Continuous Improvement Information Technology

Sincerity, loyalty and dedication to building a lasting relationship create a beautiful new universe. Henry Duong, PhD, CFA, CAIA, PRM, ERP

(Canadian Citizen)

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https://about.me/thanh.ddx

+1-236-***-**** 4421 ALBERT ST, BURNABY, BC V5C 2G3 ENGINEERING SKILLS

●Computer systems, information technology

systems and digital transformation.

●Data analytics with fundamental, statistical,

stochastic models and AI/machine learning.

●Pricing and valuation for actuarial and

financial products.

●Semiconductor: VHDL/Verilog to physic test.

●Database: MS SQL, MySQL, HDFS, Hive, Impala,

CUDA, Spark, TensorFlow.

●Statistics software: R, Eviews, SAS, SPSS.

CERTIFICATIONS

●Japan Information-Technology Engineer Skill Standards.

●Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

●Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

●Professional Risk Managers' International Association

(PRM).

●Energy Risk Professional (ERP).

●Society of Actuaries (SOA): Exam P, FM, MFE, C, VEE and FSA Life modules.

●Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS): Exam ST.

●Experience in Cloudera, AWS, Azure.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Senior Financial Planning & Analytics 07/2017 - 03/2025 QT-Group CA, United States - HoChiMinh, Vietnam

- Led end-to-end budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling processes to support strategic planning, cost control, and long-term business growth across multiple regions.

- Applied AI-enhanced techniques to improve forecast accuracy, conduct scenario analysis, and identify early signals of financial risk and opportunity.

- Built interactive dashboards and automated reporting systems to monitor key performance indicators, streamline monthly close, and support executive decision-making.

- Managed global treasury operations, including cash flow planning, liquidity optimization, and currency risk mitigation for cross-border transactions.

- Supported mergers and acquisitions through financial reviews, valuation modeling, and due diligence, contributing to successful deal execution and integration.

- Streamlined reporting workflows and enhanced data quality by implementing automation tools and data governance practices, reducing manual effort and improving reliability. Senior Data Scientist 10/2015 - 06/2017

Tenpoint7 - John von Neumann Institute WA, United States

- Going agile for information technology systems and evolutionary digitization to suit the needs of customers.

- Accelerating client business via data-driven insights with both scientific and practical AIs: modernizing the hospitality industry.

- Designing dynamic models to evaluate the financial performance of new ventures, projects, and products, ensuring optimal capital allocation and alignment with profitability goals.

- Conducting performance assessments for Mortgage Securitization and Consumer Lending, including sensitivity analyses, utilization of key inputs, integration of actual performance data, and scenario testing across various combinations.

- Preparing risk management analyses for balance sheets to evaluate the impact and efficiency of business transactions against predefined strategies, objectives, and tactics.

- Leading both data scientists and engineers for R&D projects on Spark and TensorFlow in price optimization and fraud 1

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Chair – Membership of CFA Society Saskatchewan 07/2017 - 07/2023 CFA Institute Global

- Managing the society's growth and retention of members and volunteers.

- The institute aims to promote standards in ethics, education, and professional excellence in the global investment services industry.

Founder 06/2002 - 12/2024

SAM Foundation Global

CA, United States - BC & ON, Canada - Mexico City, Mexico - HoChiMinh, Vietnam - Beijing, China - London, United Kingdom - Mumbai, India - Sydney, Australia - Jakarta, Indonesia.

- Fundraise for charity and distribute donations for charitable purposes and education; provide financial resources, support and mentorship to individuals and communities in need.

- Universal interacting & Media solutions

- SAM AI: Brain of brains & Leader of leaders with compound-option-driven.

- Provide high quality insight and advice to the leaders of organizations on a wide range of matters including strategic, organizational issues and digital transformation to successful deals with critical interactions as they arise.

- Provide expert guidance on optimizing global supply chain operations and manufacturing processes for semiconductor hardware and software, ensuring the delivery of innovative and high-quality solutions. Professor 07/2004 - 12/2024

TDTU & Broward College & Troy College & HCMUS Global CA, United States - BC & ON, Canada - Mexico City, Mexico - HoChiMinh, Vietnam - Beijing, China - London, United Kingdom - Mumbai, India - Sydney, Australia - Jakarta, Indonesia.

- Teaching undergraduate courses in Monetary and Financial Theory and Quantitative Finance. Supervising undergraduate theses and conducting research in applied mathematics and computer sciences.

- Chair of a mathematics curriculum, teaching business statistics, financial statistics and applied linear algebra.

- Leading 120+ researchers on Information Science & Applied Mathematics.

- Chair of a mathematics curriculum for exchange programs with Saxion University in the Netherlands and teaching undergraduate courses: Numerical Analysis, Software Engineering and Statistics. Co-founder & Head of Quantitative and Computational Finance Lab 07/2010 - 06/2017 John von Neumann Institute HoChiMinh, Vietnam

- Chief Technical Officer for industrial projects on Cloudera/Azure/AWS: human resource with Vsource, supply chain with Vingroup, Basel with BIDV, margin management with HSC, marketing demographic with BlueSeed, fraud detection with VGN Game; on revolutionary digitalization with FrieslandCampina, University Medical Center HCMC and HNX Exchange: android/iOS app-based retail analysis to AWS based data lake integration.

- Data-driven Business Development Chair for products following the requirements of clients: bank, insurance, investment, stock/option exchange, marketing and information technology industries.

- Managing 500+ PhD, PhD student and master student researchers working on industrial contracts and R&D financial projects with an entrepreneurial spirit.

- Achievement: Increasing the number of researchers from 5 to 500+ in two years. Visiting Researcher 09/2014 - 9/2015

Buskerud and Vestfold University College - John von Neumann Institute Vestfold, Norway

- Attacking Northern Europe health technology USD $10+ billion market.

- Calibrating ultrasound data by MLE to build up a numerical simulation tool with a graphical interface in MATLAB that can model and optimize the performance of transducers in health products. Head of Quantitative Investment 10/2009 - 01/2014

Dragon Capital VietFund Management HoChiMinh, Vietnam

- Leading both innovative research department and engineering department for quantitative, statistical and machine learning methods for analyzing Vietnam security data to build innovative trading strategies adjusted by risk acceptant level for managing USD $1+ billion.

- Designing new information technology systems that can be applied to the specific needs of the organization.

- Achievement: Creating the first quantitative product and ETF product in the local market: VFMVFA, E1VFVN30; raising USD $200+ million.

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Team leader 12/2002 - 06/2004

Silicon Design Solutions HoChiMinh, Vietnam - CA, United States

- Leading 10+ engineers in upgrading memory compiler software, automatically generating test patterns for Texas Instrument library, designing projects using VHDL/Verilog, and layout to physical tests. VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

2018 - current Data Ambassador, Data for Good

2017 - 2023 Member of Board of Directors, CFA Society Saskatchewan 2015 - 2016 Grader and mentor, CFA Institute

EDUCATION

2010 - 2010 Postdoctoral researcher: Machine learning methods in finance Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) - Kanazawa, Japan 2007 - 2009 PhD: Robustness of dynamical systems

2005 - 2008 Master of Computer Science: Sparse principal component analysis 2004 - 2007 Master of Mathematical Science: Analysis 1999 - 2003 Bachelor of Science: Mathematics and Computing Science RESEARCH 5+international and national research projects: Principal & member. 30+ publications in control optimization, machine learning and financial engineering. https://scholar.google.com.vn/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F4Kl2rAiogUCSzATsXktjuW8wYchQJ4s- gaxPNGRBjBs2GXCzXiIuYG6cPY6IwrIrzKeVwjhIt_XzVEhjYkH0tqpjHUCQ&user=FtCo0vcAAAAJ LANGUAGES English: Native.Norwegian: Limited Basic.Vietnamese: Fluent. HONORS

● Visiting fellowship of Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 2010.

● IEEE Seoul Section & Japan Council Scholarship 2009.

● Best Student - Paper Award of IEEE Vietnam Section in Computer Science 2008.

● Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF), and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarship (for participating in Digital Signal Processing Summer School/Seminar 2008).

● Third honor of National Mathematics Competition 1999.

● Bronze medal in South Vietnam's Mathematics Olympic 1998. HOBBIES football, sepak takraw, table tennis, tennis, badminton and Taekwondo; guitar and bamboo flute. 3

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