Hy Dien Tran

CTO

Irvine, California, United States23 yrs 10 mos experience

AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in AI-driven product development and management.
Proven track record in leading high-performing technical teams.
Strong background in customer engagement and technical program management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and High-Tech industry expert with a focus on AI and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical DirectionProduct ManagementCustomer ExperienceTeam ManagementProduct StrategyUser Experience (ux)Technical Program ManagementCustomer EngagementProduct DesignQuality AssuranceTechnical Proficiency

Other Skills

AI-powered solutionslarge language modelssecure platformsautomationpersonalizationintelligent designProblem SolvingPresentationsPeople DevelopmentComputer ScienceCommunicationMarketingSoftware DevelopmentMultitaskingNetworking

Experience

23 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

7 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Aperkai

Chief Technology Officer

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Irvine, California, United States · On-site

Technical leader driving AI-powered solutions with large language models at the core. Builds secure, scalable platforms that turn complexity into clarity. Leads high-performing teams, champions ethical AI, and delivers real-world impact through automation, personalization, and intelligent design.

AI-powered solutionslarge language modelssecure platformsautomationpersonalizationintelligent design+2

Loop

Director of Product Development

Mar 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Los Angeles, California, United States

EV Charging Infrastructures and EV Charging as a Service

Product DesignProblem SolvingProduct StrategyTechnical PresentationsUser Experience (UX)Communication+19

Ht consulting

Managing Partner

Jan 2015 – Present · 11 yrs 4 mos · HB, CA

Problem SolvingPresentationsPeople DevelopmentComputer ScienceCommunicationMarketing+9

Qlogic

Principal System Engineer

Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 · 0 mo

Part of an acquisition of the Everest Products by Qlogic from Broadcom.

Product DesignProblem SolvingComputer ScienceHigh-Tech IndustryCommunicationTest Requirements+12

Broadcom corporation

Principal Product Applications Engineer

Dec 2005 – Apr 2017 · 11 yrs 4 mos · Irvine

B2B customer: ODMs, OEMs, and Cloud customer engagement and product execution. Technical Program Management duties, Incidents management duties.
Facilitate and drive pre-design win and post-design win customer engagement. Align customer requirements, feature requests with the internal product roadmap and go-to-market strategy.
Act as a technical focal point to Coordinate with OEMs and Cloud customers on properly integrating Broadcom’s Ethernet NIC products into servers and custom embedded designs. Guidance consists of architecture reviews, schematic reviews, and training customers on product features and capabilities.
Manage internal, external stakeholders, and resources (Systems Engineering, Quality, Development, Performance, Product Test, and Manufacturing from multiple global timezones) to drive feature requirements and reported issues to delivery/closure.
Manage and negotiate customer expectations and deliverables, drive software release cycle, and drive internal tools and process improvement. Develop and provide technical product education and training to high-value customers (DellEMC, IBM, Lenovo, Apple ..etc), Tech Expo, and to internal teams.
Principal Product Application Engineer, 2014-2017
Expanded to support additional OEMs (DellEMC, Oracle) on 10Gb, 25Gb, 50b Smart NICs
System Design Engineer Senior, 2010-2014
Expanded role to support additional OEMs (Apple Inc, and additional 2nd tiers ODMs) with NetXtreme, and Netlink, Smart card reader silicons. Plus internal tools administration, software deliverables build/release.
System Design Engineers II, 2006-2009
Customer-facing role supporting OEMs and ODMs (Fujitsu Siemen, Fujitsu, NEC, Lenovo, IBM) with software and hardware integration and escalation management of Broadcom NetXtreme I and Netlink Ethernet Network silicon products.
Senior Quality Engineers, 2005-2006
Manage Network Storage silicon bring up, qualification, delivery, integration support with ODMs solutions.