Thomas Mathai is one of the founders of Embedded Wireless Labs.
He is also the former President of Caught in the Web, Inc., Toronto, which he co-founded in 1995. It is now one of North America’s most prestigious web development corporations with clientele including the Federal Government of Canada, IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Deloitte & Touche International, Time Warner, Inc., Polygram Group of Companies, Virgin Music, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and Bank of Nova Scotia.
Among others, CITW was responsible for developing a java based commerce system for various sections of the IBM Net.Commerce, that allows merchants to set-up virtual stores to conduct electronic commerce. It was subsequently adopted by various Internet Service Providers and is at the forefront of electronic commerce.
CITW's Virtual City website for Warner Music was the first ever virtual City launched online and was nominated for the prestigious CLIO Award in the “Best Web Site Category”.
Mathai and his team also developed the first ActiveX control that allows users to upload data files using a browser. This technology is now showcased by Microsoft Corp. and achieved "Most Popular Download" on CNET's site.
Mathai attended Communications and Computer Science at the University of Toronto.
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