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Tomeu
Joined 10 May 2008
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=== Short bio ===
=== Short bio ===
Tomeu Vizoso is currently (December 2009) volunteering full-time to [http://www.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs], works as a software developer and maintains several Sugar modules. Got involved in Sugar development first as an [http://www.laptop.org/ One Laptop Per Child] (OLPC) volunteer, then under a contract with that organization for almost two years.
Tomeu Vizoso is currently (May 2010) maintaining some [http://www.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar] modules and coordinating the development team. [http://www.collabora.co.uk/ Collabora Ltd.] is sponsoring his work in Sugar, including revamping of the [http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/ Telepathy]-based collaboration framework. Got involved in Sugar development first as an [http://www.laptop.org/ One Laptop Per Child] (OLPC) volunteer, then under a contract with that organization for almost two years.
Born in 1978 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), studied computer science in the [http://www.uib.es/en Universitat de les Illes Balears] (achieving bachelor's degree in 2001) and in the [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya] (achieving master's degree in 2006).
Born in 1978 in Palma de Mallorca (Spain), studied computer science in the [http://www.uib.es/en Universitat de les Illes Balears] (achieving bachelor's degree in 2001) and in the [http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya] (achieving master's degree in 2006).
His first 6 years of professional experience were spent in web applications and database design and implementation, with emphasis on big distributed systems and systems optimization. In 2006 finished his master's degree and gained skills in the development of desktop-oriented applications and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source] contribution, leading this to his involvement in the Sugar project.
His first 6 years of professional experience were spent in web applications and database design and implementation, with emphasis on big distributed systems and systems optimization. In 2006 finished his master's degree and gained skills in the development of desktop-oriented applications and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source Open Source] contribution, leading this to his involvement in the Sugar project.