Chris Dao

About Chris Dao

I am data driven, analytical and adaptive with an engineering background. I welcome new challenges to foster community, in Tech or Engineering. I\'ll make sure you feel heard as an ally and most importantly, a friend.My hyperdriven growth mindset helped my rapid ascent in respnsibilities at a F500, in ~6 months: Engineering at Nuclear Plant Vogtle, to Data Analyst working collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group (client-side, as the customer at CB & I) to reverse performance of $1.4B subdivision in coaching ORACLE Cloud adoption and data ETL, to Senior Data Analyst delivering M&A Corporate Strategic Planning to the C-Suite. Right now I build ad hoc, Data Science based mathematical models and financial decision risk assessment in derivatives pricing software.Freelance Fintech software engineer & business advisor, I recognize inclusive \"people business.\" I learned how to integrate technology to strategically drive P&L performance and Business Development. These skill sets currently help me serve as a better leader, as Board Member for Society of Petroleum Engineers\'(SPE) Business Development. I currently tinker with Machine Learning algorithms to build mathematical models for Quantitative Finance and absolutely adore disruptive technologies.In my free time, I have been a news anchor on Oilfield News Network and Creative Director (Media Coordinator) for project digitization for our SPE Hiring Event Planning team. COVID19 forced our team to become lean, agile and strategic in our end-to-end planning. We undercut budget by negotiating work agreements with Texas Workforce Solutions - our team delivered a virtual experience for building a jobseeker + company recruiter platform. I guided Media Coordination as Creative Director, while fostering community and bringing Inclusion to the forefront of business. Our team also presented a last minute surprise for our attendee customers, a digital networking suite. I also structured our information security systems and co-led negotiations, securing external partnerships: 30+ Professional Society collaborations, 4 Magazine Publishers and 2 Digital News Media Outlets.I currently work with Microsoft TEALS as a volunteer, to teach AP Computer Science and uplift underserved communities - I adamantly believe that \"a rising tide elevates all ships.\"As an industry icon for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in The Energy Industry - I\'m deeply humbled by Oilwoman Magazine for my recognition in being a strategically inclusive community connector and role model:https://oilwomanmagazine.com/article/what-power-means-to-me/

Experience

1. Cloud Engineer, Software Engineer (Bare Metals Infrastructure, Cloud Devops, Mlops)

   Chevron

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Frameworks, Libraries and Software: Azure Automation, Azure Databricks, Azure DevOps, Github Actions (Multi-repo), Kubernetes, ServiceNow, Snowflake, TerraformLanguages: ARM templates, Bash, C++, CLI, Java, NoSQL, SQL, PowerShell, Python• Aggressively slashed redundant VM overhead ~62.5%; predictive ML caches in OS whitelist, CSS app segmentation• Lead AI health monitoring tool (CPU, TPU, GPU) across servers, implementing Intrusion Detection and ML Anomaly Detection• Ensured Azure cloud scaling and updating anomaly detect for cross-functional teams in End-Point Management and Security. Built out principles based on domain knowledge in Applied-ML network flowlogs and automated predictive VM image selection• Built confusion matrix for UAT testing of AI/ML documentations for true positive, false positive, true negative and false negatives in Security Surveillance of VM attack surface area.• Managed cross-functional teams\' data gaps, while advising triage process of CMDB knowledge graphs for endpoint management and identity management best-practices• Addressed and managed CMDB data gaps, triaging parallelization in system designs for Big Data in knowledge domains: Cloud Computing, VPNs, TCP/IP Routing, DNS Resolvers and Traffic Monitoring Surveillance• Lead standardization and technology standards for Azure Marketplace principles; aggressively slashed costs affecting VMs via App Segmentation• Lead cloud elasticity, operation scaling and monitoring response latency across ~16800 Virtual Machines thru refactoring automation systems design• Software Engineering for Azure based modernization, domain knowledge includes: Unit Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Virtual Containerization and Microservices for CI/CD in Azure pipeline• Enhanced our Security Standards for Chevron, by testing and monitoring deployment of Agentless Scanning• Edge Computing for Mobile Apps and infrastructure for high throughput, low latency

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Petroleum Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• Conroe High School

  High School Diploma, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies