About Me
I'm an AI researcher and engineer with over 7 years of experience building intelligent systems. Currently pursuing my MSc in AI at the University of Surrey, researching federated learning for privacy-preserving medical diagnosis.
At Cinnamon AI, I spent most of my time advancing deep learning research and building robust MLOps pipelines. I love the challenge of taking a research prototype and turning it into something that works reliably in production — that's where the real magic happens.
I also have a thing for cloud infrastructure. Earned my AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification on the first attempt, and I've saved companies thousands in cloud costs by actually understanding what those services do.
When I'm not writing code, you'll find me reading, strategizing in Age of Empires, or exploring London. I believe the best engineers never stop being curious.
What I Work With
Technologies and tools I use regularly
AI & Deep Learning
MLOps & Engineering
Cloud Platforms
Programming & Tools
Leadership & Soft Skills
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services · Sep 2023
One of the most challenging cloud certifications, earned on first attempt
Languages
Experience
My professional journey so far
Cinnamon AI
Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos
Hybrid
AI Tech Lead - OCR & MLOps Focus (70%)
Oct 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos
- Reduced model deployment effort by 31.78% and saved $6,000+/month in cloud training costs by leading a team of 3 to standardise AI models into production-ready libraries
- Modernised document analysis pipeline with LLM-based information extraction using Azure Document Intelligence, Milvus VectorDB, and OpenAI API
- Directed a cross-functional team of 7 to develop Kustomizable Flax, enabling scalable customizable AI training pipelines
- Mentored 4+ junior AI engineers, enabling them to deploy 3 B2B client projects within 6 months
- Hosted Cinnamon AI Bootcamp 2023 and 2024, evaluating 250+ applicants and teaching 20+ students annually
Cloud Team Lead (30%)
Apr 2024 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos
- Lead a team of 3 to administer IAM, established cloud governance policies, centralized logging and workflow automation
- Drove cloud cost optimization resulting in sustained reduction of $8,200 per month in company-wide cloud expenses
- Defined and implemented team OKRs aligned with company vision and strategy
Cloud Organization Administrator
Jun 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos
- Provided cloud technical support, permission debugging and documentation for 80+ cloud users
- Managed and optimized infrastructure resources for AI model training across AWS SageMaker, GCE, and Ubuntu servers
- Became the first point of contact for all cloud-related issues including RBAC, quota, deployment, and monitoring
AI Research Engineer
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo
- Developed LODENet, a novel OCR model achieving SOTA accuracy and outperforming prior models by 5%; published in ICPR 2020
- Filed a patent at Japan Patent Office (2021)
- Led and delivered 6+ production-level B2B client projects, earning 4 "project hero" awards
- Introduced Neptune.ai as an experiment management tool to modernize the research workflow
Education
Academic background
University of Surrey
Master of Science - MSc, Artificial Intelligence
- •Top-1 research institution for Computer Vision in the UK (CSRankings)
- •Dissertation: Federated Learning for Privacy-Preserving Alzheimer's Disease Classification
- •Supervised by Prof. Gustavo Carneiro
University of Information Technology
Bachelor of Science (Honours Program), Computer Science
- •Honours Program: Selective academic program with full-tuition scholarship
- •UIT Scholarships for Academic Excellence: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Publications
Enhancing Diffusion Face Generation with Contrastive Embeddings and SegFormer Guidance
arXiv preprint · Aug 14, 2025
LODENet: A Holistic Approach to Offline Handwritten Chinese and Japanese Text Line Recognition
ICPR 2020 · Jan 12, 2021
Patents
TEXT LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, TEXT LINE RECOGNITION METHOD AND PROGRAM
Japan Patent Office · Filed Apr 6, 2021
Kind Words
What colleagues have said about working with me
"Tin is highly autonomous, resilient in pursuing targets, and impressively organized in both task execution and documentation. His professional approach and consistent reliability make him an essential part of any team."
Nguyen Trung-Kien
Senior AI Manager @ Cinnamon
"One of Tin's biggest strengths is strategic thinking. He doesn't just solve problems, he thinks ahead, spots potential risks early, and comes up with sustainable solutions that actually work in the long run. His ability to bridge AI and cloud made a big difference to our team's overall stability and growth."
Chening Yang
Lead LLM Solution Architect | Ex-AI Director @ Cinnamon
"Tin consistently delivered high-quality products through strong ownership, careful planning, and effective collaboration between technical and business teams. He stays current with the latest technological advancements and thoughtfully applies them to improve both internal systems and client-facing solutions."
Duc, Phan Van Hoai
Senior ML Engineer @ WorldQuant | Ex-Cinnamon