Yohan Thilakarathne
Colombo
Summary
Certified Project Manager (PMP, CSM) with over 8 years of experience in Software development industry and Innovation across Europe, Australia and USA.
Successfully delivering enterprise applications worth upto USD 5M with exceptional leadership skills and an unconditionally optimistic mindset.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Rootcode
Colombo
11.2021 - Current
- Crafted project plans, pinpointed potential risks, established clear objectives, and diligently tracked progress towards successful completion. This involved overseeing a team of 15 members and achieving a 30% increase in project efficiency within 6 months.
- Identified areas of improvement in existing processes, procedures and systems related to the project delivery cycle.
- Implemented effective communication protocols with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance and cost efficiency.
- Devised proactive solutions to mitigate project risks and address emerging issues, ensuring adherence to quality standards and timeline objectives.
- Developed comprehensive product roadmaps to steer the development of innovative new products. These roadmaps served as strategic guides, outlining key milestones, feature priorities, and release schedules.
- Participated in design reviews to ensure usability standards are being met throughout the product development cycle.
- Facilitating scrum ceremonies and embodying the role of a servant leader for the scrum teams, I diligently worked to eliminate impediments and foster a harmonious working environment.
- Managed two products from conception to launch through cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and achieving successful market introduction.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to define product requirements and user stories.
Associate Project Manager
CodeGen International
Colombo
01.2020 - 10.2021
- Developed detailed project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Managed day-to-day operations of projects while ensuring successful completion within established deadlines.
- Resolved conflicts between stakeholders in a timely manner to prevent delays or disruptions in workflow.
- Conducted meetings and prepared reports to communicate project status with internal and external stakeholders.
- Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Led project planning sessions to map out timelines for feature releases.
- Created dashboards using various tools such as JIRA, Confluence, to track project progress and milestones.
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Retrospectives and Reviews.
- Maintained product backlogs, ensuring that items are well defined and prioritized based on business value.
SENIOR QA ENGINEER / QA ENGINEER
CodeGen International
Colombo
08.2016 - 01.2020
- Developed and implemented test plans for software applications to ensure quality assurance.
- Analyzed business requirements, technical specifications, user documentation, and other project documents to create detailed test scenarios.
- Conducted manual testing of applications including functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
- Reviewed product design documents to provide feedback on usability and functionality.
- Participated in Agile Scrum meetings to plan sprints and review progress towards completion goals.
- Performed root cause analysis for detected faults and developed corrective actions.
- Developed data-driven tests based on SQL queries against databases such as Oracle or MySQL.
Associate Automation Specialist
Virtusa
03.2015 - 07.2016
Education
Master's in Business Administration -
Cardiff Metropolitan
Cardiff10-2020
Bachelor's in Computer Science -
University College of Dublin
12.2016
Skills
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Team Leadership and Collaboration
- Risk Assessment and Mitigation
- Agile Methodologies
- Requirement Gathering and Analysis
- Product Management
- UX/UI Design Collaboration
- Software Quality Assurance
- Cost Management
- Project Roadmap Design
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Planning & Scheduling
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master
- Project Management Professional
- ISTQB -Foundation Level
Timeline
Project Manager
Rootcode
11.2021 - Current
Associate Project Manager
CodeGen International
01.2020 - 10.2021
SENIOR QA ENGINEER / QA ENGINEER
CodeGen International
08.2016 - 01.2020
Associate Automation Specialist
Virtusa
03.2015 - 07.2016
Master's in Business Administration -
Cardiff Metropolitan
Bachelor's in Computer Science -
University College of Dublin
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