Newton (Nick) Duong

Technical Lead & Architect with extensive years of enterprise systems experience

duong.nick@gmail.com duong.casa - website LinkedIn Middletown, CT

About Me

Results-driven Technical Lead and Architect with 20+ years of experience designing and integrating enterprise-level systems. I thrive on leveraging emerging technologies to transform complex business challenges into competitive advantages. My expertise spans cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), AI/ML tools (Ollama, DeepSeek), and modern frameworks (Spring, ReactJS). Throughout my career, I've consistently identified strategic opportunities to implement innovative solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. My technical curiosity combined with business acumen allows me to bridge the gap between cutting-edge capabilities and tangible organizational results. I'm deeply passionate about process improvement, team leadership, and delivering scalable, innovative solutions that drive operational efficiency and growth.

Technical Skills

Languages

  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Python

Cloud Platforms

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AI/ML Tools

  • Ollama
  • DeepSeek
  • Gemma
  • LLaMA
  • Copilot
  • LM Studio

Frameworks & Libraries & Others

  • Spring Boot
  • ReactJS
  • NodeJS
  • REST API
  • Microservices

DevOps & CI/CD

  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • UDeploy
  • Maven

Databases

  • DB2
  • Oracle
  • MS SQL
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis

Professional Experience

Staff Software Development Engineer

June 2007 - Present

CVSHealth/Aetna, Inc., Hartford, CT

Modernize AEFW Framework Apps to SpringBoot

  • Research Ollama AI models for code refactoring and modernizing
  • Analyze output from OpenRewite, GitHub Copilot, Codellama/DeepSeek-CoderV2 to integrate to environment
  • Work with various departments to implement process modernizing

DocumentInquiry - Document Retrieval Systems

  • Create REST service API to serve documents from Mobius repository
  • Integrate third-party applications Crawford/Sunrise and RocketSoftware/MobiusView
  • Responsible for interaction with vendor and setting up Sunrise/MobiusView in CVS

Communication-chat-api - REST API Deploy to Google Cloud

  • Implement REST API using AEFW 4 (Spring Boot) in cloud environment
  • Developed REST API that stored chat history in Redis
  • Created Swagger to distribute to other teams

Staff Software Development Engineer

June 2007 - Present (continued)

CVSHealth/Aetna, Inc., Hartford, CT

AeDocumentConverter AeCryptoRestful - Microservice in Azure

  • Implement Microservice using AEFW 4 (Spring Boot) in cloud environment
  • Service converted bytes docx in JSON file to bytes RTF in JSON
  • Created GUI and test environment for debugging file format
  • Service use encrypt inputs using MicroFocus API

OpenShift - Container Enablement Project

  • Implement POC Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for AEFW 4 (Spring Boot) in cloud environment
  • Analyze Docker and Kubernetes for Framework's assets
  • POC for continuous delivery using Jenkins, Nexus, and UDeploy

Navigator Redesign - ReactJS Web Project

  • Responsible for technical aspect of project
  • Develop Aetna's Navigator website using ReactJS, NodeJS
  • Designed Java web services to be called by IBM API Manager

Staff Engineer/Technical Team Lead

April 2005 - June 2007

Pratt & Whitney, UTC, East Hartford, CT

Advance Diagnostics Engine Management System (Phoenix)

  • Design and implemented enterprise system to maintain airplane fleet management
  • System includes multiple web applications for diagnostic, forecasting fleet engines
  • Evolved a robust Services Oriented Architecture for the system
  • Utilized Spring Framework, Tapestry, Hibernate, JUnit, and Log4j

Flight Acquisition System Transmission (FAST)

  • Developed system using XML, Digital Signature/Encryption
  • Created BIRT varied reports accessing Oracle database
  • Produced rapid reports via JSP/Hibernate for MS Excel imports

Senior Java Developer

October 2002 - April 2005

Aetna, Inc., Hartford, CT

Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI) Project

  • Included Middleware infrastructure for EAI components utilizing MQSeries
  • Supervised offshore and junior Developers in EAI solutions and framework

Enterprise Portal Project

  • Responsible for analysis, design, and implementation of portal system
  • Determined best practice techniques based on Sun's J2EE specification

Education & Certifications

Master of Science

Boston University
2007

Computer Information Systems

Bachelor of Science

University of Connecticut
1998

Major in Information Systems

Certification

Sun Certified Java Programmer
April 2000

Java 2 Platform