Cuong Nguyen
Learning Management System Specialist at University of Scranton
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCuong Nguyen is a Learning Management System Specialist and backend-focused software engineer with nine years’ experience building scalable distributed systems and data pipelines. At the University of Scranton he bridges technical, operational, and executive stakeholders to modernize legacy LMS tooling, lead integrations (LTI 1.3), and deliver audit-ready analytics that replaced manual workflows. His background includes architecting a cloud-native ingestion pipeline for a global research network (300GB/day) and low-level optimizations in C and Linux for real-time telemetry and storage efficiency. An active open-source contributor, he has improved MinecraftForge’s item and recipe systems to enhance mod compatibility, showing attention to interoperability and edge-case handling. Equally comfortable in Python data stacks and systems programming, he combines hands-on engineering with governance, documentation, and accessibility stewardship to reduce operational risk and speed institutional decision-making.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Software Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Software Engineering at University of Scranton
English, Vietnamese
Github Skills (7)
minecraft10
javas10
modx10
forge10
mod-manager10
java10
api-design9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
MinecraftForge/MinecraftForge
Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
Modifications to the Minecraft base files to assist in compatibility between mods. New Discord: https://discord.minecraftforge.net/
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:6 commits, 9 PRs, 22 comments in 1 year 8 months
Contributions summary:Cuong primarily contributed to the Minecraft Forge project by implementing features related to item handling and recipe modifications. This included adding support for ore dictionary dyes in various recipes and implementing a registry for item predicates within advancements. Furthermore, the user added code to hook the EntityEquipmentSlot for items. These changes demonstrate a focus on enhancing the mod's compatibility and functionality.
computercraftminecraftminecraft-forgefabricmod
Landmaster/LandCore
Mar 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:15 releases, 33 commits, 32 pushes in 2 years
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