Dinesh Nair has been actively involved in creating new networking, security and Internet applications based on open source architecture since 1986. He designed the PicoBSD embedded operating system jointly with Andrej Bialeki; developed m0n0wall embedded firewall distribution tool and created a smartcard operating software for Malaysia’s national identification card and passport. Other significant projects include the development of Malaysia’s Ministry of Health telemedicine network with WorldCare Asia Pte Ltd; Celcom Malaysia GSM network and due diligence studies for Malaysian Venture Capital Management Sdn Bhd (MAVCAP). In July 2004, Dinesh co-founded QubeConnect Sdn Bhd with Sin Hock Kian.