Le Nguyen The Dat

Delivery Hero

90 Seconds

Uber

Honestbee

Commercialize TV

Zalora Group

A-STAR Data Storage Institute

• Advanced Smart Caching logics dedicated for travel booking industry. Fully implemented, integrated, and deployed, potentially save more than 5% of A-STAR's Business Partner's annual cost
• Network Virtualization and Software Defined Network with OpenFlow. Develop and apply new algorithms for efficient traffic routing, load balancing, virtual machine placement techniques in scalable data center network
• Knowledge based data classification and recommendation system, built on top of Apache Mahout's collaborative filtering engine. Implemented functional and scalable Java / Python prototypes for travel industry with social network's data set

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Kaggle Inc

Dextra: Rakuten Viki Challenge

Dextra: Singapore Ministry of Defense Data Analytics Challenge

Programming

• Python
• Shell Scripts
• SQL
• Haskell
• Java
• R

Data Science

• Recommendation System
• Predictive Modeling
• Scikit-Learn - XGBoost - Neural Networks

Others

• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Web Services
• Data Infrastructure
• Distributed System
• Docker
• Agile Development

English

Vietnamese

Photography

Hackathons

Poker and eSports

Dat was our first hire into Data Science. His interview task code set the tone: he first submitted solutions in Haskell, then taught himself Python in 3 days and resubmitted in Python.

He was incredibly productive from the outset. In 2 hours, he taught himself Amazon Redshift then built a data warehouse which allowed the email team to integrate their mailing solution provider seamlessly in a matter of days. He still manages this data warehouse on his own, in his spare time; rebranded Redcat, it feeds all the products built by Data Science as well as other analysts in the company and contains a copy of practically all the company's data, all the way to customer service call recordings.

He also wrote the recommendation algorithms currently running on the site, once again having not done this kind of work before. I learnt a lot just from listening to him explaining his R&D approach for that project.

Working with Dat is always the same experience: you give him a high level spec, sit back, and the product comes back quickly, showing an understanding of your actual problem instead of the one you thought you had. I've also noticed him fixing import issues due to third parties (since his own code is rock solid) at 3 in the morning, and turning up cheerfully the next day as if nothing had happened. There's evidence of his work in all departments from Marketing to Buying, and everybody agrees that he has become a key part of the company's success and growth. It is not often that you can say that you feel privileged to have worked with somebody.

It was most definitely a real, rare honour to have had the chance to work with Dat, and I always saw our relationship less as employee/employer and more as having the chance to rent extraordinary talent at cut throat pricing and getting a fantastic return on investment. Even if he studied at the Other Place.

Dat set up and managed the AWS Redshift DWH at Zalora, which allowed my team to restructure and put all reporting and planning processes on a much better foundation.

He cares a lot about his work, products, and technology and possesses a high level of intellectual curiosity. Deeply committed, Dat will get things done on time, no matter what.

Working with him on the DWH was one of the most enjoyable and educational projects for me at Zalora. Dat will be a great addition to any Data Team or the guy you want to hire to set one up.

At honestbee, Dat started the Data Science chapter as a one man show, and has since then developed it into an extremely efficient team that supports all departments across our company.

As a team leader and as an individual contributor, Dat has always struck me as an exceptional performer. He is known for his speed of execution and for always being proactive on all fronts.

In many situations, Dat also impressed me by his capacity to grasp the business issues at stake and to come up with solutions to address them. He is one of the most brilliant guys I have had the opportunity to work with.

Dat is one of the folks I will always trust to watch my back. He was hired as a lead for the Data Science team but grew to be so much more. He is a champion of shipping and a champion of delivering the best work possible. Always hungry to do more, in a smarter way, Dat constantly pushes all of us to be accountable to each other and have a sense of ownership in the work we do.

In another life, Dat would have been a most excellent librarian. He took it upon himself to constantly organize our Confluence spaces, ensuring that knowledge and information is constantly shared and available. His fastidious and disciplined nature is one that I highly respect.

Dat is the perfect role model for what it means to take ownership. At honestbee, Dat built the data team and infrastructure from scratch, taking us from zero to being best in class. Dat leads by example and with firmness. He adopts a direct, no-nonsense approach and is results driven. Colleagues that work with Dat have a deep respect for his work ethics and abilities.

Dat acts selflessly in the best interest for the organisation and treats the company as if it was his own. He would go above and beyond his scope to contribute in any other ways that he found possible to. He is deeply thoughtful and regularly provides constructive feedback both downwards and upwards.

What Dat has accomplished at honestbee is nothing short of exceptional.

Dat was a brilliant colleague to work with. His understanding of machine learning and data engineering was top notch. What surprised me the most is that he is humble and willing to teach people more junior than him in any capacity. Definitely would hope to work with him again in the future.

Dat is one of the data scientists in Uber that I respect greatly. Throughout my time with Uber, Dat has constantly provided coaching sessions in data engineering and data science. Some of these sessions include coding best practices, data science flow, git 101, time series prediction, and the list goes on. With his passion to coach and contribute to the community, Dat is certainly someone that will bring immense value to any organisation as a data science manager. I highly recommend Dat.

I was given the opportunity to report to Dat in 90 Seconds starting from 2018.

Dat is a well respected leader whom often goes beyond his call of duty to ensure that the best action is taken for the organisation, no matter what is needed. This meant stepping up on several occasions to assume extra responsibilities and seeing them through till completion.

Under Dat's leadership and through much of his wisdom/experience, the team delivered numerous data science and automated capabilities for the organisation at a speed and quality which I am immensely proud of.

As a manager, he never fails to treat his team with great respect and constantly challenges them to be better versions of themselves. Amongst his peers, he seeks out to coollaborate and ensures that goals are aligned to be properly delivered downstream.

Seldom have I met an individual as motivated and capable as Dat in my entire career and it has been one of my biggest pleasure to be able to work for/with him.

Dat is the epitome of what every team needs at its core. I can honestly say that I have never met another individual who cares so deeply for his peers; never failing to support their personal and professional growth at every stage of their journey. Leading by example, Dat encourages those around him to take ownership and accountability over their work, creating a culture of trust and collaboration.

It's rare to have the fortune of working with someone so passionate, capable, and selfless as Dat and I thoroughly look forward to day that we'll get to work together again. Thanks for everything.

I had an opportunity to work under Dat in 90Seconds where he was the Director of Data & Engineering and I was a Machine Learning Engineer.

Dat is a pillar in any company - A person that professional talents would join and stay for. Dat is empathetic and deeply cares about not only the career growth of those under him, but their personal growth as well. Not only will you learn a lot, you will grow much better in your work and stand to become ever better versions of yourselves.

Dat is one of those supportive leaders who works together with you, and also tells you exactly what you should improve on, so as to advance your career.; Never failing to support their personal and professional growth at every stage of their journey.

Dat is astoundingly bright, but also incredibly humble - he provides top notch wisdom and mentor-ship concerning anything data engineering or machine learning related. This and with the talents with him, Dat and us(the rest of the data team) were able to accomplish impressive feats. ML projects, full business features and data warehousing ETL with quick turnarounds. Feats that I'm immensely proud to be part of.

With this supportive leadership and achievements, I can recommend that if one has the chance of working with Dat, pursue it.