About

Gopal Venkatesan is a highly skilled Frontend Generalist and Sr Staff Engineer with over 23 years of relevant experience in software development. Currently, he works as a Freelance Developer and has a diverse portfolio of projects that showcase his expertise in the field. Gopal has a proven track record of developing innovative software solutions that solve complex problems. He developed SqlDump, a program that backs up Microsoft SQL Server databases as a text file, which was open-sourced in 2002 and published in the June 2002 edition of PC Quest magazine. He also developed Active Help in C++, a program that parses web pages and hyperlinks words that match against a custom dictionary, displaying the help text associated with the word when hovered over. In addition to these projects, Gopal has also developed a student administration software using Visual Basic for First Computers in Chennai, and an accounting package using Visual Basic on Windows 3.11 for Sri Vaishnavi Benefit Fund in Chennai. Gopal has worked with several companies in the past, including digital tantra and sify, where he held various software development roles. At digital tantra, he led and developed the IndiaPlaza.com shopping portal, Rhythm House, a web-based music store, and the Project Management System (PMS). At sify, he was part of the team that designed and developed the Sify Enterprise Mail Server front-end for clients including U21, SBI, and Dalmia. Gopal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of Madras, a Diploma in RDBMS from SSI Ltd, and a GNIIT (Graduate NIIT) in Computer Science from NIIT. He has a strong technical skill set that includes Frontend, Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and test. Overall, Gopal is a highly skilled and experienced software developer with a passion for developing innovative solutions that solve complex problems.