Danula Fernando Email & Phone Number

Colombo, Wp, Lk

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

- Function as a Product Owner for the Capital Markets Team.- Plan sprints using JIRA while following agile methodologies.- Write stories capturing the proposed solution for ongoing Change requests.- Analyze the product/solution impact and build acceptance criteria of CRs together with the team. - Review test cases and verify the test coverage. - Facilitate functional refinement with the development team members.- Maintain a well-defined and prioritized product/solution backlog with consistent refinement.- Conduct complete product demonstrations and end-user training sessions for existing customers. - Coordinate with product owners to track cross-team dependencies towards resolution.- Seek continuous improvements to sprints, documentation standards, and requirements traceability.

Sri Lanka

- Carry out weekly and monthly data extraction and upload tasks within strict deadlines.- Identify Finance SAP issues and see through to resolution by identifying business requirements. - Introduction of KATAs for continuous improvement that keeps processes efficient.- Assist on projects or special initiatives (such as regression on Finance concentration). - Work in an Agile/Lean environment.- Creation of Automation processes through MS Power Automate.- Creation of Power BI dashboards.- Creation of Reports to analyze KPIs/PIs through support desk tools and Power BI.- Support new process implementation, in designing and developing new IT solutions.

Albany, New York Area

- Responsible in guiding students throughout Microsoft Excel assignments. - Weekly three office hours of student interaction.

Albany, New York Area

- Tutored for Economic Statistics, Intermediate Microeconomics and Intermediate Macroeconomics. - Assisted students to understand conepts, assignments and quizes.

Albany, New York Area

Understood the ongoing business process and the internal communications structure. - Interviewed over thirty employees throughout the company to understand their roles within the organization. - Presented on the business process and cultural attributes of Pitney Bowes Software.Researched and familiarized flagship products. - Participated in various product demonstrations in order to understand the functions of different products. Analyzed and presented results of global renewals data. - Extracted time series data from database ‘Hana’ and created a data set using Power BI. - Visualized and analyzed the data set using Power BI and Excel in order to identify patterns. - Presented the identified results of seasonal and cyclical patterns to fellow co-workers. Optimized the monthly reporting process using Macros that were created using VBA in Microsoft Excel. Updated accounts information through CRM platforms such as Salesforce, Cognos and SAP.

Albany, New York Area

Conducted market research that contributed to the development of the Treebu brand message and business plan as the company prepared to launch the Digital Media platform. - Created SWOT analysis reports of competitors to identify the market and reported on pricing structures and marketing strategies of their products. - Projected revenue for the company and generated visuals to display on the business plan and pitch deck presentations. Conducted research to identify theories that could be used to optimize revenue from the user base. - Reported on pricing structures and marketing strategies of competitors. - Suggested Informative advertising as a revenue stream, that was in line with the company objectives. Created Pitch deck presentations. - Generated visuals and graphics that summarized business plan information. Participated in workshops representing the company that helped understand crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.

Master Of Arts, Economic Forecasting

Activities and Societies: Thesis: “Does Material Inventories mediate the relationship between PMI and Output Growth?” Advisor: Prof. Kajal.

Bachelor Of Science In, Economics, 3.75

Activities and Societies: Dean’s List of Distinguished Students – Fall 2016 / Spring 2017 Active Member of Albany Internationals’ Soccer.

Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Member of the American National Soccer team.