Experience

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  Grubtech

  • Sri Lanka

  • General Manager

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Sri Lanka

    Oversee day-to-day operations within the Sri Lankan office, addressing operational challenges to enhance productivity, maintain quality, and ensure compliance with industry regulations.Handling of Labor laws, finances, taxes, audits, and compliances needed under Sri Lankan LawDevelop and execute a comprehensive strategic plan for the Sri Lanka, aligning it with the organisation's overall objectives.Meticulously manage the Sri Lankan budget to ensure cost-effective resource allocation and efficient fund utilisation.Collaborate closely with senior management and various departments, ensuring that 80% of Engineering initiatives and projects are in harmony with the organisation's overall goals.Collaborating with Senior Management to identify staff requirements for engineering department and work with HR team for recruitment/onboarding.Risk management on Sri Lankan operations and engineering departmentContinuously assess the competitive landscape and industry trends, adapting IT strategies to drive business growth.Act as a key liaison between the Engineering department and senior management, presenting strategic plans, progress reports, and recommendations.

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  Sysco LABS Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka
  • Information Technology & Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Project Manager

    • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

    Responsible for ensuring that multiple projects in functional areas of Pricing, Marketing, Sales, and Big Data run smoothly by creating firm delivery practices that enable the delivery of applications for Sysco Cooperation in the USA.Management of multiple scrum teams in a distributed environment simultaneously and facilitating continuous improvement.Creating roadmaps and vision for products together with Directors, and Product Owners of Sysco Cooperation.Coordinating resource allocation of the department with HR and department heads.Defined the onboarding process and the employee career roadmap and ambition on behalf of the department and conducted onboarding sessions for all new employees on behalf of the department. Conducting agile training for company employees.

  • Associate Project Manager

    • Oct 2018 - Sep 2020

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  Cambio Software Engineering

  • Sri Lanka
  • Software Development
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Senior Software Engineer Team Lead

    • 2016 - Oct 2018

    Sub Project Manager for multiple projectsLead and motivated team of more than 25 members to improve the technical and functional quality of the product as well as guided them in the development process.Responsible for planning and driving the team to meet goals, managing KPIs, and forecasting to meet Service Level Agreements for the customer.Responsible for carrying out the team’s career development plans with annual reviews, coaching and, mentoring.Detailed task - level planning, estimating and, managing the scope of the development project.Being the center point of communication with the project.

  • Software Engineer Team Lead

    • Oct 2013 - 2016

    Sub Project Manager for 2 projectsProject PlanningResource planningCommunication point of the project from Sri Lankan OfficeSolving impedimentsLeave approval/ Conducting performance appraisals for team members

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  Cambio Software Engineering

  • Sri Lanka
  • Software Development
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Senior Software Engineer

    • 2010 - 2013

    Senior developer Java/Swing ProgrammingEJB/Spring/Hibernate/JGoodies TechnologiesDesigningScrum methodologies

  • Software Engineer

    • 2006 - 2010

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  PwC Sri Lanka

  • Internship

    • Oct 2004 - Aug 2005