Alvin Phan Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Latitude AI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company that develops automated driving technologies. The company was founded in 2022 to reimagine what it’s like to drive, giving drivers time back on their journeys and transforming the driving experience to be safer, less stressful, and more enjoyable for everyone.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

Leading technical program management for Infrastructure, which encompasses:- data pipelines & platforms at petabytes of scale, from collecting data on vehicles to offboard for ML and AI model training,- software development lifecycle, starting with build and release to deployment on vehicle, - engineering operations, including SW processes, defining KPI/SLAs, and infrastructure/tooling to enable a first-class developer experience,- platform development for a safe, reliable and secure autonomous driving productInterface with >150 engineering staff, working with dozens of engineering teams across various disciplines (i.e. offboard data infrastructure, cloud, HPC, build/CI/CD, cybersecurity, ML & AI, labeling, simulation & resimulation, data & analytics platform, SRE, web applications, UI/UX, HW/FW, embedded OS and networking, HITL, systems and integration) to drive critical company programs from inception to delivery.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

(Acquired by Ford to form Latitude AI)Engineering Program Manager for Onboard Platform and Deployment groups.• Coordinate end-to-end implementation and program execution of onboard infrastructure (platform functions including SW update & deployment, product security, operating systems, networking, connectivity, vehicle OEM interfaces, driver development, new PCBA/silicon integration, and manufacturing software) by defining feature roadmaps and forward-looking plans to facilitate cross-functional stakeholder alignment.

Union City, California, Us

• Test Automation Software, DevOps/Site Reliability Engineering, and Data Engineering for manufacturing systems into a platform that powers data analytics and business intelligence for supply chains.• Created software to help automate infrastructure bringup and deployment of customer sites, expediting deployments while reducing errors and complexity.• Reviewed internal objectives to define metrics and KPIs, drove process optimizations as appropriate and brought up data engineering pipelines to support observability.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Work with an engineering team to develop infrastructure (hardware test fixtures, software tooling/scripts, and systems) used to calibrate hardware, conduct various robot tests, and manage cloud/data infrastructure. Created and drove the engineering roadmap for robot testing, calibration and DevOps.​Key Accomplishments:• Led an engineering team to ship over 1k+ robots to production (in Walmart) spanning 6+ different hardware systems/platforms.• Collaborated with dozens of different stakeholders and engineering teams to communicate cross-team dependencies and technical requirements to ensure there was no impact to robot manufacturing velocity.• Started as the first hire on a new engineering team and led its growth to 6 engineers and other technicians/contractors (12+ total direct reports). Through re-organizations, ended up as manager of multiple (3-4) teams.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

• Supported bring-up of the robot manufacturing line and test process, developing scripts and supporting operations.• Developed software to monitor and measure various robot metrics to analyze its performance and reliability.• Created internal tools/systems to help assist and automate internal engineering processes.• Worked with system engineering to integrate third party components (i.e. sensors, network switches) into the robotic platform.• Performed software QA testing and hardware/system failure analysis as needed by operations.

Kookot, Lumlookka Patumthanee, Th

• Customer Portfolio: Nvidia, Intel, Tesla, Infinera, Velodyne, Intuitive Surgical• Interfaced with customers to understand their requirements; developed tools and reports to monitor factory production status, and integrated with business systems (ERP/PLM) and test databases. • Managed meetings between Bangkok IT team and site staff; created roadmaps to implement features and customize business systems, and monitored project timelines.• Responsible for implementation of the site shop floor control system / MES (manufacturing execution system) to ensure traceability of every product, from incoming material to shipping.• Develop reports periodically for internal management review and external customer quarterly business reviews. Generate weekly, monthly and quarterly quality/operations reports for product/process/customer, including FPY and DPMO.• As RMA (Return Material Authorization) coordinator, coordinated site RMA process from unit arrival to shipping. Managed RMA process, scheduled and prioritized RMAs on production floor, validated warranty claims, communicated with customer and internal team on issues, monitored and tracked inventory, maintained proper documentation, prepared quotes, and ensured units are invoiced against customer PO and shipped on time.• As Doc Control coordinator, ensured all documents meet all standards prior to release. Responsible for coordinating site nonconforming material (NCMR), materials review board (MRB), Purge, Quality Alert and CAPAs.

Irvine, Ca, Us

• Developed and maintained various department websites and administrative web tools using javascript, PHP, and MySQL for the office of Student Life and Leadership at UC Irvine. • Implemented bash and Python scripts to assist with and automate server tasks. Supported the university's tech/web services (websites, e-mails, mailing lists, etc.,) to campus organizations as system administrator, assisting with day-to-day operations and maintenance. • Served as a technology/web consultant with 650+ campus clubs and organizations. Trained and assisted non-technical staff in using internal web tools.• Assisted various departments with multimedia and information technology, including: filming/editing videos, creating/modifying graphics, finding technology solutions, training staff on technology, social media marketing, and photography of events/office staff.• Worked with the campus organizations and clubs on how they can get onto the web, through holding open office hours and quarterly workshops/events open to the public.