Vang Thao
Senior Software Development Engineer at AMD
Sacramento, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVang Thao is a Senior Software Development Engineer based in Sacramento with seven years of experience bridging research and production software engineering. Currently at AMD, he brings hands-on expertise in compiler performance, GPU profiling, and benchmarking honed during a research assistantship at California State University–Sacramento. There he improved LLVM instruction scheduling, enabled SPEC CPU2017 benchmarks on AMD hardware, and automated complex experiment pipelines with Python. Vang is comfortable working across hardware and software boundaries—analyzing low-level performance with tools like perf and gprof while integrating results into reproducible workflows. Colleagues value his ability to train new team members and perform rigorous code review, translating experimental insights into practical improvements. His background suggests a strong blend of systems-level curiosity and disciplined experimentation that benefits performance-sensitive software projects.
7 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, Sacramento
Github Skills (12)
toolchain10
compiler10
llvm10
scheduler7
simulation7
git6
scheduling6
amd6
molecular-simulation5
gpu3
plugin1
testing1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
vangthao95/llvm-project
May 2019 - Jul 2026
This is the canonical git mirror of the LLVM subversion repository. The repository does not accept github pull requests at this moment. Please submit your patches at http://reviews.llvm.org.
Contributions:163 pushes, 142 branches, 2 comments in 7 years 3 months
compilerssubversionclanglibgit2submit
vangthao95/csc165a3
Mar 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:1 PR, 88 pushes, 9 branches in 1 month
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