Viet Nguyen

Viet Nguyen is co-founder of 3rd Space Project, a Seattle advisory firm that helps mid-market Pacific Northwest organizations make sound decisions about AI: what to adopt, which vendors to trust, and how to roll it out without putting accuracy or reputation at risk. He also co-hosts Volume Control, a podcast about how operators actually use AI at work.

Viet's career spans politics, corporate communications and the wireless industry. He ran communications and policy for a King County Council member, then worked at Frause, T-Mobile and Microsoft, where he led communications for enterprise organizations of 12,000+ people. He later spent six years at 5G Americas, serving as president and translating spectrum and 5G policy for mainstream audiences. He has since built AI-powered editorial systems, civic data platforms and internal automation. He holds a political science degree from the University of Washington.