Amila Kalansooriya PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, MBA(PIM)
Technical Project Manager | Scrum Master | Bridging Business Goals and Technology |
Senior Technical Project Specialist
Technical Project Manager | Scrum Master | Bridging Business Goals and Technology |
Senior Technical Project Specialist
Project Manager at Hemnette
Senior Project Delivery Specialist at Telstra
PMP Certified Professional
PMI Agile Certified
Certified Scrum Master
BSc. Comp. Sc. Special (UOC)
Master of Business Administration (PIM - USJP)
I have 20+ years of experience managing complex enterprise projects and acting as a liaison between the client and the vendor.
My journey in technology and project management began with an early passion for computing, evolving into a career focused on enterprise IT solutions, Agile transformations, and digital innovation. This passion evolved into software development, research, project management, and business strategy, ensuring seamless project execution, reduced delays, and enterprise-wide agility.
My Journey
2024: Completed MBA, reinforcing alignment between technology and business strategy. Overall GPA 6.4 (Overall Average 84.91%, Average Research 90%).
2022: Enrolled in the MBA program at Postgraduare Institure of Management expanding leadership and business strategy knowledge.
2018: Telstra offered a secondment to work as a Senior Technical Project Specialist
2016: Analysed and managed Hemnette's flagship program OrderExpress, an Enterprise B2B platform customised for Telstra. The program of work contained customer channels, device lifecycle management, API interfaces, UX, including bulk data migration.
2015: Identified the need to move to Agile formally. Obtained PMI-ACP and CSM certifications.
2013: Identified the need for more skills and earned PMP certification, strengthening structured project execution.
2011: Joined Hemnette, which was a startup. Formed development teams. Analysed the Telco and lab testing domains from the business and technical perspective. Worked with Architects for solution designs.
2010: Promoted to Branch Manager at Yadabyte, stepping into leadership and project management.
2005: Worked as a C programmer, and later, I worked on PHP and MySQL LAMP stack as a developer.
2003: Transitioned into full-time PalmOS software development, gaining deep technical expertise.
2002: Worked on a research project at UCSC, pioneering PalmOS device programming.
1997: Selected for the Honors Degree program in Computer Science at the University of Colombo. (Only 40 students were enrolled in the university due to resource constraints in 1997)
1995: Earned a full scholarship at London Business School (Sri Lankan Branch) due to a strong passion for computing.
Current Role & Expertise
As a Senior Technical Project Specialist, I lead enterprise IT projects focusing on scalability, efficiency, and digital transformation. My approach blends Agile and cutting-edge solutions to optimize software development, project delivery, and business strategy execution.
✅ Enterprise IT Strategy – Managing B2B enterprise products, ensuring strategic alignment.
✅ Agile & Leadership – Driving Agile excellence and streamlining development lifecycles.
✅ Tooling & Process Optimization – Expert in JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Visual Paradigm, Axure RP, and workflow efficiency.