(Urban + Mobility) maven,
Tech Product strategist,
And a Dreamer

About

(Education)

Hindustan University, India

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science

Select Courses: Design Principals & System Design, Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems, Mobile Computing, Cryptogrpahy & Network Security, Internet Programming, Design Lab, System Software.
Thesis: Extraction and Modelling of Defence HR Dataset to Recommend on Transfer of Service Personals

(Skills)

Full-Stack & Mobile Development

Languages: C, Python, Angular, Ruby-on Rails, Node JS, PHP, JavaScript, Native Android, Cordova.
Platforms: GCP, AWS, Heroku, SoftLayer(IBM), Azure.
Database: SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Oracle, DynamoDB.

Artificial Intelligence

Packages: TensorFlow & lite, PyTorch, FastAI, H2O, Keras, Pandas, Scikit-learn.
Tools/platform: Jupyter, Paperspace, AWS, Google Collab.

Robotics

Software: Robot Operating System(ROS), QT, Processing, OpenCV, Arduino, MATLAB, Unity. Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry pi, NVidia JTK1 and Intel microprocessors.

GIS

Sofwares/Services: QGIS, OSM, Mapbox, USGS Earthexplorer, Leaflet, Carto.
Packages: EO-Learn, Shapely, GDAL, Geopandas, PyProj, Sentinelsat.

Visualization & AR

ThreeJS, D3, ARjs, GLjs

Design

Photoshop, Sketch, Avocode, QT Designer, Invision Studio.

(Publications)

Design and Implementation of Unmanned Space Exploration Vehicle for Martian Terrain | IOSRJEN | 2016

The paper presents the design for a unmanned space exploration vehicle for using on Martian terrain. The main focus is on the basic building blocks of the system from mechanical to software and various applications on the Martian terrain.

Hindustan University Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: Design and Implementation of Poseidon AUV | Ocean Society of India Conference | 2015

The paper describes about the design, build, functionality and testing procedures applied to Hindustan University's first Autonomous Underwater Vehicle - Poseidon. It also explains about the suite of sensor for controls and maneuver with the software system in development.

Intelligent Warning Device for Road Users Safety: IDRUS | Change Makers | 2014 | RA

An Intelligent Driver Assistance cum Warning Device which uses GPS, Sensors, Wi-Fi Smartphone among the vehicles to alert the driver about the impending accidents to provide a safest driving on the typical road ways.

A Night Safety Alert Messaging System for Vehicles Using Vehicular Adhoc Networks (NSAMSV) | Techbriefs | 2013 | RA

The proposed concept is a Driver Assistance Device with a transceiver among vehicles to provide safest driving on the typical roadways, by identifying and alerting the driver about events such as sudden slow/brake, broken down vehicle, invisible spot alert, lane change alert, intersection alert, left/right turn assist.

(Community)

PyCon India | Organiser | 2018 & 2019
Hyderabad Python User group | Core Team & Speaker | 2017 - 2019
AI Saturdays - Hyderabad | Organiser & Speaker | 2018
Google Developer Group Vijayawada | Core Team & Speaker | 2013 - 2015
ACM ICPC Nationals | Organizer & Contestant | 2014 & 2015
Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) PATW Asia Finals | Organizer | 2015
TEDxHindustanUniversity | Organizer | 2015
Bluescreen Programming Club | Mentor | 2015
Google Student Network | Core Team | 2014
Kinitos Mobile Programming Club | Founder | 2013

(Awards)

1st Runner-up | MOVE global mobility summit 2018 | Flytta

- Organised by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI aayog) under Government of India.
- Awarded for Mobility Products Designed and Developed at Flytta.

Best Product Company | Nasscom Product Conclave 2018 | Flytta

- Awarded for Business, Operations and Technology products of Flytta

Best Mobile Application | Confederation of Indian Industry 2016 | Lock & Learn

- The application's idea to release was in 5 hours in the hackathon.
- Adjudged best in accessibilty and use cases with profitable metrix.

Best Software Control Module | URC, Utah 2014-15 | Hindustan Mars Rover Team

- Used ROS for traversing and ground control station with IMU.
- Had extra module to understand obstacle and mineral object detection.
- The rover was semi autonomous while the competition accepts ground station control.

Top Ten Ideas | Tech Briefs-Create the Future Design 2013 | NSAMSV | RA

- As RA, built the communication network & User Interface.

(Experience)

  • Aug 2020 - Current
    Technology Specialist

    Accenture

    - Data Science & Engineering
    - Technology Domains - Geospatial, Medical & Compliance.

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2020
    Individual Consultant

    Multiple Clients

    - Consulting for product architecture and solution.
    - Advising logistics startups on product & team building.

  • Jan 2016 - July 2019
    Co-Founder & CTO

    Flytta - Global Relocation Company

    - AI Enabled Enterprise Relocation & Logistic Saas Platform
    - Built products used by fortune 500 clients.
    - Lead R&D on multiple IP Solutions.
    - Involved in overall company scaleup including brand building, operations, finance and marketing.

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018
    Ambassador & Researcher

    AI Saturdays

    - Lead the AI-6 Weekly Study Group at Hyderabad.
    - Coordinated on structured open course for the practical approach to Artificial Intelligence.

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
    Product Development

    Future Focus Infotech Private Limited

    - Part-time member of the R&D team in building products for HR domain.
    - Built two products, an online programming contest platform and a visualisation tool for job boards.

  • Nov 2013 - May 2015
    Technical & Software Team Lead

    Hindustan Mars Rover Team

    - Build and shipped two version of Mars rover to take part at University rover challenge at The Mars Desert Research Station, Utah.
    - As the Technical team lead, conducted various R&D works with different technologies to build and implement various modules of the rover.
    - Had a team of 10 people working along with me in various technologies like OpenCV to implement semi-guided rover transverse, ROS for ground station control, Repeater wifi antenna system for communication channel and various other life science, atmospheric and location centric sensor system.

  • Jan 2014 - Apr 2015
    Founder & Team Lead

    Team Poseidon AUV

    - The team worked on building an Autonomous underwater vehicle to perform complex tasks without human inputs and interventions.
    - I was responsible to build and train the AUV's imaging capabilities to map the environment underwater in a 3D structure using ROS.
    - The AUV was designed to perform various tasks like traversing the path autonomously and missions like torpedo releasing, material droppings.

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2013
    Software Developer Intern

    Graaby Tech

    - Graaby is Universal Rewards program and has the potential to support an entire ecosystem of amazing simplifying technologies.
    - I worked on implementing the search feature in the consumer application.

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2014
    Professional Field Hockey Player

    Indian State & Nationals

    - Captain & Part of Multiple Teams in various Senior Club Cups.
    - Represented State Team for National Championships.
    - Part of University Team in National & International Championships.
    - High School Captain & Club Coach.

  • Aug 2012 - May 2016
    Multiple Role

    Hindustan University

    - Teaching Assistance for Python, Java, Microprocessor and Entrepreneurship classes.
    - Research Assistance for various funded faculty research projects.
    - Guest Speaker on Ethical Hacking, Embedded System and Artifical Intelligence.
    - Organiser for various departmental & University Events.
    - Web-admin for Department & University.
    - Part of Department Student Council.

Contact

Email: gokul [dot] 0369 [at] gmail [dot] com
Phone: +91 8220869194
Skype: gokul.vasan
Telegram: @gok03