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    "name": "Gokul M C",
    "label": "CEO, tactyle by QSignage",
    "email": "i@gokulmc.com",
    "url": "https://gokulmc.com",
    "summary": "First-principles engineer, from physics to product: built space-qualified power electronics still flying on Indian communication satellites, applied cloud-computing methods to radar in a DSO-funded PhD at NUS, and now ships products end-to-end as a founder — DOOH ad-tech, web apps, native macOS utilities, and hardware.",
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "gokulmc",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gokulmc"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "gokulmc",
        "url": "https://github.com/gokulmc"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "tactyle by QSignage",
      "position": "CEO",
      "highlights": [
        "Building DOOH ad-tech: deploy ads and interactive experiences onto physical LED displays, with live fleet management across every screen."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "BluSim Tech Pte Ltd",
      "position": "Head of Technology",
      "highlights": [
        "Led technology for contactless continuous vitals monitoring in elderly care — heart rate, respiration, sleep pattern, bed position, and presence via proprietary algorithms."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "National University of Singapore, ECE",
      "position": "PhD Researcher",
      "startDate": "2019",
      "endDate": "2023",
      "highlights": [
        "Researched cloud-computing methodologies for radar, funded by DSO Singapore; findings published in reputed journals and conferences.",
        "Co-founded Blugraph, an ad-tech startup, through the NUS GRIP program."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "ISRO, Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre",
      "position": "Scientist SC",
      "startDate": "2017",
      "endDate": "2019",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed, developed, and tested the power processing unit (PPCU) for SPT electric-propulsion thrusters flying NSSK and orbit-raising on 13 GSAT satellites in service, including 1-hour continuous integrated firing with the thruster.",
        "Achieved 90% efficiency on a 1.6/3.3 kW switchable ZVS constant-voltage module.",
        "Built a 37 kW BLDC driver for fuel/oxidizer pumps at 40,000 RPM — FPGA control, MIL-STD-1553, plume-shadow thermal design.",
        "Developed self-healing circuits that repair open PCB faults via dielectrophoresis copper bridges, with an automated PCI-GPIB test rig.",
        "Convener, Test Results Review Committee; project-managed three technology-development projects worth a combined USD 1.4M."
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Flipkart",
      "position": "Software Developer Intern",
      "startDate": "2015",
      "endDate": "2015",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "CentraleSupélec (École Centrale Paris), Hydrocontest team",
      "position": "Exchange",
      "startDate": "2015",
      "endDate": "2015",
      "highlights": []
    },
    {
      "name": "Purple Squirrel & Leaf Technologies",
      "position": "Embedded Developer",
      "startDate": "2014",
      "endDate": "2014",
      "highlights": []
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [
    {
      "position": "President",
      "organization": "NUS Graduate Students' Society",
      "summary": "team 16→75, events 8→60; Students' Life Award (Leadership); 14+ collaborations (Yale-NUS, NTU, SUTD, 60+ companies); giving.sg fundraiser exceeding USD 1M."
    },
    {
      "position": "Joint Secretary",
      "organization": "Tamil Cultural Association, IIT Bombay",
      "summary": "managed funds for cultural and sports events for 500+ people."
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "National University of Singapore",
      "studyType": "PhD",
      "area": "Electrical & Computer Engineering",
      "startDate": "2019",
      "endDate": "2023",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "IIT Bombay",
      "studyType": "B.Tech + M.Tech (Dual Degree)",
      "area": "Electrical Engineering",
      "startDate": "2012",
      "endDate": "2017",
      "courses": [
        "Specialization in Microelectronics; Minor at the Industrial Design Centre (IDC)."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "Hardware & power electronics",
      "keywords": [
        "space-qualified ZVS converters",
        "BLDC drives",
        "FPGA/Verilog",
        "MIL-STD-1553",
        "MATLAB/Simulink"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Software",
      "keywords": [
        "Python",
        "C/C++",
        "JavaScript/Node",
        "cloud computing for radar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Product & cloud",
      "keywords": [
        "AWS serverless (Lambda",
        "S3",
        "CloudFront)",
        "AI-assisted end-to-end product development"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "fork.ai",
      "description": "a branching AI research workspace: ask once, branch forever."
    },
    {
      "name": "fork ai code",
      "description": "a plan-first, GUI-based AI coding-agent workspace."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tact",
      "description": "deploy ads & interactive experiences onto physical QTV LED displays."
    },
    {
      "name": "Stage",
      "description": "your entire fleet, on one living map."
    },
    {
      "name": "Truss",
      "description": "guided home-build tracker for Tamil Nadu."
    },
    {
      "name": "Relay",
      "description": "one-click toggle to route Claude Code between Anthropic & DeepSeek."
    },
    {
      "name": "YT Scroll",
      "description": "hands-free YouTube Shorts in Safari, even in PiP."
    }
  ],
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