Lan Vu is working on performance engineering at VMware, focusing on optimizing performance and scalability of virtual desktop infrastructure solutions, including 3D graphics, Horizon View, Horizon Air, and App Volumes. Previously, Lan worked at Parallel Distributed System Labs, University of Colorado, Denver, with a research focus on high-performance methods in data mining and machine learning. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Colorado, Denver. She has published more than 10 journal and conference research articles and has been granted 1 patent.