Vishnu Gopal

Current

• Technical Lead at Mobme Wireless Solutions
• Engineer at Vish.in

Past

• Software Engineer at Uzanto
• Technical Lead at Torque Technology Solutions
• Consultant at TNGiCube

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Education

• University of Kerala

Recommended

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Connections

58 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Vishnu Gopal’s Summary

Platform agnostic (nix, Windows and OSX) experience in developing applications related to the web and mobile media: code in a variety of scripting languages (Ruby, Python, PHP) as well as skills that supplement it: good copywriting, a roving designer's eye, and a strong interest in usability, accessibility, web standards and the evolving field of human computer interaction. Have led teams and worked in diverse areas such as web design, system administration, and several other varieties of programming glue. I would like to pursue a graduate education in HCI soon, and after that work in a company that values its users and thinks about them when it develops products.

Vishnu Gopal’s Specialties:

Web design and development: the LAMP stack, Ruby/Rails, and Python/Turbogears. HCI: usability (WAC guidelines) and validation (W3C). System adminstration of *nix, especially FreeBSD systems.

Vishnu Gopal’s Experience

• Technical Lead

  Mobme Wireless Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2007 — Present (6 months)

  Managing a group of ten developers, and working with Asterisk operator solutions, .NET, PHP web development and mobile VAS.

• Engineer

  Vish.in

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year)

  Vish.in is a web services and webapp deployment consultancy.

• Software Engineer

  Uzanto

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2006 — March 2007 (10 months)

  At Uzanto, I double as a Sysadmin and a web programmer, using the Ruby/Rails stack to create a site to share slides online: SlideShare at www.slideshare.net.

• Technical Lead

  Torque Technology Solutions

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  July 2005 — May 2006 (11 months)

  Led a team of seven people in developing a content aggregation platform for the mobile medium: Fastcode.

• Consultant

  TNGiCube

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  April 2005 — June 2005 (3 months)

  Developed a platform for wireless delivery of state-level examination results on mobiles.

Vishnu Gopal’s Education

• University of Kerala

  B. Tech., Computer Science, 2002 — 2006

  Activities and Societies:

  Student Representative, Career Guidance and Placement Unit.
  Student Chair, Entrepreneurship Development Cell.

Additional Information

Vishnu Gopal’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog
• My Company

Vishnu Gopal’s Interests:

software development, HCI & usability, coding, reading fiction

Vishnu Gopal’s Groups:

ACM, CHI

Vishnu Gopal’s Contact Settings

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