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Yasiru Abeygunawardana

Senior Manager - Business Solutions
Colombo

Summary

A senior Scrum Product Owner with over 14 years of experience with a dynamic SaaS and PaaS portfolio, and managing multiple product owners in an agile environment.

Specialities: Portfolio management, DevOps, IoT, Cloud Computing, Agile Project management, Business solutions, Marketing planning, Product management, Product marketing, Investment appraisal, budgetary control, time series analysis and forecasting, variance analysis, process development.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
16
16
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Manager – Business Solutions

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
Colombo
03.2021 - Current

Lead a team of product owners to develop, launch and manage SaaS and PaaS enterprise products in an agile environment, collaborating with sales, finance, legal and customer support teams.

Senior Manager - Data, Devices & Ent. Strategy

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
Colombo
01.2015 - 02.2021

Managed the product owners for Data and Device businesses, including setting the strategic direction for the products and also handled a special assignment to overlook the strategic direction of Enterprise business.

Product Manager - Broadband and Devices

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
Colombo
03.2012 - 12.2014

Headed the fastest growing Broadband and Device products for Mobitel and was instrumental in growing the broadband revenues 250% over two and a half years. In a parallel role as the device manager, I increased the device portfolio significantly and grew the device revenue by 80% over one year.

Product Manager - Post Paid

Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd
Colombo
01.2010 - 02.2012

Served as the head of Mobitel's post-paid product portfolio covering retail and enterprise markets.

Engineer - Master Planning

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
Colombo
11.2007 - 12.2009

Was part of the engineering planning team and was responsible for amalgamating all the sub-divisional network plans and aligning the engineering with company business objectives.

Education

MBA - Business Administration

University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Australia
02.2017 - 04.2019

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Telecommunications

University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
09.2003 - 11.2007

MCIM - Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing
London, UK
06.2011 - 11.2016

ACMA, CGMA - Management Accounts

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
London, UK
06.2003 - 07.2006

Digital Marketing - Digital Marketing

Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing
Colombo, Sri Lanka
07.2020 - 05.2021

Machine Learning - Machine Learning

Stanford University
Stanford, USA
01.2021 - 04.2021

Model Thinking - Model Thinking

University of Michigan
Michigan, USA
07.2021 - 11.2021

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
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Certification

  • Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)

Interests

  • Hiking
  • Travel
  • New Technology
  • Programming

Timeline

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO®)
05-2022

Model Thinking - Model Thinking

University of Michigan
07.2021 - 11.2021

Senior Manager – Business Solutions

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
03.2021 - Current

Machine Learning - Machine Learning

Stanford University
01.2021 - 04.2021

Digital Marketing - Digital Marketing

Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing
07.2020 - 05.2021

MBA - Business Administration

University of Southern Queensland
02.2017 - 04.2019
  • Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing (MCIM)
11-2016

Senior Manager - Data, Devices & Ent. Strategy

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 02.2021

Product Manager - Broadband and Devices

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
03.2012 - 12.2014

MCIM - Marketing

Chartered Institute of Marketing
06.2011 - 11.2016

Product Manager - Post Paid

Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd
01.2010 - 02.2012

Engineer - Master Planning

Mobitel Pvt Ltd
11.2007 - 12.2009
  • Associate Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA)
07-2006

Bachelor of Science - Electronics & Telecommunications

University of Moratuwa
09.2003 - 11.2007

ACMA, CGMA - Management Accounts

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
06.2003 - 07.2006
Yasiru AbeygunawardanaSenior Manager - Business Solutions