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Colombo, WP, LK

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Managed & provided technology solutions to BFSI customers using the Oracle technology product stack.
• Handled the largest Oracle Cloud account in the country with US$ 480K ARR and grew the cloud usage by over 70%.
• Aligned Oracle architects & product managers to help the customer with development and migration of their core banking platform to Oracle Cloud.
• Worked closely with system integrators and Oracle partners to create multiple opportunities and ensure smooth implementation of projects.
• Educated customers on new Oracle products and solutions.
• Built & maintained trust and close relationships with customers by delivering on expected outcomes.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Developed and sold hardware/software solutions for Digital Transformation of manufacturing businesses.
• Created Wi-Fi infrastructure solutions for an apparel firm to create transferable infrastructure at lower cost for leased plants.
• Developed and implemented solutions based on ELV, remote sensing, IoT technology for smart building infrastructure.
• Worked with multiple vendors, maintaining relationships with principals and partners to negotiate pricing.
• Collaborated with Internal and external stakeholders on creating technology road maps for large manufacturing companies.
• Ideated and promoted IT infrastructure solutions to clients in the manufacturing, hospitality, and tea industry using HP, Cisco, Microsoft and VMware technologies.

Malabe, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Reduced cost and improved uptime of office infrastructure by partnering with a leading technology provider.
• Lead the IT department to drive process improvements and reduce workflow bottlenecks in the company.
• Virtualized the IT environment using existing servers enabling the company to maximize its resources for scalability.
• Restructured the Wi-Fi network layout to improve connectivity and improve productivity of staff.
• Implemented a remote support tool which resulted in a 40% increase in productivity of the IT team.
• Implemented Google Apps to increase productivity through collaboration with calendaring, shared drives, and mobile access.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Analysed transport-attendance efficiency problem at Omegaline Ltd and designed solution that reduced transport cost by 30%.
• Led the Dialog – Kingslake partnership and formulated the most effective go to market strategy for SmartApps.lk
• Configured and implemented the SmartApps.lk server infrastructure at the Dialog Data Centre in Malabe.
• Established Google Apps partnership for Kingslake expanding its product portfolio.
• Consulted customers on decision-making for IT infrastructure projects by advising on hardware sizing and liaising with hardware vendors for effective pricing.
• Designed office networks and systems on multiple platforms including open source products to provide cost effective and robust solutions.

• Designed & implemented the VPN connectivity to head office with all its branches using OpenVPN technology providing a 70% OPEX reduction.
• Migrated all physical servers to a virtual environment running on an IBM BladeCenter with Microsoft Hyper-V Technology.
• Designed, coordinated and implemented the complete network & electrical infrastructure of the head office in Colombo and branch office in Akkaraipattu
• Recruited and trained IT trainees who were then promoted to system administrators under my supervision.
• Developed processes, policies and procedures for overall technology infrastructure at company.

• Experience in Windows & MAC OS, Anti-virus servers, Windows servers, Linux servers, LAN design and management.
• Implemented Active Directory, DHCP, DNS and a centralized antivirus server as per the IT roadmap.
• Managed the company website, domain names and gained experience in migrating between DNS providers.

B.Sc Computing, Information Technology

Professional Diploma In E-Technology, Information Technology

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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