Mathew Isikhuemen is a young man who loves God and animations. As he is named after one of the apostles in the scripture, he took tech evangelism to heart. Mathew’s love for animation and tech started as a young child. He loves watching cartoon and 3D movies, no wonder he visualize himself as a pilot. He imagines how cartoons and machines work and desires to build his own. Mathew is an indoor person but trusts him to spend his alone time trying out new stuff. He is a consistent award winner with numerous achievements to his name. Mathew’s profile is a package of innovation, achievement and commendation. Read on for the full gist.
Mathew Isikhuemen- The Journey so far
He was part and the second runner-up of the Imisi3d AR/VR African hackathon. Mathew Isikhuemen started his career journey in 2018 at Chronos Studios. He was a virtual reality developer there for close to a year. After a while, Xtreme Minds Solutions has him as the 3D designer. From April 2020 to the present, he works with two top companies. Mathew is a VR developer at TotalView Media and an animation executive at DCAP Labs. He is sure a die-hard evangelist of virtual reality! You sef see am na. Mathew is a professional in more than 10 VR related skills. He has his share of the not too days of work.
He once made an architectural visualization project for a client. Mathew was happy with his outcome because he had put in his best. His happiness disappeared when the client saw it and compared it to a PlayStation 1 outlook. Dis kain scenario just dey tell us to say no be every time everything go dey sweet. Mathew was part of a team that built and taught people how to drive a VR simulator car. Wow! Naija no good, Naija no good, people dey do great things. Mathew had once finished animation work only for the hard drive to crash. OMG Tech is not for the faint-hearted bro.
Mathew Isikhuemen- More Gist
Mathew Isikhuemen is an impactful technologist who has done projects worth mentioning. He recognizes the efforts African techies are making all over the continent. Mathew feels the African techies’ stories need to be told. The use of immersive technologies and other tools are great ways to do that. Mathew sees the outnumbering of men over women in most tech startups as an indication of gender margin. His favourite quote “Never give up, and seek to be the best you can be” reflects his determination. Someone whose work was ridiculed won a hackathon with thousands of participants. Mathew stresses the importance of remembering God in all life endeavours. What a human with a balanced lifestyle and mentality!
Let’s go for a minute laugh; just like Mathew was among the selected apostles of Jesus. People around Mathew see tech as a grail area, for a selected set of people. Like, who writes all sorts of impossible coding languages if not special people, LOL. Organizing and investing in foreign training is the path to educating our communities about tech. Everybody loves fashion, who doesn’t like to feel good? Mathew and his team are working on a 3d immersive technology where people can buy fashion items. Cool, right? Watch out for it.
Mathew, you are a well-celebrated techie, Techtrend Africa joins in celebrating you!
