Head of Product & Engineering
Help businesses and communities use IoT to optimise office spaces
Vu Nguyen
Head of Product & Engineering at @opensensors, TEDx Speaker, MasterChef Finalist, Co-founder at @Growbacon, Worked at @Expedia @NBC Universal @The New York Times
Head of Product & Engineering at @opensensors, TEDx Speaker, MasterChef Finalist, Co-founder at @Growbacon, Worked at @Expedia @NBC Universal @The New York Times
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Experience
Growbacon
Founder
Building a platform that teaches parents and kids about personal finance and delayed gratification.
Inrix
Director of Product Development
Envisioned products that reduce stress, save money and make the world a greener place for busy commuters around the world.
Came up with a traffic news concept that... more helped INRIX land a deal with Samsung and received a patent for it.
Came up with smart car navigation concepts that helped INRIX land deals with BMW and Toyota.
Came up with a traffic news concept that... more helped INRIX land a deal with Samsung and received a patent for it.
Came up with smart car navigation concepts that helped INRIX land deals with BMW and Toyota.
Barely5th.com
Founder
Help organizations such as Walmart and Environmental Defense Fund create web and mobile products used by millions of people every day.
MSNBC.com
Designer & Developer Lead
Managed a group of designers and developers responsible for building msnbc.com new publishing platform that includes the new content management system and new sites optimised... more for mobile devices and desktop.
The New York Times
Business Editor
Founder
Employee
Projects
Virtual bank where kids can learn about personal finance.
Co-Founder, Product Designer and Front End Developer, Node.js, MongoDB, AngularJS · Create your own virtual bank where your kids can invest and earn… · More interest on their money. You decide whether that money is virtual or their real savings. All you need to do is collect money for their deposits and give them money for their withdrawals. The rest is up to them.
An app that recommends specific dishes at restaurants
Co-Founder, Product Designer / Front End Developer · An app that lets users rate not only restaurants but specific dishes. Then, based on user… · More preferences, a recommendation engine suggests dishes they might like from places around them.
Education
About
Achievements
Built and led the development of an office IOT analytics platform from the ground up and reached annual recurring revenue of over $2M.
Co-founded and launched a platform that teaches kids about personal finance and savings.
Came up with a traffic news concept that helped INRIX land a deal with Samsung and received a patent for it.
Came up with smart car navigation concepts that helped INRIX land deals with BMW and Toyota.
Led the expedia.com homepage and landing page redesign that increased conversion significantly.
Led the Today.com redesign which won major awards in news design and increased user engagement by nearly 30%.
Won multiple data visualization design awards for projects done for The New York Times.
Works featured in Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and various books and journals on data visualization and design.
Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
Skills
Locations
Q&A
What words of advice would you give your younger self?
Don't worry too much
What's your super power?
Ability to breathe underwater
What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?
Cook something that smells good and I will find you :)