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Dhanika Wijesekara

Glen Waverley

Summary

Seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of comprehensive experience in designing, implementing and deploying ERP solutions and system integration projects. Possessing a proven ability to successfully deliver customer solutions by managing technical architecture in complex and challenging customer environments.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology

Deloitte
10.2021 - Current
  • Manage the implementation phase of the Australian Submarine Corporation (ASC) Digital Transformation project as a technical solutions lead and oversee the technical architecture of the transformation.
  • Lead and coordinate the project milestones of client deliverables.
  • Manage and supervise technical resources to achieve optimal performance.

Technical Solution Manager

IFS Australia Pty Ltd
02.2021 - 09.2021
  • Managed the implementation project of the IFS Human Resource solution for Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) in Abu Dhabi, including the management of IFS internal resources and partner resources
  • Contributed to white papers on IFS integration design strategy and other technical areas
  • Part of the company-wide global expert team for developing tailoring guidelines of the new IFS Cloud solution, discussing the optimal situations for using configurations, customizations and integrations. Led the integration section of the guideline
  • Played an advisory role for Dell Boomi integrations in APJMEA (Asia Pacific, Japan, Middle East and Africa) region
  • Supported the pre-sales team with Business Intelligence solutions in their preparatory work for client presentations

Senior Software Architect

IFS Australia Pty Ltd
02.2020 - 01.2021
  • Led the upgrade of the IFS manufacturing solution for SAAB Australia, including data migration and data auditing between systems
  • Supported the International Maritime Industries (IMI) project in Saudi Arabia as a special technical resource
  • Designed and implemented a data access framework to support record level data restrictions in IFS applications for IMI customer and presented this solution to the R&D department as a potential solution for access restriction limitations in IFS Applications. Three other customers, Royal Courts Authority (RCA) in Oman, Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) in Abu Dhabi and SPIE Netherlands B.V are using this framework now

Software Architect

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
08.2019 - 01.2020
  • Worked as the technical lead of the Royal Courts Authority (RCA) project in Oman. Mapped customer's technical requirements to IFS Applications. Handled management of technical resources including resources from GCSO
  • Designed and implemented the Generic Approval Framework solution for IMI customer which can be used as the approval workflow solution in any project. Two other customers, Royal Courts Authority (RCA) in Oman and Global Aerospace Logistics (GAL) in Abu Dhabi are using this framework now
  • Customized the Primavera integration to change standard data mappings for South African customer Lesedi

Principal Software Engineer

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
01.2017 - 07.2019
  • Worked as the technical specialist of integration projects of multiple customers. Designed and implemented new integration components
  • Determined the feasibility and limitations of challenging technical requirements via prototype developments
  • Handled performance enhancements of existing solutions
  • Customized the standard ArcGIS integration to transfer data from IFS to ArcGIS related tables for customer Port of Duqum
  • Developed a vsto plugin with a custom ribbon in Excel to import data from free formatted Excels for GAL presales demo
  • Worked as the quality and standard controller of Upgrade projects
  • Developed a prototype mobile plugin using IFS mobile framework for a location tracking demo for customer Port of Duqum

Lead Software Engineer

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
03.2015 - 12.2016
  • Principle developer of the Flight Scheduling System - Tail Planning - for Emirates Airline. The software solution assists Emirates with resource planning as it is a tool to schedule their flights in the most economical way
  • Involved in developing external framework components to further enhance the EOI framework, such as primary key validations and referential integrity
  • Developed features for file exports, security framework, performance enhancements with multithreading and web service

Lead Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • Promoted as the team lead for the North America team in the Development Services division
  • Handled all types of customizations for customers in the United States
  • Was the main developer in implementing a map solution for a US Customer - Trans Northern Pipelines - by integrating ArcGIS maps to IFS applications. Java scripts was integrated with APF web controls to display the map and its layers
  • Was the main developer in implementing a C# plugin for a US customer - Instron - by integrating Sales and Marketing Client and Bizapis. A plugin was developed to communicate with the customer’s web services using standard IFS Bizapis to feed the Sales and Marketing Client.
  • Involved in the developments of several interfaces such as Barcode interface, Credit Card interface which were sold to customers as separate products
  • Conducted trainings in the United States, the Netherlands and Sri Lanka

Senior Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
02.2009 - 12.2011
  • Promoted to mentor new developers
  • Overlooked the quality assurance and coding standards of projects implemented by new developers
  • Heavily involved in assisting team members with troubleshooting
  • Member of the Development Services Foundation Forum, which is a collaboration of the Framework team members and the Development Services team members to handle and improve the designs of customer solutions
  • Member of the Development Services Technical Forum which specializes in handling the technical issues within the Development Services division

Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2008 - 01.2009
  • Involved with the R&D team to contribute to the development of the distribution component of IFS applications and the release of new versions of the applications
  • Implemented internal tools to improve the efficiency of development cycles of application releases

Trainee Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2004 - 12.2007
  • Followed the IFS training program on IFS framework, IFS development tools and programming on IFS applications

Technical Director

Tsunami Tsolutions
11.2023 - Current

Education

Master of Science - Advanced Software Engineering

University of Westminster
United Kingdom
01.2011 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Information Technology

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
Sri Lanka
01.2004 - 12.2007

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Curtin University of Technology
Australia
01.2004 - 12.2006

Skills

    IFS Web Services (BIZAPIs, REST)

IFS Dell Boomi Integration

BI (EOI-KPIs, IFS BI Tools, Power BI)

Field Service Management

Geographic Information Systems (ArcGIS)

Data Migration (Excel Data Migration, External File Assistant, Migration Jobs)

Primavera

Upgrade Projects

Configurations (Custom Objects Framework, Lobbies)

IFS Security (User Profile and Permission Sets)

Mobile Client (Mobile Work Order, Notify Me)

Graphical User Interfaces (Aurena, IEE, IFS Web Client, Centura)

IFS Extensions (EOI, PSO, FSM)

Reports (QRP, Designer, Crystal)

Additional Information

Name: Andrew Stimpson

Designation: Managing Director

Company: Tsunami Tsolutions (Middle East)

Tel: +971558995707

Email: astimpson@tsunamitfn.com

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Name: Raj Sailappan

Designation: Consulting Manager

Company: IFS Australia Pty Ltd

Tel: +61415564020

Email: raj.sailappan@ifsworld.com

Software

Software Development

Software Design & Architecture

System Integrations

Analytical Thinking

Problem-Solving & Conflict Resolution

Leadership

Agile Development Processes and Principles

Coaching & Mentoring

Creative Thinking

Team Player

Communication Skills

Proficiency in C#, Java, JavaScript, CSS, XML, ASPNET, VBNET, Oracle PL/SQL, MS SQL

Timeline

Technical Director

Tsunami Tsolutions
11.2023 - Current

Senior Manager, Enterprise Technology

Deloitte
10.2021 - Current

Technical Solution Manager

IFS Australia Pty Ltd
02.2021 - 09.2021

Senior Software Architect

IFS Australia Pty Ltd
02.2020 - 01.2021

Software Architect

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
08.2019 - 01.2020

Principal Software Engineer

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
01.2017 - 07.2019

Lead Software Engineer

IFS Middle East FZ LLC
03.2015 - 12.2016

Lead Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2012 - 02.2015

Master of Science - Advanced Software Engineering

University of Westminster
01.2011 - 03.2013

Senior Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
02.2009 - 12.2011

Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2008 - 01.2009

Trainee Software Engineer

IFS R&D International (PVT) LTD
01.2004 - 12.2007

Bachelor of Science (Honours) - Information Technology

Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology
01.2004 - 12.2007

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Curtin University of Technology
01.2004 - 12.2006

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