Praneeth Weerasekara Email & Phone Number

Sri Lanka

Identifying market trends, assessing customer needs, and determining the product/technology vision and roadmap.Conducting market research to understand the target audience, competition, technology innovations, and industry trends to gather insights to inform product development decisions.Ensuring a seamless and engaging user experience through collaborating with designers, engineers, and customers to create intuitive solutions, design comfortable and ergonomic garments, and optimize user interaction.Overseeing the end-to-end product development process, ensuring milestones, and meeting deadlines by coordinating with cross-functional teams to track progress, identify and mitigate risks, and maintain effective communication to keep the projects on track.Collaborating with cross-functional teams such as design, engineering, customer, and manufacturing to ensure the successful execution of the product vision, including product plans, feature sets, specifications, and timelines.

Sri Lanka

Developed comprehensive plans for electronics-integrated sports performance products, consumer electronic products, and consumer health products, where the project work involved setting goals, defining timelines, and establishing critical milestones for each development phase.Facilitated effective communication, collaborated with designers, engineers, suppliers, and other stakeholders, and ensured everyone is aligned with the program's objectives.Identified and assessed risks related to development, production, supply chain, quality, and other areas, developed strategies, and implemented measures to minimize their impact. Sought opportunities to enhance the wearable technology product development and manufacturing process by analysing data, gathering stakeholder feedback, and initiating improvements in production techniques, material selection, and operational efficiency.

San Francisco Bay Area

Directed, Managed and Lead technology entrepreneurship, in the material and wearable technology spaces. Performed technology appraisals on new technology solutions to facilitate investment decision making and a deciding on partnership models. Conceptualized and lead product development that stem from collaboration with partners and technology solution providers.

San Francisco Bay Area

I worked as a technology scout to identify the relevant technologies which goes in line with the consumer and business needs. I engaged in Assessing technology providers to check the technological conformity with MAS’s technology and business strategy. I Guided Sub divisions of MAS through innovation process by actively participating in novel technological and product development specially in wearable technology products.Wearable Technology: Wearable technology road map and technology assessment- Actively taking part in defining the key areas in wearable space focusing on the growth of the company - Landscaping the wearable and other related areas for new technology developments and assessing them based on technology and business strategies- Assessment process includes, a technology due diligence and followed by IP, quality and commercial due diligence- Sharing the knowledge gathered from previous work on wearable technology with other project teams to ensure delivery of quality work- Developing assessment criteria to assess electronic manufacturing service (EMS) providers

50, Foster Lane, Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

Identification of possible relevant technologies through technology scouting and mapping them with the consumer and business needs. Assessment of technology providers to check the technological conformity with the technology and business strategy of the company. Guiding Sub divisions of MAS through innovation process by actively participating in novel technological and product development.

Breaking a consumer problem or consumer need to different functions and building relationships with each to identify the critical function(s). Developing hypothesis to arrive at solutions for identified critical functions. Eco system development for the selected solutions (Technology Partners).Assessing technology partners to identify the most suitable candidate to deliver a solution.Negotiating with technology partners to develop solutions for consumer need / consumer problem.

Bringing Concepts into Products.Developing products upon business requirements or by utilizing newest technology / material / process available. Identify technology providers to develop products for future.

Organising Laboratory Classes for students. Marking their assignments, tutorials and Laboratory Work.

Improve the production process by introducing a web based process management system.Analyze the employees' attitudes toward the company and the top management.Determine the degradation of a pesticide's active ingrident concentration

Executive Mba

Ms, Nanoscience And Nanotechnology

Activities and Societies: Table Tennis, Hiking, Music, Organizing events Researched on various topics of nanotechnology like.

Bs, Applied Sciences

Activities and Societies: University Explorers' Club Chemical Society Art Circle Table Tennis Team Captain of the Table Tennis team.