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Teresa Nguyen, CFA

Teresa Nguyen, CFA

Toronto,ON

Summary

Accomplished Senior Manager at Royal Bank of Canada, RBC, with a proven track record in leading data engineering innovations and strategic planning. Expert in data-driven decision-making and applied AI, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and stakeholder collaboration. Recognized for talent development and project management, driving team to win multiple awards. Skilled in Python, SQL, Spark, Kafka and Time Series Forecasting.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager, Data Engineering and Innovation

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
06.2023 - Current
  • Led data projects aligned with business goals, including migrating code to Spark EDL, exploring Kafka and applying advanced analytics and machine learning, significantly improving reporting speed, scalability, and decision-making capabilities.
  • Coached junior engineers to become subject matter experts and collaborate independently with stakeholders, leading to earned recognition for their contributions.
  • Established strong relationships with key partners, ensuring long-term collaboration and securing ongoing sponsorship for critical projects.


Award:
- FY2023 Team Award: Led engineering efforts in migrating and enabling a data pipeline that streamed scheduling data for 20,000 employees daily, significantly enhancing operational efficiency through improved capacity planning and productivity monitoring.

- FY2024 Team Award: Honored for successfully enabling data streaming across multiple platforms on an hourly basis, ensuring seamless reporting during Integration Project.

Manager, Data Engineering

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
08.2022 - 06.2023

Served as the subject matter expert for 5+ major critical data pipelines, enabling data-driven employee compensation and capacity planning, using Python, SQL, and Spark and applying advanced machine learning time-series models.


Award:
- FY2022 Individual Leadership Award: Honored for designing and implementing an interactive data solution, which provided detailed performance analytics and rankings for 4,000 employees across various teams. This solution improved performance evaluation and strategic decision-making by delivering clear and actionable insights through sophisticated data visualization.

Manager, Data and Analytics

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
12.2020 - 05.2022

Developed and delivered high-quality data pipelines within deadlines, resolved disputes, contributed technical insights on change management, and enhanced partner satisfaction, using Datameer, SQL, Python, Spark.


Award:
- 2022Q3 Individual Award in Operations Transformation (OT): Recognized for enhancing production code for a major data pipeline, contributing to effective change management, and supporting the deployment of an innovative compensation program for 4,000 transactional employees.

Associate Advisor

Sun Life Financial
08.2019 - 11.2020

Managed and analyzed client data using Salesforce, Excel, and VBA, created seasonal sales campaigns, and recommended insurance and investment products to boost team sales.

Inventory Analyst

Saigon-Eyelike Optical
03.2018 - 08.2019

Oversaw product data for glasses and contact lenses across three stores, corrected monthly errors, and provided improvement recommendations.

Investment Analyst

Various Companies
08.2012 - 11.2017

Collected and transformed financial data using Excel and VBA, analyzed financial metrics, and evaluated stock prices with models like DCF and FCFE. Delivered insights and reports to stakeholders to inform investment strategies and risk management.

Education

Diploma - Data Science

BrainStation
07.2020 - 05.2020

Post-Degree Certificate - Financial Planning

Centennial College of Applied Arts And Technology
Scarborough, ON
10.2018

Bachelor of Applied Arts - Banking And Finance

Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam

Skills

Strategic Planning

Coaching

Project Management

Talent Development

Partnership Development

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

Data-driven decision-making

Data Architecture and Governance

Applied AI and Machine Learning

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Vietnamese
Native or Bilingual

Certification

  • CFA - Certified Financial Analyst

Work Availability

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Software

Python

SQL

Spark

Kafka

Time-series Model

Airflow

Interests

Dancing

Swimming

Baking

Timeline

Senior Manager, Data Engineering and Innovation

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
06.2023 - Current

Manager, Data Engineering

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
08.2022 - 06.2023

Manager, Data and Analytics

Royal Bank of Canada, RBC
12.2020 - 05.2022

Diploma - Data Science

BrainStation
07.2020 - 05.2020

Associate Advisor

Sun Life Financial
08.2019 - 11.2020

Inventory Analyst

Saigon-Eyelike Optical
03.2018 - 08.2019

Investment Analyst

Various Companies
08.2012 - 11.2017

Post-Degree Certificate - Financial Planning

Centennial College of Applied Arts And Technology

Bachelor of Applied Arts - Banking And Finance

Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City
Teresa Nguyen, CFA