Sampath Gunawardena Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Defining deliver framework in setting the strategic direction for delivery management, defining and implementaing of standads, processes and policies in alignment with the organisational vsion.

Sri Lanka

Senior Consultant for ICT Sector at MG Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. A global professional consultancy firm providing services in the areas of infrastructure, water management, transportation, Health, information and communication technology, and education.Program governance and advisory consultant for implementing a University Management Information Solution and business transformation initiative for a prime university in Sri LankaSenior Consultant for defining the business transformation strategy for Sri Lanka’s second largest social security fund (ETF board). A landmark consultancy assignment governed by the ICTA, Sri Lanka

Advisory and program governance consultant for implementing an ERP solution for a large tire manufacturing organization. This involved organizational readiness assessment, RFP management, product evaluation, selection and implementation advisory on how best the business aligns with the envisioned technical solution

Brandix i3 is the IT services company in the Brandix constellation. It brings together the talent and experience of the M3 ERP, IT and Process service divisions within the Group, to deliver ground-breaking, process-optimized, IT-enabled solutions to the global arena.Program governance for defining and implementing the Infor Talent Management solution for Brandix (Largest Apparel Manufacturer and exporter in Sri Lanka) and Project Governance for implementing and rollout of the HRIS solution for its 40,000 workforce in 38 geographical locationsHead of Delivery / Head of HCM (Human Capital Management) Solutions at Brandix i3 for its global Infor consultancy services, comprising of Infor M3 ERP and Infor Human Capital Management

Program Manager for a strategic business transformation initiative in re-engineering Virtusa's "Lead to Cash" (L2C) business process, considering Oracle E-Business Suite as its core platform.

Head of Delivery for a large Telecom Client in UK. He is responsible for managing more than a 200 memeber team in Sri Lanka delivery operations which consists of Professional Services, Software Development and Manged Services for the telco client.

John Keells Computer Services (Pvt) Ltd., CLP Managed Services Project(www.jkcsworld.com)Program Manager/ Project Manager (October 1999 to December 2003)CLP (Customer Loyalty Products) is the IT based solution used by a leading airline in UAE to manage their Frequent Flyer Program. Under the CLP Managed Services Project, John Keells provided support, maintenance and development services through its premises in Colombo.Sampath was entrusted with the responsibility to take the project offshore to Colombo, Sri Lanka and to set-up the offshore support and development center within a defined time frame. This task was successfully carried out with Sampath being responsible for the overall management of the project, in particular: defining the overall program strategy, setting up the standard operating procedures, defining the offshore model, building and grooming of the support team, on-site migration & takeover, the infrastructure set-up in Colombo towards successful live operations.

EDS Asia Holdings Ltd. is a company based in Singapore and one of longest established software companies in Asia. EDS is an IBM Business Partner and has been a distributor for Geac System 21 ERP software applications (formerly JBA System 21) for 16 years. System21 is an integrated enterprise wide suite of applications that provides information solutions based around the IBM iSeries 400 range of application servers. Further EDS Lanka was dedicated to developing, delivering and servicing business software for finance, distribution, manufacturing, human resource management and Retail Enterprise Management Systems. As the General Manager (Designated) he was required to define and manage the operational procedures, development and control of marketing strategies and programs for a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) within the organization.