Vinny Nguyen
About Vinny Nguyen
Vinny Nguyen is a Principal Network Engineer at Expedia Group with extensive experience in cloud connectivity, application firewalls, VoIP technologies, and datacenter technologies.
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Vinny Nguyen is currently a Principal Network Engineer at Expedia Group.
Professional Experience at Expedia Group
Vinny Nguyen has been working at Expedia Group since 2016. He started as a Senior Network Engineer at HomeAway/Vrbo in Austin, TX, where he worked for four years. In 2020, he transitioned to the role of Principal Network Engineer. His work focuses on network engineering and overseeing network infrastructure projects.
Previous Positions in Network Engineering
Before joining Expedia Group, Vinny Nguyen served as a Senior Network Engineer at Southern Wine & Spirits in the Business Solutions Group, from 2011 to 2016 in Miramar, Florida. He also had a brief stint as a Network Engineer at IV4 in Syracuse, New York, in 2011. His responsibilities included managing network engineering tasks and implementing connectivity solutions.
Early Career and Technical Roles
Vinny Nguyen's early career includes roles as a Technology Support Analyst at Daimler, Systems Administrator at Southern Wine & Spirits in New York, and an IT Analyst at Dust Jacket Review. He started his technical career at Colgate University in various support technician roles from 2000 to 2005.
Education and Certifications
Vinny Nguyen holds a B.A in Philosophy from Colgate University, completed in 2004. He also holds several professional certifications, including Cisco CCNP, Palo Alto PCNSE, CCNA Wireless, and CCNA Voice.
Technical Expertise
Vinny Nguyen has extensive experience in deploying and integrating cloud connectivity solutions with AWS, Azure, and GCP. He is proficient in configuring and managing application firewalls within converged networks, and possesses strong expertise in VoIP technologies, including Cisco UC, UCCX, CUCM, CUC, QoS, and SIP. Additionally, Nguyen is skilled in datacenter technologies, such as VMware, ESXi, vSphere, Cisco UCS, and Cisco Nexus, and has implemented office and warehouse wireless deployments using Cisco Wireless and Aruba Wireless.