Summary
Tran Phuong is a Regional Research Director with nine years of quantitative research and engineering experience, currently leading research efforts for WorldQuant from Hanoi. He combines a strong academic foundation in distributed systems from KTH and international training across Lisbon and Osaka with hands-on experience building data-driven trading research teams and production-ready systems. His career progressed from software engineering and a Master’s thesis on failure-aware Hadoop scheduling to senior quant roles and research leadership, reflecting deep expertise in distributed computing and algorithmic research. Known for bringing a playful, collaborative approach to problem solving, he excels at pragmatic, out-of-the-box solutions that balance rigor with enjoyment in the workplace.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
EMDC (Eramus Mundus Distributed Computing), Computer Science, EMDC (Eramus Mundus Distributed Computing), Computer Science at Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
Master of Science (MS), Distributed system, Master of Science (MS), Distributed system at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at 大阪大学 / Osaka University
Coursera
English, Vietnamese, Japanese