[2] He was offered a position to study at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya in 1970 but as there were too many Tamil students at Peradeniya he was transferred to the Ceylon College of Technology, graduating from the University of Sri Lanka Katubedda campus in 1975 with a B.Sc degree in electrical engineering.
[5] They have three daughters (Mariyahl Mahilmany, Elisapeththu Elilini and Annahl Anbini) and a son (Yovahn Yesuraiyan Ratnajeevan).
[1] Hoole worked for PA Consulting Services between 1983 and 1984 before joining Drexel University in September 1984 as an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering.
[1] In July 1999 Hoole returned to Sri Lanka to work as a professor of electrical and information engineering at the University of Ruhuna.
[1][4] Hoole was involved with the Citizens' Movement for Good Governance (CIMOGG) which took legal action against unfair university appointments and cheating.
[14] As soon as he was appointed Hoole started receiving threats from various Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fronts including the People's Uprising Force who said he would return home "headless in a box" if he took up the position.
[16] Hoole chose instead to work from outside Jaffna, appointing a deputy vice-chancellor and a head of Vavuniya campus.
[1] Hoole returned to Sri Lanka in September 2010 to co-ordinate the establishment of the University of Jaffna's new Faculty of Engineering.
[3][25] In 2012, Hoole held a professor affiliation at the department of electrical engineering at Michigan State University.