Tojo Thomas — AI-Enhanced Software Engineer | Embedded Systems & IoT Specialist

About Me

Turning Complex Systems into Seamless Solutions

With 25+ years of experience in the software industry, I have built and delivered systems across diverse domains including IoT, factory automation, semiconductor fabrication, and medical imaging. My current focus is on architecting and developing high-quality software for embedded IoT devices using Linux and RTOS-based microcontrollers.

I leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code and Antigravity to significantly accelerate development cycles, enhance code quality, and build more reliable and maintainable systems. Currently at Pairpoint — the Economy of Things joint venture between Vodafone and Sumitomo.

25+

Years of Experience

IoT

& Embedded Systems

EoT

Economy of Things

Enhanced Engineering

Career

Professional Experience

Technical Program Manager & Embedded Applications Developer

Pairpoint — Vodafone × Sumitomo EoT Joint Venture

Present

Lead technical programs for the Economy of Things platform, enabling machine-to-machine commerce and secure device interactions at scale.
Develop embedded applications for IoT devices, integrating secure identity and transactional capabilities.
Collaborate on strategic partnerships including post-quantum security initiatives with Lantronix Inc.
Apply AI-enhanced software engineering practices to accelerate development cycles and improve code quality.

Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead

NeST / GES Inc. / Kimball Electronics & Others

Prior Experience · 14+ Years Combined

Led software design for factory automation and semiconductor fabrication systems across multiple Japanese client sites.
Developed advanced medical imaging software for stem cell culture facilities.
Managed cross-functional teams and cultivated talent with a focus on innovation and proof-of-concept development.
Built smart factory solutions using React JS, Node JS, and microservices architecture.
Delivered iOS/macOS applications for industrial test automation.

Expertise

Skills & Technologies

Leadership & Strategy

Technical Program Management Strategic Partnerships & MoUs Stakeholder Management Cross-Functional Delivery Agile / Scrum

Engineering Domains

Embedded Systems Internet of Things (IoT) Economy of Things (EoT) Firmware Development Linux / RTOS MQTT / Protocols

Industry Verticals

Factory Automation Semiconductor Fabrication Medical Imaging Telecommunications Smart Factory Solutions

AI & Emerging Tech

Claude Code / Antigravity AI-Assisted Development Post-Quantum Security Machine-to-Machine Commerce

Technologies

React JS Node JS Microservices iOS / macOS Development Shell Scripting

Projects

What I'm Building

SentiLog

AI-Powered Emotion Journal

A native Android journaling app that detects 28 emotions in real-time using on-device AI. Fully private — zero cloud processing, encrypted storage, multilingual sentiment analysis.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose ONNX Runtime On-Device AI

GoEmotions DE — XLM-RoBERTa

German Emotion Classification Model

Fine-tuned XLM-RoBERTa-base for 28-emotion detection in German text. Trained on translated GoEmotions + 10K native GermEval samples. F1 0.447, top-1 accuracy 69%.

Transformers PyTorch ONNX German NLP

GoEmotions JA — XLM-RoBERTa

Japanese Emotion Classification Model

Fine-tuned XLM-RoBERTa-base for 28-emotion detection in Japanese text. Trained on translated GoEmotions + 35K native WRIME samples. F1 0.396, top-1 accuracy 56%.

Transformers PyTorch ONNX Japanese NLP

GoEmotions KO — XLM-RoBERTa

Korean Emotion Classification Model

Fine-tuned XLM-RoBERTa-base for 28-emotion detection in Korean text. Trained on translated GoEmotions + 50K native KOTE samples. F1 0.568, top-1 accuracy 68%.

Transformers PyTorch ONNX Korean NLP

Testimonials

What Colleagues Say

“Tojo is a phenomenal human being, engineer, mentor, leader, and more. In any of these roles, I would not be surprised to find Tojo in the top few within any organisation. He always loved to experiment and innovate new things. He was an inspiration for the whole team and I would love to work with Tojo again.”

Abilash Francis Senior Mobile Developer, Sandstone Technology

“I have worked very closely with Tojo during the last 16+ years. His technical contributions at multiple Japanese sites were of great value. His software design skills have been exemplary and he could quickly convert his ideas into proof of concepts. I was also particularly impressed by his team management skills and the way he always cultivated budding talents.”

Sanju Thomas Delivery Manager, NeST Digital STC

“Tojo always has a sense of passion in learning new technologies and ensures that he creates forums to impart it to his team. He gives his team a platform for coming up with innovative ideas. He always tries to learn and unlearn — that is one of the best characteristics I look up to.”

Monisha Syamalanathan Manager — People & Culture, H&R Block India

Education

Academic Background

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Diploma with Distinction

Government Polytechnic College (GPTM)

1997 – 2000

Graduated with Distinction — a strong technical foundation that launched a 25+ year career in software engineering.