Ranil Kulathunga Email & Phone Number

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Heading the Project Management Office (PMO).• Maintaining and clearly defining a company's standards throughout the process of each project's growth and implementation.• Prioritizing the projects and aligning them with the short-term and long-term goals of the company.• Utilizing the resources in the most efficient manner will keep the projects within the planned time and budget.• Ongoing risk assessments and mitigation across all projects.• Team building and coaching in daily project work.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• The Project Manager and SPOC for People's Bank, one of the largest state banks in Sri Lanka, on the outsourcing project for the ATM Switch and over 1000 Self-Banking terminals.• The Project Manager and SPOC for the Regional Development Bank's(RDB) outsourcing project for the ATM Switch, Card Management System, and Self-Banking terminals.• The Project Manager and SPOC for the ATM switch and self-banking terminals in the DFCC bank's digital enhancement project.• The Project Manager and SPOC for the ATM Switch, Card Management System, and self-banking terminal outsourcing projects for Sarvodya Development Finance (SDF) and Sansa Development Bank (SDB).• Responsible of managing Lankapay LPOPP, Payment Exchange Name (PEN), and Government Offline Biller Projects.• Accountable for every aspect of the projects, including leading a team capable of meeting or exceeding client expectations for their vision.• Excellent leadership abilities in managing the international and local project teams.• Expertise in working with bank executives at all levels of management, from CEOs to Line Managers.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• Managing the entire project life cycle from inception to project closure, including pre-sales, scope of work (SOW), software requirement specification (SRS), system development, testing, production deployment, and production support. • Managing client expectations, developing a detailed project plan, defining the scope of the project and assigning team members to specific tasks.• Accountable for overseeing both local and international stakeholders. • Experience in managing multiple clients and multiple projects simultaneously.• Creating an accurate timeline, ensuring tasks are completed within the confines of the assignment, monitoring the project progress, and managing and mitigating the risks associated.• In charge of keeping the clients up to date.• Experience in working and handling international development teams.• A working experience in configuring, operating, and monitoring ATM switches (such as ACI Postilion Realtime), Card Management Systems, Hardware Security Modules-HSM (such as Thales Payshield 9000).• Hands-on experience with the entire Card Management Life Cycle for VISA and JCB debit cards.• In charge of managing all types of product testing, including SIT, QA, UAT, and UVT.• In charge of handling EMV developments and terminal certifications (such as ADVT, M-TIP, and JCB TCI) for ATMs.• Managed the South Asia's first ever JCB/Lankapay co-branded Transit card top-up project for People's Bank.• Hands-on experience in installing, implementing, and troubleshooting different models of self-banking terminals, including NCR, Diebold Nixdorf, Hitachi, Nova iKiosk, Nova iCheque, etc.• A thorough knowledge of ATM communication protocols such as NDC & DDC as well as the CEN/XFS standard.• Having knowledge of interchange messages using the ISO 8583 standard• Experience in PCI-DSS and PA-DSS implementation.• Practicing Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) guidelines to manage the projects.• Proficiency with JIRA and MS Project.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

• A leading member of the development team for the first ever Cheque Image Truncation System (CITS) in Sri Lanka, developed by NCR Corporation for Sampath Bank PLC.• A member of the team responsible for the development, installation, and management of NCR's WebCTS Cheque Image Truncation Systems and Rule-Based Signature Verification Systems for HSBC Bank, Citi Bank, Sampath Bank, and DFCC Bank.• Responsible for gathering requirements, analyzing, designing, and documenting the Software Requirement Specification for time-critical solutions for the banks.• All contractors, consultants, third-party suppliers, and multinational project teams within each project are coordinated, monitored, and managed.• Responsible for application development using Java, C#.Net, ASP.Net, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle databases. And experience in IIS and Apache Tomcat Web Servers• Experience with hardware APIs such as the NCR iTran 180 high-speed cheque scanner, the Digital Check TS240, the Canon CR180, and Panini scanners.• Developing, installing, configuring, and troubleshooting NCR ATM software, such as the NCR APTRA Advance NDC.• Experience in generating powerful and dynamic reports using SQL and Crystal Report tools• Involved in payment industry Research and Development• Involved in Cheque Archiving, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, and Data Migration Solutions activities• Engaged in the development of mobile cheque capture and ATM cheque capture solutions• Participated in international payment system training in India and Thailand.• Worked on image-based payment transaction repository projects such as NCR NCompass Archive• Participated in the development and customization of NCR EIPS and Wise-IP• Led a team that supported and maintained time-critical CITS production activities.• Involved in the development of NDC and Cen/XFS

B.Sc In Computing And Information System, It, First Class Honours

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