Shahen Perera Email & Phone Number

Sri Lanka

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Leading the delivery of software project in portfolio of clients in Middle East, APAC and Europe. This includes clients in Banking and Financial Services (BFS), FinTech, Property Management, Modern Warehourse Management Services, Transportation, Environment Projection etc.> Establish strategic portfolio plan> Revenue and profitability growth of accounts> Coordinate the planning and initiation of portfolios at various levels of completion> Monitor progress, budgets and schedules of portfolio> Communicate with portfolio and project stakeholders> Supervise the work of project managers> Develops criteria for evaluation portfolio and proposals> Creates rules and procedures for making portfolio decisions> Compiles and distributes portfolio status reports, budget expenditures, etc.

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Lead multiple software development accounts which are delivering mission critical software clients across the globe using Agile software development frameworks mainly Scrum and Scale Agile. Be the main go to person when it comes to software deliveries for the portfolio of accounts in Middle East, APAC and Norway.• Lead multiple software development accounts in achieving their project deliveries tocustomers across the globe• Help & guide clients in defining their objectives and achieving them• Monitor and assess software development activities using scrum Agile softwaredevelopment framework and guide teams in achieving what is planned.• Work on achieving organizational objectives within the portfolio.• Understand stakeholder and provide meaningful reports.• Manage client relationships• Work on account growth and get teams aligned to overall growth plans within theportfolio.• Manage team grievances and get the best out of teams.• Be a resource person & promotor of Agile software development frameworks acrossthe organization

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

Drive, manage and deliver Digital Transformation & Finance Enablement Product Line's projects for Enterprise Application Group of Virtusa using Agile methods. Work closely with the team to define the vision, keep everyone on the right track and ensure common priorities feeding this into the prioritization of work ensuring that all products are built to an appropriate level of quality.

Sri Lanka

Enterprise Business Intelligence (Private) Limited1. Support the effective delivery of the projects in line with appropriate budgets, relevant resources and appropriate timescales.2. Provide strategic direction and leadership for project delivery.3. To develop objectives for EBI.4. Provide effective leadership and project management to a wide number of projects including monitoring and controlling all financial, programming, quality matters and work at the earliest opportunity of significant risk management issues as appropriate.5. Develop and maintain formal procedures and policies for the product and solution development & delivery, covering all aspects of how the unit operates and how projects are planned and executed.6. Promote a culture of pro-activity, innovation, transparency, collaboration and flexibility in all aspects of the work of project delivery.7. Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by a team in order to ensure the most valuable and proper functionality of the product.8. Create & promote agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks.9. Partners with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization.10. Serve as the voice of the client to develop, own, and execute product roadmap.11. Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.12. Develop scope and define backlog items (version/epic/features/user stories) that guide the agile software development team and be the Agile Coach13. Lead project planning, coordinating resources and manage project progress for successful delivery.14. Managing relationships with clients, vendors and other stakeholders during project delivery.

Sri Lanka

Just in Time Technologies Private Ltd• Lead the growth of Disruptive Technologies & Digital Transformation Unit and software development practice.• Work with the customers to map the customer Digital Transformation journey and digitize workflows to gain value.• Engaged with customers proactively and identify potential business opportunities where practical and workable solutions could be developed based on disruptive technologies to resolve client's technical and business requirements.• Increased savings by initiating and fostering relationships with vendors to communicate on problem-areas and work closely to resolve.• Conceptualized and deployed enhanced product features and optimized implementation via agile project management & delivery.• Performed the role of an Agile Coach to implement the scrum delivery.

• Managed multiple project teams in Agile/Scrum environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies & exceptional leadership skills.• Initiated & delivered projects, including managing costs, risks, schedule & performance with a delivery team over 40 members with Software Engineers, Business Analysts, DBAs and Support Engineers etc adhering to CMMi Level 3 & ISO 9001 requirements.• Developed implementation methodologies to produce project costs while meeting key milestones for Sri Lankan, African & Asian corporate clients in their digital transformation journeys.• Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.• Developed executive presentations & reports enabling project evaluation.

Sri Lanka

• Exceed customer expectations and met KPIs and SLAs relating to overall operations, project completion and service delivery & liaised with clients from cross-functional teams based on different geographies for speedy solution delivery. • Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands adhering to financial reporting control framework (FRCF), ISO & PCMM Level 3. • Drive projects including Digital Transformation, Business Process Re-engineering & System Implementation initiated by the WNS and its corporate clients in UK & USA by managing resources, time and budget. • Adjusted job assignments and schedules to keep pace with dynamic business needs, factoring in processes, employee knowledge & customer demands.• Identify opportunities to enhance productivity, efficiency, quality control and customer satisfaction through business process re-engineering and continuous process improvements using ‘Lean and Six Sigma’ methodologies in a business environment that operates under ISO 9001 standard specifications.

Sri Lanka

Engaged in providing various accounting, business analysis and business solution services for UK & Australian SMEs.

Sri Lanka

Prepared reports on bank's lending, provisioning, bad debts etc for the Board of Directors, Senior Management & Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

Master Of Science In Project Management, Project Management

Master Of Business In Finance, Business/Finance

Member Of British Computer Society, Information Technology

Certified Business Accountant Of Sri Lanka, Accounting And Finance

Master Of Science (Msc), Strategic Marketing

Member Of Associaton Accounting Technicians Of Sri Lanka, Accounting And Finance

Primary & Secondary Education

Activities and Societies: Played school cricket from under 13, under 15 and under 17 age group teams