Thuan Pham
Engineer who was Uber's first CTO, later CTO of Coupang and Faire.
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- Thuan Pham is a Vietnamese-American engineer.
- Pham left Vietnam as a boat refugee at about 12 in 1979 and settled with family in Rockville, Maryland.
- After degrees from MIT, Pham worked at Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, NetGravity, DoubleClick and, for eight years, VMware.
- Travis Kalanick hired Pham as Uber's chief technology officer in 2013, a role Pham held until 2020.
- Pham was later CTO of Coupang; in June 2024 Faire announced Pham as its CTO.
Key facts
- Education
- BS in computer science (1990) and MS (1991), Massachusetts Institute of Technology1
- Career
- Hewlett-Packard; Silicon Graphics; NetGravity (fourth engineer), then DoubleClick; VMware for eight years1
- Uber
- Chief Technology Officer, 2013 to May 20201
- Later
- CTO of Coupang; CTO of Faire, announced June 20241
- Honour
- Carnegie Corporation "Great Immigrants" honoree, 20161
Roles
Before
Leads until May 2020
Uber (Chief Technology Officer) source on Uber
Links
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