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Kato at FPT Software
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🚀 Joining FPT Software — The Beginning
In early 2024, I joined FPT Software, one of Vietnam’s largest technology firms, as part of the GHC.DHM business unit — a division focused on global healthcare data platforms. It was an exciting shift: from building product-side architectures to leading internal data engineering for enterprise healthcare systems.
🌟 “Rising Star” Award — First Months of Impact
Within my first few months, I was honored with the Rising Star recognition. It marked the start of a journey that wasn’t just about delivering data pipelines — but about elevating how FPT designs, builds, and governs healthcare data systems.
My focus was on building:
- Standardized data pipelines with Snowflake and dbt Cloud
- CICD-ready analytics architecture with Jenkins and GitOps
- Governance-first data warehouse schemas for healthcare compliance
Shooting star
🏆 Best Performance 2024
By the end of 2024, I received the Best Performance Award for my contributions to GHC.DHM’s data modernization project. The recognition reflected our success in:
- Delivering a Lakehouse Platform on Kubernetes
- Deploying real-time ingestion with Kafka and Flink
- Architecting secure healthcare data flows compliant with US standards
- Leading cross-functional teams (Data, Backend, AI)
Best performance
⭐ FSOFT Star 2025
In 2025, I was honored to be named FSOFT Star 2025 — one of 500 individuals recognized group-wide for outstanding contribution to FPT Software’s AI-driven journey. The recognition reflects not only delivery and results, but dedication, proactive innovation, and putting collective success first — the same spirit that drove FSOFT to $1.33B revenue and $224M profit: “Dare to Learn, Dare to Change, Dare to Lead.”
FSOFT Star 2025 recognition
FSOFT Star medal ceremony
💡 Hackathon Spirit — Building Beyond Projects
One of my favorite parts of working at FPT is the Hackathon culture — where innovation happens fast, teams collaborate across functions, and creativity leads to real impact. Over two years, that culture turned into a scoreboard:
- 🥇 First Prize — NRC × FPT Hackathon 2025 — AI Insights Chatbot, a multi-agent knowledge-graph RAG system that turns raw healthcare feedback into entity-level, sentiment-aware insights. → Read the case study
- 🥇 First Prize — GHC.DHM Hackathon 2024 — AI in SDLC, an assistant that writes, tests, and ships code alongside the team. → Read the case study
- 🥈 Second Prize — FPT HackAIthon 2025 — SuperVault, an AI-powered video knowledge platform that makes hours of training content searchable. → Read the case study
- 🥉 Third Prize — Optum (UnitedHealth Group) internal Hackathon — competing outside the FPT arena, against engineers at one of the largest health services organizations in the US.
First prize at the NRC × FPT Hackathon 2025
The NRC × FPT win and the Optum placement mattered most to me for the same reason: both were judged by people who live in the healthcare domain every day, not just by a technical panel. Winning there means the idea actually held up against the problem.
These moments reminded me that engineering isn’t just about delivering projects — it’s also about building ideas that challenge the norm. Or as I like to say:
“Not just running projects — but running hackathons too.” 💪
To look all projects we did in Hackathon, please see Projects section.
✈️ Onsite in Malaysia — Expanding Horizons (2025)
In 2025, I went onsite to Kuala Lumpur, collaborating with the FPT Software Malaysia team 🇲🇾 on a healthcare data platform engagement. It was a memorable experience — presenting our data platform, addressing client questions, and strengthening how we stand up, share knowledge, and deliver real value together.
It reinforced one principle: Architecture is alignment — of teams, of goals, and of data.
Bidding team
🧠 Building Internal AI & Healthcare Products
Alongside enterprise projects, I contributed to internal product development — especially AI-powered platforms inside FPT. One highlight was Flezi DHP (Digital Healthcare Platform), a data-driven product designed to:
- Integrate patient data from multiple hospital systems
- Enable real-time medical dashboards and predictive analytics
- Provide APIs for future AI diagnostic models
🔧 What I Learned and What I Shared at FPT
Working at FPT has been both technical and transformational — a journey of learning, leading, and sharing.
Here’s what I’ve learned:
- Leadership through architecture — guiding engineers by clarity, not control.
- Balance between delivery and governance — scaling systems without losing quality.
- People > tools — great technology comes from collaboration and shared ownership.
But learning goes both ways. Over time, I’ve also become a Speaker and Knowledge Sharer across internal workshops and tech sessions at FPT Software — covering topics like:
- Modern Data Processing Architectures — Spark, dbt, Airflow, and orchestration best practices.
- Building Data Lakehouse Platforms — using Trino, Iceberg, and governance-driven design.
- AI in Products — Integrating machine learning / Agentic AI into real-world products after Hackathon contest.
These sessions became more than technical talks — they became a way to inspire teams, exchange perspectives, and help engineers see the “why” behind every architecture. I’ve grown into a familiar face at FPT’s internal workshops — known for simplifying complex topics and connecting data with real business value.
“Engineering is not just about solving problems — it’s about designing progress.”
At FPT Software, I’ve found a place to do both — building platforms that transform healthcare data while constantly evolving as an architect, mentor, and engineer.
🎓 Credentials behind the sharing
Sharing only carries weight if the fundamentals are solid. FPT Software Healthcare & Life Sciences featured two international certifications I earned as a Tech Lead at the Global Healthcare Center — Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) from DAMA International and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
The pairing is deliberate rather than a badge collection: data governance and cloud architecture are the two halves of trustworthy AI in healthcare. One keeps HIPAA/GDPR compliance and patient-data integrity intact; the other makes the platform — Microsoft Fabric, vector databases, AI accelerators — actually stand up in production.
© 2025 Kato (Quan Ngo) — Data Architect, GHC.DHM @ FPT Software