From Fedora Project Wiki
Anoop Thomas Mathew
Myself, Anoop Thomas Mathew, a final year student of College of Engineering Chengannur, is an open source enthusiast, who think its necessary to contribute to the open source community.I started using linux from 2004 rite now in Leonidas, Fedora 11.
Technical Skills
Certifications
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHEL 5.1) NIIT certified Java Application developer. Arena Multimedia certified Flash web animator.
Memberships and Positions Held
IEEE Student member since January, 2006. Technical Coordinator of IEEE Student Branch of my College (2006-2009). Web Administrator of IEEE Student Branch (2007). Web Committee Chair of IEEE Region 10 Student Congress 2009 (2009). Technical Coordinator of College Magazine 2007 (24x7-First CD college magazine in Kerala). Technical Coordinator of College Magazine 2008 (fill in the blanks). Technical Coordinator of SUMMIT ’09 held on August, 2009. Member of organizing team for ELIXIR 2007, south India level tech fest. Developer in Scribus project (open source DTP software).
Non Technical Skills
Management skills
Managed computer hardware sales worth $1,00,000 as my part time service. Arranged and coordinated several events hosted by IEEE. Organizing committee member of Region 10 Student Congress held at Singapore on July 2009.
Extra Curricular
Attended 17 national level tech fests. Attended Section IEEE Student Congress 2008. Arranged part of social welfare activities and computer and hardware familiarization sessions conducted by IEEE, PRODDEC, TEQIP, NSS branches in my college. Took more than 10 sessions on ‘Computer Hardware’, 3 on ‘Design software and packages’, 3 on ‘Beginning with Linux’.
Artistic Skills
Art Director of College Magazine 2007 (24x7). Directed and animated a short film named ‘Facets of Nature’ (10 minutes, fully animated, 2006) Done more than 200 design works for organizations inside and outside college. Was design-in-charge of CAMPION ’09
Accomplishments
Bagged prizes for paper presentation events, business plan presentation, Web Ad designing. Authored 8 papers related to computer field, waiting to be published. Authored 2 national level articles in Electronics for You magazine (South Asia). Won first prize of $100 for poster designing competition on Sustainable Energy Development from IEEE President.
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 19th August, 1988. Sex: Male.
Hobbies
Music – Classic Rock, Reading, Browsing Wikis