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Technical Project Manager. Scrum Master. Senior Technical Project Specialist.

Bridging business goals and technology with a background that combines software engineering, enterprise systems, project leadership, and business strategy.

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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 journey expanded into software development, research, project management, and business strategy with a focus on seamless project execution, reduced delays, and enterprise-wide agility.

Experience focus

Hemnette — Software Project Manager

November 2009 – Present · Colombo, Sri Lanka

Facilitates internal cross-functional Scrum teams.
Works as the “glue” between business and technical teams in a highly Agile environment.
Introduced processes, tools, and technologies from scratch as an initial team member.
Acts as main vendor representative for technical requirement analysis and elaboration.
Manages L2 / technical support teams after go-to-market.

Telstra — Senior Technical Project Specialist

March 2021 – Present · Melbourne, Australia

Enterprise delivery exposure with Australia’s largest telco service provider.
Works with project managers, product owners, and technical product owners.
Supports delivery of enterprise products that meet client expectations.

Tools, processes & certifications

Delivery toolkit

Scrum / Agile
Jira and Confluence
Visual Paradigm
Zephyr
Axure RP
Zendesk support

Additional certifications

Interpersonal Communication
Business Analyst and Project Manager Collaboration
Agile Foundations
Critical Thinking
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®

My journey

2026

Presented MFRP research paper in the Annual Research Conference, Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

2024

Completed the MBA at PIM Sri Lanka, reinforcing alignment between technology and business strategy, with an A for the research project.

2022

Enrolled in the MBA program at PIM, expanding leadership and business strategy knowledge.

2018

Worked at Telstra as a Senior Technical Project Specialist through a secondment opportunity.

2016

Managed Hemnette's flagship OrderExpress program for Telstra, including customer channels, lifecycle management, API interfaces, UX, and data migration.

2015

Obtained PMI-ACP and CSM certifications after identifying the need to move formally to Agile.

2013

Earned PMP certification, strengthening structured project execution.

2011

Joined Hemnette, formed development teams, analysed business/technical domains, and worked with architects for solution designs.

2010

Promoted to Branch Manager at Yadabyte, stepping into leadership and project management.

2005

Worked as a PHP developer and software engineer while managing the Sri Lankan branch of Yadabyte; also gained C, PHP, MySQL and LAMP stack experience.

2003

Transitioned into full-time PalmOS software development.

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.

1995

Earned a full scholarship at London Business School (Sri Lankan Branch) due to a strong passion for computing.

Working style

Technical depth, structured delivery, and business-facing communication.

That combination is most useful when projects need clarity across people, process, and technology.

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