GIA T. NGUYEN

5008 Whisper Willow Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Cell: 703-638-5821 Email: gtnguyen@verizon.net

SUMMARY

STRENGTHS

TECHNICAL

SKILLS

Mr. Gia Nguyen is a seasoned technology manager with 20+ years of IT and

software engineering experiences in the financial, telecommunications,

public utility, and military R&D sectors.

Full Software Development Life Cycle, Project and Program Management,

P&L Executive Management, Strong Communications and Leadership.

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EMPLOYMENT

HISTORY

Java, Python, PHP, C++, Objective-C, .NET

RHEL/CentOS, Debian/Ubuntu, Android, Windows

Android, iPhone, Amazon EC2, XenServer

MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, Hadoop

Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Team Foundation

IBM Rational Unified Process, Agile, Scrum, SDLC

2012-Present VP, Product Development – Metronome Software, LLC,

Reston, VA

Serving as the VP and GM of the Virginia operations at an applied research

Small Business company that specializes in information assurance, cyber

defense, and secure mobility. Serves as the technical/product manager on a

SBIR Phase II contract with the Air Force Research Lab to develop an

Android-based software platform for secure governmental operations with

RSA and ECC cryptographies. Provides program management support on a

SBIR Phase II contract with the Army Research Lab to develop the nextgeneration

of Intrusion Detection Data Capturing, Analysis, and

Visualization. Provides client relationship support on a contract with

DARPA to develop a secure Android app store and Android apps for the

U.S. Army. Conducts IRAD activities in the fields of Secure Mobile

development, Enterprise Cloud architecture, and Big Data analytics.

Participates in corporate budgeting, sales, marketing, recruiting, and

strategic planning activities.

2010-2012 Senior Manager – Primatics Financial, LLC, McLean, VA

Responsible for the service delivery of 20+ software developers and QA

analysts; generated approximately $7.5 million of revenue over 2 years;

helped grown the ETL consulting practice to over $3 million in revenue;

provided departmental leadership and participated in IT policy formulation

and enforcement under SAS-70 and SSAE16 auditing guidelines; led large

teams on rollout of an Oracle grid-based, multi-tenant SaaS financial

software product operating on the Cloud; supported business development

activities in the Mortgage-Backed Securities market.

2004-2010 Director of Application Development – Telecontinuity, Inc.,

Germantown, MD

At a $7 million telecommunications start-up, managed the software

development of a Cloud-based Telco Web Portal that utilized Java

Enterprise, Gossip collaboration, and distributed Voice over IP (VoIP)

technologies. Implemented web-based voice communications solutions for a

large Wall Street investment bank, small hedge funds, and U.S. Government

agencies; participated in R&D including: SIP VoIP, Android app

development, Asterisk PBX, and SS7 provisioning.

2000-2004 CTO – OneCarePlace, Inc., Annandale, VA

As a cofounder of a $5 million application service provider start-up,

provided executive management leadership and served as the Chief Software

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GIA T. NGUYEN

5008 Whisper Willow Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030

Cell: 703-638-5821 Email: gtnguyen@verizon.net

Architect of a HIPAA-compliant, web-based Case Management System for

social workers -- written in .NET with Palm Pilot PDA interface. Planned,

organized, and managed the product development, data center operations,

and customer support help-desk teams; participated in corporate budgeting,

sales and marketing, and recruiting activities.

1995-2000 Noblestar Systems, Reston, VA

From January 2000 to October 2000 Position: Senior Manager

Directed e-commerce projects and contributed to the P&L of service

contracts worth over $4 million in revenue; held direct responsibility for

billable utilization, project milestones, and client deliverables; supervised

over 40 software developers & developers.

From November 1997 to December 1999 Position: Consulting Manager

Served as the project manager on Java EE, Cold Fusion, and .NET web

development engagements; supervised small teams of developers & testers.

From October 1995 to October 1997 Position: Senior Consultant

Developed call center CRM applications for the pharmaceutical industry

using Sybase PowerBuilder client/server software; provided Sybase product

consulting and technical training support.

1995 MCI Communications (now known as Verizon), Arlington, VA

Senior Systems Analyst

1992 - 1995 James Martin Associates (now known as Headstrong)

Information Engineering Consultant / Senior Consultant

1990 - 1992 Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC

IT Contractor

EDUCATION

PERSONAL

Computer Science and Electrical Engineering – NOVA Community College,

Annandale, VA

General Engineering – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,

Blacksburg, VA

• DoD Clearance (Active)

• Member, IEEE Computer Society

• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

References Available Upon Request

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