Tung La

Data & Analytics Engineer @ Boeing | Patented quality & safety analytics for aircraft production | MIDS Candidate, UC Berkeley

Nobody trusts a dashboard that took three people and two spreadsheets to build. I build the ones they do trust. At Boeing, I turn scattered production data into the reporting, data pipelines and web applications that quality, safety and compliance teams act on every day.

My Daily Area Compliance app replaced a paper checklist for manufacturing teams and is used daily by 5,000+ employees across all shifts, cutting time per checklist from about 60 minutes to under 5. I also deliver the Production Area Self-Assessment (PASA) application, built in response to an FAA requirement and adopted across every BCA program, and I was awarded a patent for a framework that condenses critical paths and KPIs into one view.

I started in operations, not software. At Amazon I provided labor planning for 44 North American fulfillment centers and led 50+ associates, which taught me that data only matters if someone can act on it by the next shift. Today I am deepening my data engineering and data science skills through UC Berkeley's Master of Information and Data Science program and an MIT Professional Certificate in Data Engineering.

If your team has the data but not a clear answer, send me the problem.

What I Do

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Role-based dashboards and KPI views that condense critical paths into one page, including a patent-awarded framework for quality and safety decisions.

Compliance Applications

Mobile-friendly web apps that replace paper checklists, used daily by 5,000+ employees across all shifts.

Data Pipelines & ETL

Incremental MySQL-to-SQL Server pipelines with automated alerts that feed real-time reporting.

Lean Process Improvement

Lean redesigns that cut daily reporting effort 78% and training-metric delivery time 85%.

Where I've Worked & Volunteered

Resume

10+ Years of Experience

Education

2026 - 2028
UC Berkeley, School of Information

Master of Information and Data Science

Data Science (in progress, expected 2028)

2024
MIT Professional Education

Professional Certificate

Data Engineering

2022
Purdue University

Master of Science

Business Analytics and Management

2015
California State University - East Bay

Bachelor of Science

Industrial Engineer - accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET

Experience

2024 - Current
The Boeing Company

Senior Business Intelligence Engineer, Quality & Compliance Analytics

  • Designed, built and deployed Daily Area Compliance, a mobile-friendly web application that replaced a paper checklist for manufacturing teams. Used daily by 5,000+ employees across all shifts since its Aug 2026 launch, it cut time per checklist from about 60 minutes to under 5.
  • Replaced manual compliance reports (3 a day, about 30 minutes each, roughly 390 hours a year) with real-time role-based dashboards, automated reminders for missed checklists and manager summaries. Built end to end across the web interface, APIs and an incremental MySQL-to-SQL Server ETL pipeline with automated success and failure alerts.
  • Delivered Jan-Aug 2026 enhancements to the Production Area Self-Assessment (PASA) application, built in response to an FAA requirement and adopted across every BCA program: fixed checklist defects, added assessor access logging and role visibility, moved data refreshes to three scheduled runs a day, and published the assessor guide, compliance checklist and roles matrix.
  • Designed and deployed a digital communication and tie-in application across multiple programs, replacing paper-based shift handoffs with a single platform that standardized cross-shift communication.
  • Awarded a patent for a framework that gives a condensed view of critical paths and quick access to key performance indicators (P140, P251), supporting quality and safety decisions in aircraft production.
  • Built a one-page tool consolidating thousands of critical data points, speeding prioritization of safety, cost and Lean improvements.
2019 - 2024
The Boeing Company

Quality Business Intelligence

  • Replaced segmented training reports with one centralized data feed, cutting daily effort 78% (from 225 to 50 minutes) and improving first-pass-yield report quality 90%, for an estimated $60K in annual labor savings.
  • Redesigned training and certification metric delivery to BCA employees using Lean, cutting time and resources 85%; approved for implementation.
  • Built the 787 Certification Dashboard to verify mechanic certification status for compliance and audit operations, and an Overtime Dashboard that combines HR data to report overtime eligibility to senior leadership.
  • Mapped flow time for each step of the new Workday hiring process to find bottlenecks versus the prior system, supporting leadership's hiring and staffing decisions for BCA production capacity.
2015 - 2019
Amazon

Production Planning and Supply Chain Analyst (previously Operations Manager I)

  • Cut labor and transportation costs by up to $200K during peak season by investigating logistics issues and resolving network imbalance and inbound prioritization.
  • Provided labor planning support for 44 North American fulfillment centers across the Northeast, Southwest and Central regions, forecasting daily and holiday labor needs from attendance and attrition history and balancing day and night capacity to meet customer order commitments.
  • Built metrics and dashboards to monitor carrier efficiency and fulfillment center KPIs, and ran root-cause analyses with Finance, HR and Operations leaders.
  • As Operations Manager I, led 50+ associates through performance management, training, onboarding and shift staffing plans, and implemented a new process that raised productivity 15% and cut time wastage 35%.
2015
Energy Recovery, Inc.

Industrial Engineer Intern

  • Analyzed supplier versus in-house sourcing for pressure exchanger production, identifying more than $100K in annual savings.
  • Ran a time study on labeling and packaging and improved ergonomics and safety at the main workstations.

Volunteering

2021 - 2024
English - Vietnamese Teaching Assistant

Van Lang - Vietnamese Culture School

2009 - 2014
English - Vietnamese Translator

National Park Service

2011 - 2013
Social Services

Alameda Health Hospital

Core Skills

Problem Solving

95%

Communication

95%

Project Planning

90%

Critical Thinking

90%

Continuous Improvement

90%

Cost Reduction

90%

Technical Skills

SQL

95%

Python

80%

Tableau

90%

Javascript

70%

HTML / CSS

100%

Machine Learning

60%

Portfolio

Selected Work
5,000+

Daily users

Daily Area Compliance app, all shifts
60 → <5 min

Per checklist

Paper process to mobile web app
~390 hrs/yr

Manual reporting removed

Replaced by real-time dashboards
1

Patent awarded

Condensed KPI and critical-path view

Selected Projects

Daily Area Compliance

Replaced a paper checklist with a mobile-friendly web app: role-based access, admin tools, automated reminders and manager dashboards, fed by an incremental MySQL-to-SQL Server pipeline with automated alerts. 5,000+ daily users; about 60 minutes down to under 5 per checklist.

Production Area Self-Assessment (PASA)

Compliance application built in response to an FAA requirement and adopted across every BCA program. Added assessor access logging and role visibility, three scheduled data refreshes a day, and a published assessor guide, compliance checklist and roles matrix.

Patented KPI Framework

Awarded a patent for a framework giving a condensed view of critical paths and quick access to key performance indicators (P140, P251), plus a one-page tool consolidating thousands of critical data points for quality and safety decisions.

Centralized Training Reports

Replaced segmented reports with one centralized data feed: daily effort down 78% (225 to 50 minutes), first-pass-yield report quality up 90%, about $60K a year in estimated labor savings.

Expertise

How I Work

My Approach

01

Start on the floor

Map the real workflow first: the paper checklist, the manual report, the shift handoff.
02

Model the data

Clean, governed MySQL and SQL Server data, with hierarchies and mappings kept in sync.
03

Build and automate

Responsive apps, role-based access, incremental ETL, and automated alerts and reminders.
04

Make it stick

User guides, FAQs and a change-request form, then track adoption and time saved.

Toolbox

Data & Engineering

  • SQL
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Python
  • Pandas
  • NumPy
  • scikit-learn
  • Flask
  • React
  • VBA
  • APIs
  • ETL pipelines
  • AWS (basic)

BI & Visualization

  • Tableau
  • Power BI
  • Excel
  • Visio
  • Role-based dashboards
  • Automated reporting

Methods

  • Data governance
  • Statistical modeling
  • Machine learning
  • Lean process improvement
  • Capacity and labor planning
  • Root-cause analysis

Domain Experience

Aerospace manufacturing

Quality and safety analytics for Boeing Commercial Airplanes production.

Compliance and audit reporting

Applications built in response to an FAA requirement and adopted across every BCA program.

Supply chain and fulfillment

Labor planning for 44 North American fulfillment centers at Amazon.

Workforce and training analytics

Certification, overtime and hiring-flow reporting for senior leadership.

Credentials

Patent awarded

Framework giving a condensed view of critical paths and quick access to KPIs (P140, P251).

UC Berkeley, MIDS

Master of Information and Data Science, in progress, expected 2028.

MIT Professional Education

Professional Certificate in Data Engineering, 2024.

Purdue University

M.S., Business Analytics and Management, 2022.

Contact

Get in Touch

Seattle

Consultant Available

How Can I Help You?

I'm open to consulting work and conversations about data, analytics and compliance applications. Tell me about the problem you're trying to solve, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.