese. - Used DotNetNuke Portal, ASP.NET, C#, SQL Server, XML/XPATH, IIS. - Designed the system architecture and optimized database performance. - Applied XML/XPATH to extract instantly match result from the live score website. - Applied AJAX-based techniques for web pages highly required interactive · Stock Trader - Team Leader / Website Administrator: A simulative, online stock exchange operating like the completely new Vietnam stock exchange market (2002). - Used ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server, IIS. - Designed system database and data communication between the database and Excel files. - Implemented the stock orders matching algorithm and important web pages. Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 01/2006 – 05/2006 · Texture splatting: An interactive texture mapping for point-based models - Used C++, OpenGL, Pointshop 3D - Involved in implementing the algorithm and building demos for the paper - Got the Most Promising Research Breakthrough Award–Computer Science Graduate Student Association Poster Conference 2006. Accepted by PacificGraphics Conference 2006. Research Assistant, Vietnam National University, 09/2002 – 08/2005 · Vietnamese word segmentation: A novel approach using the web corpus, Google-based statistic and genetic algorithm - Used C++, Google API - Developed and conducted the main genetic algorithm - Experimented on the testing corpus and adjusted algorithm parameters. - Accepted by IEEE RIVF Conference 2006. Teaching Assistant / Lecturer, Vietnam National University, 09/2002 – 08/2005 Instructed lab hours and gave lectures on several courses including Introduction to Database, Database System & Design, Information System Analysis and Design, Object Oriented Analysis & Design. PUBLICATIONS - Minh X. Nguyen, Xiaoru Yuan, Thanh V. Nguyen, Jie Chen, Baoquan Chen and Huamin Qu, Texture Splatting, PG2006 - Pacific Graphics 2006, Taipei, 10/2006. - Xiaoru Yuan, Minh X. Nguyen, Thanh V. Nguyen and Baoquan Chen, Interactive Texture Mapping for Point-Based Models, I3DG2006 - ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games, Redwood City, CA, 03/2006. - Thanh V. Nguyen, Hoang K. Tran, Thanh T.T. Nguyen, Hung Nguyen, Word Segmentation for Vietnamese Text Categorization: An online corpus approach, RIVF2006 - Research, Innovation and Vision of the Future - The 4th IEEE International Conference in Computer Science, Hochiminh City, Vietnam, 02/2006. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - Member of Administrative Board of Young Lecturers Association, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, 2004 – 2005 - General Secretary of Administrative Board of Hochiminh Student Stock Club, www.vnbourse.com, 2002 - 2003. COURSE WORK Master of Science in Computer Science: Advanced Internet Programming, Creating the Social Web, Data Communications & Computer Networks, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Advanced Data Structure & Algorithm, Numerical Analysis, Combinatorial Optimization. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Programming samples, project screenshots and demos available upon request and online at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~thnguyen/demos |
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