Gayan Gunawardana
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Vivek Sud, C.Eng. MBA
I had the pleasure of working with Gayan as a member of the leadership team of the Bauer MBA advisory board. Gayan is a thinker and listener. Under his leadership, we conceptualized and implemented projects that helped increase the value of the MBA experience for the students, faculty and administration.
Tanieka Young, MSHRD
Gayan is a true leader. His leadership is invaluable. I had the pleasure of working with Gayan when he was the President of the MBA advisory board for the Bauer College. His innovative approach to addressing issues presented by the student body helped the administrative staff improve the quality of the MBA program. If you need a strong leader to lead a team, I highly recommend him.
Vivek Sud, C.Eng. MBA
I had the pleasure of working with Gayan as a member of the leadership team of the Bauer MBA advisory board. Gayan is a thinker and listener. Under his leadership, we conceptualized and implemented projects that helped increase the value of the MBA experience for the students, faculty and administration.
Tanieka Young, MSHRD
Gayan is a true leader. His leadership is invaluable. I had the pleasure of working with Gayan when he was the President of the MBA advisory board for the Bauer College. His innovative approach to addressing issues presented by the student body helped the administrative staff improve the quality of the MBA program. If you need a strong leader to lead a team, I highly recommend him.
Vivek Sud, C.Eng. MBA
I had the pleasure of working with Gayan as a member of the leadership team of the Bauer MBA advisory board. Gayan is a thinker and listener. Under his leadership, we conceptualized and implemented projects that helped increase the value of the MBA experience for the students, faculty and administration.
Tanieka Young, MSHRD
Gayan is a true leader. His leadership is invaluable. I had the pleasure of working with Gayan when he was the President of the MBA advisory board for the Bauer College. His innovative approach to addressing issues presented by the student body helped the administrative staff improve the quality of the MBA program. If you need a strong leader to lead a team, I highly recommend him.
Vivek Sud, C.Eng. MBA
I had the pleasure of working with Gayan as a member of the leadership team of the Bauer MBA advisory board. Gayan is a thinker and listener. Under his leadership, we conceptualized and implemented projects that helped increase the value of the MBA experience for the students, faculty and administration.
Tanieka Young, MSHRD
Gayan is a true leader. His leadership is invaluable. I had the pleasure of working with Gayan when he was the President of the MBA advisory board for the Bauer College. His innovative approach to addressing issues presented by the student body helped the administrative staff improve the quality of the MBA program. If you need a strong leader to lead a team, I highly recommend him.
Credentials
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Data Science with SQL and Tableau
Cornell UniversityOct, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Product Analytics Certification (PAC)
Product SchoolAug, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
University of MichiganMar, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
The Data Scientist’s Toolbox
The Johns Hopkins UniversityFeb, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Advanced Google Analytics
GoogleJan, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Google Tag Manager Certification
GoogleJan, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Introduction to Data Studio
GoogleJan, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
HubSpot Reporting
HubSpot AcademyAug, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Inbound Sales
HubSpot Academy -
Inbound Sales Software
HubSpot Academy
Experience
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Monax Labs
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Growth
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Mar 2022 - Present
Summary - Grow brand awareness and usage of the Aspen NFT platform. Specific areas of responsibility, - Increase brand awareness - Develop relationships with creators - Standing up and operationalizing different channels Results - Grew Aspen's Twitter from ~2000 to 50K followers, Discord from ~300 to 30K and the email list from 0 to 35K - Stood up the Aspen Ambassador Program ( https://ambassadors.aspenft.io ) - Stood up a CRM for sales, Data Analytics for Product, and a content strategy for marketing - Averaged around 5000 MAUs for our V0 product Show less
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SnapStream
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Marketing Program Manager
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Jul 2016 - Jan 2022
Summary - Generate demand (B2B) via digital marketing programsSpecific areas of responsibility include,- Digital advertising driven demand generation (managed a ~100K/year digital marketing budget)- Event marketing- Marketing operations and automation- Data analysis- Content strategyTools - Google Analytics, Google Data Studio, Google Adwords, Google Tag Manager, Hubspot, SEO/Content tools such as Moz, Excel
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Sales Manager
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Mar 2013 - Jul 2016
1 year after joining as a Sales Engineer was promoted to Sales Manager.Managed the 5-person sales team, responsible for $4M+ revenue per year.Put in place systems, metrics, dashboards, and coaching.
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Sales Engineer
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Apr 2012 - Feb 2013
Handled the full sales life-cycle- Requirement gathering and need analysis- Product presentation/demo- Technical objection handling and price negotiations
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SURGE Accelerator
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United States
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Analyst
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Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
Surge is the pre-eminent business accelerator in the world incubating and accelerating early stage companies bringing software based solutions to the energy field. Responsibilities include assisting with the day-to-day operations of the SURGE program, and engaging with and assisting the companies in any areas of need (marketing, business development work, research, etc). Surge is the pre-eminent business accelerator in the world incubating and accelerating early stage companies bringing software based solutions to the energy field. Responsibilities include assisting with the day-to-day operations of the SURGE program, and engaging with and assisting the companies in any areas of need (marketing, business development work, research, etc).
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President
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May 2010 - May 2011
Responsible for all recruitment activities for the Advisory Board. Member of the leadership team. Liaising with the student body and the university administration in bringing student feedback to the table and then working with the administration to drive those projects forward and achieve results. Responsible for all recruitment activities for the Advisory Board. Member of the leadership team. Liaising with the student body and the university administration in bringing student feedback to the table and then working with the administration to drive those projects forward and achieve results.
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Felidae
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South Africa
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Co-founder, Head of Sales and Operations
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2007 - 2009
Felidae is an industry-leading e-learning software and content developer in Sri Lanka. Sales - Oversaw the company’s growth from a startup to an industry leader position in a span of 3 years - Developed the sales and marketing strategy by conducting market feasibility studies, SWOT analysis, and RISK analysis - Implemented various sales promotions leading to the development of a strong project pipeline - Identified, negotiated, and closed several large-scale projects with government organizations and institutional clients Operations - Ran day-to-day operations with oversight over Finance and HR - Designed and introduced HR processes in the following areas -Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, Compensation and Benefits Show less
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Education
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2009 - 2012
University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations -
2002 - 2007
University of Moratuwa
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical & Process Engineering -
2002 - 2006
Chartered Management Institute
Advanced Diploma, Management Accounting -
2005 - 2007
Institute of Personnel Management (IPM)
HRM, Human Resource Management -
1999 - 2001
Royal College
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