Phong Tran
Senior Data Engineer, Model Assurance For Financial Crimes Analytics
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhong Tran is a Senior Data Engineer specializing in model assurance for financial crimes analytics, bringing eight years of experience at the intersection of AI/ML research and regulated finance. He has validated and governed mission-critical models across major institutions—designing SR 11-7–aligned frameworks and independently validating detection, NLP, computer vision, RAG, and agentic systems at scale. Phong’s background includes a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics and high-impact postdoctoral research where he accelerated optimal transport algorithms 100x and developed novel multi-omics classification methods, demonstrating both deep theory and production optimization skills. He’s proven at translating cutting-edge generative AI and anomaly-detection techniques into auditable, risk-managed deployments for enterprise use. Based in New York, he blends rigorous quantitative research with pragmatic governance to ensure models are both performant and compliant.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational and Applied Mathematics at Northeastern UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Magna Cum Laude, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Magna Cum Laude, Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts University
English, French, Vietnamese
Github Skills (12)
one-liner7
matlab7
mesh6
surface5
image-processing5
octave5
computer-graphics5
pytorch5
visualization4
ply3
medical-image-processing3
mesh-processing2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
phongatran/phongatran.github.io
May 2022 - Mar 2024
Contributions:19 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 10 months
phongatran/mcxyzn
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Contributions:10 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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