Asanka Samarasinghe
Information Technology Manager at Qanstruct- Claim this Profile
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Sinhalese Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Professional working proficiency
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Gary Heard
Asanka has been an invaluable member of the team at Whitley, initially managing an ageing server environment then transitioning to an entirely different organisational structure, devising, setting up and managing staff transition to an entirely new system. Asanka’s significant technical capabilities are matched with a warm personality and a strong commitment to collegiality. He brings a can-do spirit with a sense of humour which contributes to a healthy organisational culture.
Ian Prentice
Asanka provides great support and service to staff as well as improving and developing the whole IT network. He shows a deep commitment to his role and to the College. His willingness to seek appropriate assistance, when necessary, adds to his own substantial experience and means the College has the best information needed to resolve any IT challenges it faces. In my role as Asanka's direct manager, he was very respectful of my needing to understand enough of the IT system etc. so I could fulfill my role as the person responsible for the IT in the College. His patient and thoughtful responses to questions or requests put to him from me and other staff are indicative of the quality of his character. A wonderful employee to have on staff.
Gary Heard
Asanka has been an invaluable member of the team at Whitley, initially managing an ageing server environment then transitioning to an entirely different organisational structure, devising, setting up and managing staff transition to an entirely new system. Asanka’s significant technical capabilities are matched with a warm personality and a strong commitment to collegiality. He brings a can-do spirit with a sense of humour which contributes to a healthy organisational culture.
Ian Prentice
Asanka provides great support and service to staff as well as improving and developing the whole IT network. He shows a deep commitment to his role and to the College. His willingness to seek appropriate assistance, when necessary, adds to his own substantial experience and means the College has the best information needed to resolve any IT challenges it faces. In my role as Asanka's direct manager, he was very respectful of my needing to understand enough of the IT system etc. so I could fulfill my role as the person responsible for the IT in the College. His patient and thoughtful responses to questions or requests put to him from me and other staff are indicative of the quality of his character. A wonderful employee to have on staff.
Gary Heard
Asanka has been an invaluable member of the team at Whitley, initially managing an ageing server environment then transitioning to an entirely different organisational structure, devising, setting up and managing staff transition to an entirely new system. Asanka’s significant technical capabilities are matched with a warm personality and a strong commitment to collegiality. He brings a can-do spirit with a sense of humour which contributes to a healthy organisational culture.
Ian Prentice
Asanka provides great support and service to staff as well as improving and developing the whole IT network. He shows a deep commitment to his role and to the College. His willingness to seek appropriate assistance, when necessary, adds to his own substantial experience and means the College has the best information needed to resolve any IT challenges it faces. In my role as Asanka's direct manager, he was very respectful of my needing to understand enough of the IT system etc. so I could fulfill my role as the person responsible for the IT in the College. His patient and thoughtful responses to questions or requests put to him from me and other staff are indicative of the quality of his character. A wonderful employee to have on staff.
Gary Heard
Asanka has been an invaluable member of the team at Whitley, initially managing an ageing server environment then transitioning to an entirely different organisational structure, devising, setting up and managing staff transition to an entirely new system. Asanka’s significant technical capabilities are matched with a warm personality and a strong commitment to collegiality. He brings a can-do spirit with a sense of humour which contributes to a healthy organisational culture.
Ian Prentice
Asanka provides great support and service to staff as well as improving and developing the whole IT network. He shows a deep commitment to his role and to the College. His willingness to seek appropriate assistance, when necessary, adds to his own substantial experience and means the College has the best information needed to resolve any IT challenges it faces. In my role as Asanka's direct manager, he was very respectful of my needing to understand enough of the IT system etc. so I could fulfill my role as the person responsible for the IT in the College. His patient and thoughtful responses to questions or requests put to him from me and other staff are indicative of the quality of his character. A wonderful employee to have on staff.
Experience
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Qanstruct
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Australia
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Information Technology Manager
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Aug 2019 - Present
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Whitley College
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Australia
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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System and Network Engineer
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Jul 2012 - Jul 2019
Manage the entire server and network environment and provide IT support to the staff (30+) and 400+ students Implement and manage cloud based email system integrated with Active directory environment Implement and manage cloud based (Datto ) backup solution for all servers Implement and manage a completely new virtual server environment (Hyper –V) Manage Network maintenance, plan network changes and extend network as required Manage 10+ servers, carry out OS installations, package installations and server hardware maintenance Provide system administration tasks including System user creation and remove, group allocation, server access administration Provide support to all systems and manage all requests for systems and assist to resolve all issues and perform regular troubleshooting on all network issues and analyse all system logs Install all internal resources and analyse all software to ensure smooth working Administer all installation and maintenance of all systems
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MillenniumIT
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Sri Lanka
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Systems Support Engineer
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Oct 2008 - Feb 2012
A key member of the Manage Services team, who provide enterprise services to London Stock Exchange, Millennium IT (Pvt) LTD and Millennium IT software (Pvt) LTD. The responsibilities include but not limited to Network, Systems and Database maintenance, monitoring systems, provide solutions for network and systems requirements and ensure system stability and control. Roles and Responsibilities: • Gather Network monitoring information and prepare the monthly Audit reports and Ad hoc usage reports and Present reports and audit findings to the CTO level with new system proposals. • Responsible for Network maintenance, planed network changes and extending network as requirement. • Responsible for managing 200+ servers, carry out OS installations, package installations and server hardware maintenance. • Install Oracle databases, Administration clients and instant clients on servers and Personal computers in SuSE Linux, Soalaris, Red Hat Linux, and windows environments. • Provide system administration tasks including System user creation & remove, group allocation, server access administration. • Provide technical assistant to Software support team and lead technical team when assigned.
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Operation Executive
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Apr 2006 - Oct 2008
A key member of the Operations team, who provide Administration and operational services to Millennium IT (Pvt) LTD, Millennium IT software (Pvt) LTD. The Operations team responsible for caring out Administration and all operational functions within the organisation and provide Transport, Maintenance, purchasing and logistics services to Internal and external customers. Roles and Responsibilities: • Responsible for Monthly/ quarterly operations system report generation and analysis and present Audit reports to the Management. • Purchasing and documentation management – keep track of document archives of the operations department. • Logistics and Resource management – Handle purchases that related to building maintenance and keep track of stocks. • Security Management – CCTV system and Access control system Management, system update and maintain proximity sensors. • Transport Management – Automated transport and Shuttle reservation system implementation.
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Education
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2005 - 2007
University College Dublin
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Management Information Systems, General
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