PERRY VO
Senior Software Engineer
Dallas,TX
Summary
Passionate and experienced Software Engineer with a track-record of delivering a wide-range of successful software solutions including conversational AI, data engineering, military-graded and embedded applications; result-driven and effective in leading development teams
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer / Senior Data Engineer
Walmart Global Tech
Dallas, TX
09.2018 - Current
- Deliver multiple chatbot solutions for Walmart HomeOffice, including PME chatbot to automate Workday activities, Electronics Payment Hotline chatbot to aid store associates, AVA chatbot to automate answering benefits questions, W2 chatbot to year-end tax-related assistance
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers and working to improve overall team performance.
- Lead a development team to implement and deploy conversational AI chatbots to provide IT support for Walmart associates
- Coordinated with different teams including business, UX, QA teams
- Lead a development team to develop ETL pipelines using Python on Spark and Databricks to clean and move big data from multiple data sources to azure datalake for analysis and dashboards to assist Walmart stores and distribution centers identify and root-cause inventory and cash shrinks
- Responsible for architecture solutions and system designs during security and privacy reviews
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Dover Fueling Solutions
Austin, TX
04.2013 - 09.2018
- Delivered cutting-edge EMV smart-card payment solutions in C# .NET for Wayne outdoor payment terminals at gas stations across U.S and Canada; delivered media solutions to enrich customers' experience during payment and fueling
- Authored and developed new XML terminal protocol between point-of-sale devices and the next generation of smart payment terminals
- Translated customer and system requirements into robust software design with test-driven approach.
Senior Software Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Austin, TX
06.2011 - 11.2012
- Significantly reduced time-to-market and increased product quality at AMD by implementing many features in Hardware Debug Tools (HDT) for validating and reducing silicon defects using Visual C# and C++
- Developed console and scripting engine in HDT that interface with the native Perl interpreter (via SWIG interface) to allow customers to develop automated scripts for complex validation tasks
Senior Software Engineer
Overwatch Textron Systems
Austin, TX
04.2009 - 06.2011
- Developed C++ GUI proxy libraries for different layers of Situation Understanding technology for U.S
- Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCT-M) and Boeing to support warfighters in the battle fields, Provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Member of Technical Staff
Magma Design Automation Inc
Austin, TX
01.2006 - 01.2009
- Delivered newly designed graphical user interfaces (GUI) for Magma's mixed-signal Titan EDA tool; enabled successful product launch and customers' satisfaction
- Lead GUI software team and supported customers; implemented network socket communication mechanism between Titan EDA tool suite with Talus (digital) tool suite
Senior Software Engineer
High End Systems
Austin, TX
01.2004 - 01.2006
- Helped High End Systems deliver state-of-the-art digital lighting controllers and media servers with rich features and ease-of-use graphical user interfaces in C++ on Linux, Win32 APIs and Qt framework.
Software Engineer
METROWERKS CORP.
Austin, TX
01.1999 - 01.2002
- Created market share for the Metrowerks' embedded C++ GUI framework in Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan for the PDA, cellphone and pager applications
- Developed different UI widget libraries for embedded devices in C++
- Helped partnership of Metrowerks and Motorola with designing and implementing software platform for consumer devices such as handheld devices and advanced pagers.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Systems Engineering
Honor Degree - undefined
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Skills
TECHNICAL SKILLSFull-stack Development: Nodejs, React, React Native, Express, REST APIsSystem architecture and application designsData Engineering: Spark, Hadoop, Azure Synapse, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Kafka, BigQueryCloud Computing: Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, SQL and non-SQL database, Identify Access ManagementLanguages: Java, C, C#NET, Python, C, JavaScript, Typescript, SQLCI/CD: Docker, KubernetesConversational AI: Microsoft Bot Framework, Microsoft QnA Maker and LUIS NLU, Google Dialogflow, Converse NLUTools: Jira, GitHub, VSTS, ClearCase, Visual Studio, VSCode, Jupyter Notebook, Unity C#, Power BIAgile Development Process: Scrum, Kanban; Product Owner and Management
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer / Senior Data Engineer
Walmart Global Tech
09.2018 - Current
Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer
Dover Fueling Solutions
04.2013 - 09.2018
Senior Software Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
06.2011 - 11.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Overwatch Textron Systems
04.2009 - 06.2011
Member of Technical Staff
Magma Design Automation Inc
01.2006 - 01.2009
Senior Software Engineer
High End Systems
01.2004 - 01.2006
Software Engineer
METROWERKS CORP.
01.1999 - 01.2002
Bachelor of Science - Computer Systems Engineering
Honor Degree - undefined
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY