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David

Co-Founder & Chief Experience Officer at Sonix (sonix.ai)
Entrepreneur with a passion for startups and working in fast paced environments. These are the most exciting moments in life - you put yourself in a great position to learn and try things that you haven't done before. I always optimize for impact. I enjoy designing experiences and building an amazing team focused on two things 1) putting people first and 2) delight through simplicity. I have a varied background in design, business development, internet advertising, analytics, product management, and a strong love for photography. It's incredible how often I draw upon past experiences when designing new experiences. But it's more amazing when I learn from the smart people around me -- they challenge me in new ways, they force me to dream bigger. I don't know how else to say it, but I'm extremely lucky.
David Dat Nguyen Photography
Stanford University
Las Vegas, Clark, State of Nevada, United States
Honduras

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Uploaded on Jan 9th 2025

Professional Background

  • Current Status
    Employed
  • Profession
    Software Engineer
  • Fields
  • Work Experience
    10-15 years (6-10 years relevant)
  • Management
    I've had experience in managing 10-15 people
  • Skills
    C#
    SQL
    C
    C++
    Design
    Web Development
    Blockchain
    Unity 3D
    App Development
    Reversing
    Mobile Application Development
  • Languages
    English
    Professional
  • Highest Level of Education
    Master

Job Search Preferences

  • Current Status
    Ready to interview
  • Desired Job Type
    Full-time
    Remote Only
  • Desired Positions
    Software developer
  • Desired Work Locations
  • Freelance
    Full-time freelancer

Work Experience

Photographer

Jan 2010 - Present
Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, United States

Head of Design

Jan 2012 - Jan 2016
4 yrs 1 mo
City and County of San Francisco, California, United States
Gusto. Putting people first. First employee. Mentored incredible designers do the best work of their lives. Grew a design team from one to twelve. Helped scale a company from four to four-hundred. The Design team at Gusto was responsible for Product Design, UX Wireframing, UI Component Development, User Research, Visual Design, Brand Design, Marketing Design, Copywriting, and Front-end Development. Ask me for more details. Scaling a design team: https://medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/10-lessons-for-building-a-design-team-from-scratch-13c2b9a9d58 How I think about design: https://medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/how-i-think-about-design-92c270bf1da1#.bkw9id94f Leaving Gusto: https://medium.com/@daviddatnguyen/a-hard-decision-leaving-gusto-62c953a80148#.mbgcuemga

Co-Founder

Nov 2011 - Jun 2012
8 mos

CEO & Co-Founder

Aug 2007 - Oct 2011
4 yrs 3 mos

Director of Business Development & Product Management

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010
1 yr 1 mo

Strategic Business Analyst

Jun 2006 - Jul 2007
1 yr 2 mos

Product Marketing Analyst

Jul 2004 - Jun 2006
2 yrs 0 mos
Mountain View County, Alberta, Canada

Nuclear Simulator Engineering Analyst

May 2004 - Sep 2004
5 mos
San José de Ocoa, Dominican Republic

Sunday FLiCKS Manager

Sep 2002 - Jun 2004
1 yr 10 mos

Education

Economics, Electrical Engineering
2001 - 2006
Activities and societies
Sunday FLiCKS (Manager 2003-2004, Advisor 2004-2006, Team Member 2002-2003), Axe Committee, iEEE, Admit Weekend Head House Host, TECC, and a bunch of student groups that escape my memory...