Thomas Cherickal

Research Scientist

Self-Employed•  August 2021 - Present

Independent research in Complexity Theory and Emergent behavior as applied to non-linear dynamical systems. Also working as a freelance developer for clients on Upwork regularly.

Tech Lead

Sperar Innotech•  July 2020 - July 2021

Created a Mycroft.ai chatbot using open-source components and the Python programming language. Did foundational work for India's first NFT marketplace app in Dart and Flutter.

Part-Time Senior Content Writer

Upwork (formerly Elance-oDesk)•  April 2017 - April 2020

Wrote over 30 data science-based articles and did ghostwriting on HackerNoon while upskilling in Python, AI, ML, PyTorch, and Quantum Computing. Worked first in Dimensionless Technologies and then Rejolut Technologies, part-time so that I could continue upskilling.

Software Engineer

4W Technologies•  January 2016 - February 2017

Was assigned the job of adding a plugin to the Cache IDE for Version Control. Became Team Lead during the training period. Was involved in the Recruitment Team from Day 1 of joining the company. As, a result, candidate final selection rates by the CEO in the last round rose from 20% to 80%

The Coding School

QxQ - Qubit by Qubit , Pro•  September 2020 - April 2021

Quantum computation classes from MIT sponsored by IBM

University of Madras

M.A. Christian Studies (Theology), MA•  September 2010 - May 2015

Was checking to see if I had a future as a religious (priest/monk). The answer was a resounding No.

Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai

Computer Science, BS•  June 2003 - April 2006

Undergraduation.