[Vacets] VACETS Q&A Period 22 August - 2 September 2005
Hung Nguyen
hunguyen57 at cox.net
Thu Aug 25 08:29:15 PDT 2005
Dear VACETS Membership:
As shown in the election schedule, the time for candidate Q&A has started.
We will have the Q&A on this forum as of 22 August for 2 weeks, followed by
by candidate summaries starting September 9th.
We will then start voting 12-16 September on another forum to be set up for
this purpose. The candidate who receive the most vote will be the
President-Elect and the other four candidates will serve in the Board of
Directors. The results will be tallied and announced around September 19th.
In preparation for the questions, I have included the the 5 alphabetically
sorted cadidate forms received for your review. Please take the time to read
each of these forms as they represent the candidate positions and their
visions for VACETS in the year to come.
Have fun and please contact me if you have any question about the election.
Thanks
Hu+ng Nguyen
VACETS Election Chair
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VACETS Đơn ứng cử / Candidate Form
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1. Tên Họ / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents):
Đạt William Huy Nguyễn
2. Phái / Gender (Male/Female - Nam/Nữ): Male
3. Địa chỉ điện thư / e-mail address: dnguyen at hms.harvard.edu or
nguyend at sigmaxi.org
4. Nghề nghiệp / Professional position: Scientist
5. Năm gia nhập VACETS / year joined VACETS: 2005
6. Sơ lược nghề nghiệp và hoạt động trong VACETS / short biography and
summary of activities in VACETS: I am an Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow
at the Harvard University. The main theme of my current research at Harvard
is to develop theory and mathematical methods for understanding the design
principles in biological systems. From 1999-2002, as an institutional
pre-doctoral fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, my
research then was on (1) the theoretical study of principles underlying the
functions of biological molecules such as protein, RNA and DNA, and (2) the
development of the linear-scaling parallel algorithm for massive parallel
computations of many frontier problems in computational physics, chemistry
and biology. From 1996-2002, as a doctoral student at the University of
California-Davis, I was one of the first to introduce the concept that some
proteins can attain their functions only if they have multiple, thermally
accessible free energy states, which is recently becoming accepted as a new
biological paradigm by the scientific community. In addition, my research
then also shed light into the molecular biomechanics of RNA folding/packing
of small molecules; and the effect of electrostatics of highly charged RNA
molecules on the electronic structure of small molecules. This year, I
helped organize and chair a session on computational biology at the VTIC’05.
7. Học vấn / Education: Alfred P. Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard
University (2002- ), Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry, University of
California-Davis (2002), M.S. in Computer Science with emphasis in
Mathematics, UC-Davis (2002), B.S. with highest honors in Chemistry,
UC-Davis (1996).
8. Tên (e-mail) các hội viên VACETS ủng hộ ứng cử viên / E-mail of VACETS
members who endorse your candidacy ... Optional
9. Lập trường và chương trình cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:
Vietnamese scientists and professionals have made significant contributions
to the overall wealth of the American economy from many disciplines, despite
their short presence in the United States for about 30 years or so. However,
most of these contributions come from the individual experts, not from the
group. Accordingly, the impact of one’s contribution to the society is quite
often limited and not visible at the national arena, and the synergistic
power of collaboration among Vietnamese experts simply does not exist. In
addition, our contributions to the society are not recognized appropriately
at the level that they should be, simply because we have no political force
behind us that can promote our strength and contribution, which often come
from nominations from the peers. To date, there are only a handful of
organizations such as VACETS and VNAUP exist. Because the goals of these
organizations are mostly to promote friendships among Vietnamese scientists
and professionals, they are limited by the scope of what they can actually
do. In addition, these organizations are often small, structurally
fragmented, lack of unity and the necessary level of enthusiasm from
members, and have no clear political objective. Therefore, practically
speaking we do not have any viable organization to represent us at all.
I believe that VACETS’ most important mission in the near terms should be to
unite all Vietnamese scientists and professionals in order to form a strong
and united social network, and to provide a fertile ground on which people
can (1) form collaborations or partnerships (possibly via annual
retreat/meeting); (2) help each others (possibly via some sort of online
group discussion); (3) and develop leadership skills (organizing conference,
fundraising, social events, etc.). While marching toward these objectives,
the organization can use its political and social network to (1) further
recruit new members (possible via local college chapters), and (2) help
raise the public awareness of our strength and contribution to the American
society. This can be done via a variety of means such as publications in the
paper and electronic media, which in my view are absolutely necessary for
the credibility of any viable organization. These are a few goals that I
believe VACETS can achieve within a few years, and I intend to help
revitalize the VACETS mission and objective.
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1. Tên Họ / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents):
Hùng Ngọc Nguyễn
2. Phái / Gender (Male/Female - Nam/Nữ): Nam
3. Địa chỉ điện thư / e-mail address: hnguyenmd at yahoo.com
4. Nghề nghiệp / Professional position: Director, Network & Security
Engineering Division, US Department of Treasury.
5. Năm gia nhập VACETS / year joined VACETS: 2005
6. Sơ lược nghề nghiệp và hoạt động trong VACETS / short biography and
summary of activities in VACETS: This is my first time involving with
VACETS. After talking to the President elect and understood the goals of
the VACETS, I am inspired to be a part of this organization to assist the
organization achieving its goals and objectives in promoting and exchanging
technical and managerial knowledge.
7. Học vấn / Education: BSAE University of Maryland, College Park, MEM
(Master of Engineering Management) George Washington University
8. Tên (e-mail) các hội viên VACETS ủng hộ ứng cử viên / E-mail of VACETS
members who endorse your candidacy ... Tri Tran (President elect)
9. Lập trường và chương trình cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:
Individuals with Vietnamese heritage are reaching the top of their
profession in increasing numbers around the world. A great number of
scientists and engineers have been effectively contributed to this
statistic. With a vast number of untapped talents through out the world,
there should be a mechanism to promote expertise and to exchange technical
know how while assisting the next generation of scientists and engineers
starting on the right track. VACETS could serve as the missing mechanism to
tie and network all professionals all over the world to offer advices and
assist (if possible) with technical solutions.
_______________________________________________________________________
1. Tên Họ / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents):
Tuấn H. Nguyễn
2. Phái / Gender (Male/Female - Nam/Nữ): Male
3. Địa chỉ điện thư / e-mail address: thnguyen at llnl.gov
4. Nghề nghiệp / Professional position: Scientist/Adjunct Prof of Chemistry
5. Năm gia nhập VACETS / year joined VACETS: 2005
6. Sơ lược nghề nghiệp và hoạt động trong VACETS / short biography and
summary of activities in VACETS: VTIC05 organizing committee member,
fundraising and exhibition chair
7. Học vấn / Education: PhD Organic Chemistry, BS Biochemistry
8. Tên (e-mail) các hội viên VACETS ủng hộ ứng cử viên / E-mail of VACETS
members who endorse your candidacy ... Tri Tran <tran4 at llnl.gov>
9. Lập trường và chương trình cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:
VACETS represents a unique opportunity for Vietnamese American professionals
to encourage and further mentor young Vietnamese Americans to continue the
pursuit of excellence. It is not only an opportunity but also a
responsibility.
_______________________________________________________________________
1. Tên Họ / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical accents):
Christopher Hoàng Phạm
2. Phái / Gender (Male/Female - Nam/Nữ): Male
3. Địa chỉ điện thư / e-mail address: chpham at cisco.com
4. Nghề nghiệp / Professional position: Engineering Manager III - Cisco
Systems Inc., Adjunct Faculty - EE Department - San Jose State University
5. Năm gia nhập VACETS / year joined VACETS: 1998
6. Sơ lược nghề nghiệp và hoạt động trong VACETS / short biography and
summary of activities in VACETS: Christopher Hoang Pham is currently an
Engineering Manager III at Cisco Systems, Inc, a Senior IEEE member and has
been an Adjunct Faculty at San Jose State University, EE Department since
1997. He is the pioneer and owner of the company-wide 21st Century BOW
(Beyond the Ordinary Way) Testing Program. In Fiscal Year 2004, BOW saved
the company several hundred million dollars and significantly improved the
customer satisfaction in complex technologies and security. Christopher has
more than 17 years of industry experience. In his 6+ year tenure at Cisco he
published more than 25 IEEE papers and holds multiple patents. He enjoys
spending time with his wife, son and two twin daughters. He earned many
awards and was featured internationally. Lately he was awarded the title
Asian American Engineer of the Year 2005. His is listed in National
Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals 2006-2007 Edition.
VACETS activities are : VTIC2000 Workshops Chair, VTIC2002 Sponsorship
Co-Chair, VTIC2005 Technical Chair.
7. Học vấn / Education: BSEE (SJSU), MSEE (SJSU), Ph.D. coursework & project
(UCD), 20+ professional certifications such as Executive Engineering &
Project Management Program (Cisco Systems Inc. via George Washington
University)
8. Tên (e-mail) các hội viên VACETS ủng hộ ứng cử viên / E-mail of VACETS
members who endorse your candidacy ... Optional
9. Lập trường và chương trình cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:
BUILD AND PROMOTE VACETS AS A PRESTIGIOUS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION
FOR VIETNAMESE DECENDENTS
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1. Tên Họ / Full name (Family, Given, Middle will all diacritical
accents): Ban Trần
2. Phái / Gender (Male/Female - Nam/Nữ): Nam
3. Địa chỉ điện thư / e-mail address: ban_tran at ml.com
4. Nghề nghiệp / Professional position: Assistant Vice President & Senior
Financial Advisor Global Private Client, Merrill Lynch
5. Năm gia nhập VACETS / year joined VACETS: 2001
6. Sơ lược nghề nghiệp và hoạt động trong VACETS / short biography and
summary of activities in VACETS: Ban has 23 years of experience in the
international banking and financial services industry prior to joining the
Private Client Group of Merrill Lynch in 1999. He has developed extensive
professional experiences working at Bank of America in New York, and First
American Bank in Washington, D.C. specializing in trade finance and
international private banking covering clients both in Europe and Asia. He
later joined Thomas Cook Foreign Exchange, a British and German
multinational corporation, as an Assistant Vice President and Account
Manager in their Corporate and Financial Institution Group.
Ban is a frequent lecturer at local companies, universities, and non-profit
organizations speaking on subjects such as retirement planning, estate
wealth protection and wealth transfer, and concentrated stock
diversification strategies. He currently serves on the board of Asian
American LEAD (AALEAD), Devotion to Children, and VACETS. He is also on
the National Advisory Council (NAC) to the Smithsonian Vietnamese American
Commemoration Project in Washington, D.C. Past involvement included fund
raising activities via local contacts and organizing panel discussions for
VTIC02 and VTIC05.
7. Học vấn / Education: B.A. in Economics and International Relations -
University of Pennsylvania, M.B.A. in International Finance - George
Washington University
8. Tên (e-mail) các hội viên VACETS ủng hộ ứng cử viên / E-mail of VACETS
members who endorse your candidacy ... Optional
9. Lập trường và chương trình cho VACETS / Position statement about VACETS:
My involvement with VACETS in the past few years has led me to believe that
this organization symbolizes the spirit of leadership, dedication and good
old-fashion teamwork through volunteerism. During this time in our world
when so much of what we know hinges on the geopolitical coupled with the
economical risks, it is satisfying to me to see the unity of thoughts and
actions VACETS old and new members continue to embody in its ethnic and
gender diversity.
With the ever changing business environment and the demand of the work
place, VACETS offers a platform for all Vietnamese-Americans, young and
old, to share their academic and professional achievements, and at the same
time network to learn best practices among his or her own respective
discipline. Therefore, I salute past and present board members,
especially those I have observed first hand in the last two VTIC events in
Virginia and San Jose. However, most of all, I salute the members who
continue to contribute, in their own way, the values that makes this
organization one which I am proud to be part of.
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