Thong Nguyen
Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Snowflake
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolThong Nguyen is a Staff Machine Learning Engineer with 11 years of experience building large-scale AI systems, currently leading an LLM fine-tuning platform at Snowflake after driving GenAI reasoning and post-training for Microsoft Copilot. He combines a Caltech PhD in particle physics with hands-on roles at Microsoft, Google X, CERN and top research institutes, applying rigorous scientific computing and statistical analysis to industrial AI problems. His work spans from particle-physics discovery pipelines to productivity-focused generative models, reflecting a rare ability to translate deep research into production-grade ML. A member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network and European research networks, he brings both academic credibility and product-facing impact. Notably, his background in experimental physics and computing operations at CERN informs a systems-level approach to managing large data and compute infrastructures for modern ML.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS Physics, Bachelor of Science - BS Physics at The University of Texas at DallasBachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture at Hanoi University of ArchitectureCalifornia Institute of TechnologyHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted
c++, python, English, Vietnamese
Stackoverflow
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pytorch
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Github Skills (76)
cms10
azure-machine-learning10
backbonejs10
edtech10
cockpit10
chatgpt9
razor9
lucee9
sdk9
ai9
azure9
command-line-interface9
python9
azure-cli9
lifecycle9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
thongonary/vim-setup
Mar 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
cms-lpc-llp/DelayedPhotonTuplizer
Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
Tuplizer to run over CMS 2017 MiniAOD data
Contributions:2 PRs, 53 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
cms
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