Kumudu Bandarage

CTO

Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka20 yrs 4 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20 years of experience in Development and Project Management.
  • Led critical projects transitioning Pearson to AWS Cloud.
  • Expert in Agile methodologies and coaching teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Agile Project Manager with expertise in EdTech and AI-driven development.

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Skills

Core Skills

It Project & Program ManagementCoachingAgile LeadershipAgile Project ManagementProject ManagementProject Delivery

Other Skills

Stakeholder EngagementService Delivery OptimizationDecision-MakingAccount ManagementSoftware Project ManagementScrumIT Service DeliveryAgile MethodologiesAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject Management Office (PMO)TrainingGuest LecturingMastersCorporate EventsQuality Assurance

About

Overall: 20 years of demonstrated experience in Development, Quality Engineering and Project Management with exceptional leadership, process improvement, delivery and managerial skills. Using Amazon Q AIDLC (AI driven development life cycle) platform for planning, predicting & monitoring quality product delivery on time while managing developer efficiency & productivity Over 11 years of experience in Agile & traditional project management disciplines and Scrum/Kanban Pearson: Delivered the top critical Janus (Mastering) project in Pearson in moving the second largest revenue generating (400M USD per annum) Pearson platform to AWS Cloud. Managed the Mastering BAU team consisting 9 teams (8 SL/1US) consisting 60+ members with a dedicated Core of 2 DEV Directors, 2 DEV Managers, 2 QE Managers, 5 Product Team and Program Management. Spearheaded Pearson Agile Training team and TAMI Initiative (Team Agile Maturity Index) which are two of major PMO goals for each year. E25: Owning complex project deliveries run across multiple project teams (Minimum project 250,000 USD) plus platinum client maintenance and new feature delivery. Overlooking & helping the company to align on agile with focused training while further streamlining & improving the overall delivery process. Amused: Responsible for overall delivery. Identifying and implementing process BPs, streamlining and enhancing proper work conduct to ensure customer satisfaction with expected quality. Reporting, KPIs plus tracking anomalies for improvement. (Revenue 2M-4M USD monthly) Enabling, coaching & training Scrum Masters, Product Owners, BA and Teams for agile/scrum practices.

Experience

Homey

Head of Technology & Delivery

Mar 2026Present · 0 mo · London Area, United Kingdom · Hybrid

  • Leading AI enabled Product, Deisgn, Engineering, Quality, PMO, DevOps and Support, Editorial functions
Stakeholder EngagementService Delivery OptimizationDecision-MakingCoachingIT Project & Program ManagementAccount Management

Bcas campus

Visiting Lecturer

Jan 2025Jul 2025 · 6 mos · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka · Remote

  • Conducting Lectures for MSc Project Management batches for Professional Practice module
Guest LecturingProject ManagementMasters

Scrum alliance

Committee Lead Regional Scrum Gathering Sri Lanka

Nov 2024Apr 2025 · 5 mos · Sri Lanka · Hybrid

  • Regional Scrum Gathering℠ is a two-day event where you will meet like-minded agile trainers, coaches, product specialists, technology leaders, non IT leaders, and agile enthusiasts. You'll hear amazing keynote speakers, participate in open space sessions, and deepen your knowledge. You can also earn Scrum Education Units (SEUs) for attending.
  • EVENT INFORMATION
  • Scrum Alliance, Business Agility Tune up (Pvt) Ltd. and Business Agility Tune up - Communities, are hosting the biggest Agile and Scrum gathering in Sri Lanka for the 2nd time, and this time as an in-person conference in April 2025. Colombo is going to witness an extravaganza on Agile events, speeches, games, networking, and much more.
  • We welcome each and every Agile enthusiast to join Regional Scrum Gathering Colombo 2025 at a hotel at the heart of Colombo, Sri Lanka. We are expecting speakers from Sri Lanka and from around the world!
  • Event Site: https://www.businessagilitytuneup.com/rsgcolombo2025
Agile LeadershipCoachingCorporate Events

Amused group

2 roles

Delivery Manager

Promoted

Sep 2023Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hybrid

  • Responsible for overall delivery. Identifying and implementing process BPs, streamlining and enhancing proper work conduct to ensure customer satisfaction with expected quality. Reporting, KPIs, Aging PRs, Analysing team performance plus tracking anomalies for improvement.
  • Enabling, coaching & training Scrum Masters, Product Owners, BA and Teams for agile & scrum practices.
  • Using Amazon Q AIDLC (AI driven development life cycle) platform for planning, predicting & monitoring quality product delivery on time while managing developer efficiency & productivity
Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject Management Office (PMO)Project Delivery+2

Delivery Lead

Mar 2023Sep 2023 · 6 mos · Hybrid

Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject Management Office (PMO)Project Delivery+2

Business agility tune up (pvt) ltd.

External Consultant

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • We can help you to co-creating blueprints for sustainable change with valuable results that matter to your stakeholders and teams by facilitating awareness, alignment and agility in your transformation efforts.
  • We Engage in Transformative Agile leadership Coaching, Organizational Design & Product Management Consulting & Agile Competency Development.
  • Contact us agilitytuneup@gmail.com
Agile LeadershipSoftware Project ManagementScrumAgile Project ManagementIT Service DeliveryAgile Methodologies+2

Scrum alliance

Committee Lead Regional Scrum Gathering Sri Lanka

Apr 2022Nov 2022 · 7 mos

  • We are excited to host RSG Sri Lanka for very first time to Ignite our Local and global community to achieve personal and Business Agility. Its a fellow ship of Agility. I have been appointed as an Committee Lead for this event. https://www.rsgsrilanka.com/
Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject Management Office (PMO)Project Delivery+2

Eight25media

Senior Project Manager

Mar 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Eight25Media is a Silicon Valley based website development agency, helping high growth companies and recently funded startups.
Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject Management Office (PMO)Project Delivery+2

Business agility fellowship international - bafi

Chief Community Growth Officer

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • A fellowship that Influences Business Agility Dialogue at National-Global level to uplift Business Agility Capabilities. https://businessagilityfellowship.org
Agile LeadershipProject Delivery

Pearson

8 roles

Project Manager | Scrum Master

Feb 2021Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Managing the 'Mastering' product which is the second highest revenue generator for Pearson with 9 teams based in US (1) and in SL (8) with a total head count of 60+. We are the largest product team in Pearson SL driven on Agile Scrum and practices from SAFe which are suited for steering large, critical diverse project deliveries.
  • Key point of contact for Agile Trainings in Pearson SL (PMO Goal in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020,2021)
  • Key point of contact for Lecturer Refresher Program in Pearson from SL PMO
  • Initiative owner for TAMI (PMO Goal in 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Drive quarterly planning and iteration planning all the way through to production release.
  • Keep all stakeholders informed with regards to project status, risks and issues.
  • Update project metrics in a timely manner.
  • Identify areas to improve productivity and subsequently define corrective action.
  • Drive projects using Scrum.
Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject DeliveryTraining

Associate Project Manager | Scrum Master

Promoted

Oct 2018Feb 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject DeliveryIT Project & Program Management+1

Senior Team Lead - PMO

Sep 2017Sep 2018 · 1 yr

Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementProject DeliveryIT Project & Program Management+1

Senior Lead - Software Quality Engineering

Oct 2015Sep 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Overlooking on the overall project quality and deliverables
  • Grooming and mentoring the team members
  • Manage quality engineering best practices among 4 other teams
  • Quality reviews over other assigned team deliveries
  • Confirm adherence of QE department goals by all teams
  • Drive QE initiatives across board and support for monitoring
  • Eliminate any issues and provide necessary guidance to team
Agile LeadershipscrumAgile & Waterfall MethodologiesProject ManagementIT Project & Program ManagementTraining

Quality Assurance Lead

Promoted

Oct 2013Sep 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

Quality Engineering Manager for CDDAR

Apr 2013Apr 2015 · 2 yrs

  • CDDAR stood for Course Design Development and Research. These teams were mainly responsible for delivering the 3 types of Portal services for new Pearson user engagements which were: (1) LS Standard Portals (2) Customized LS Portals and (3) MLP.
  • Originally these teams were in USA and I was the key point for the project transition to SL, team setup and process setup for SL. After the transition we've done many enhancements and improvements to process to help us aid to deliver faster than the previous. We've done more than 200 Production releases in SL it self. Later, We got an opportunity to get engaged with a project with Facebook on FB for business.

Associate Quality Assurance Lead

Apr 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos

Senior QA Engineer

Sep 2010Apr 2012 · 1 yr 7 mos

Virtusa

Software QA Engineer

Jan 2007Sep 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Projects:
  • (1) Rigor Project (Internal App) | Title: QA Engineer / Business Analyst
  • (2) Vista AMM | Title: QA Engineer
  • (3) BTW – British Telecom Wholesale | Title: QA Engineer
  • (4) BT- ORPG ASG Project | Title: QA Engineer
  • (5) Metavante Customer Support (Staff Augmentation) | Title: Senior QA Engineer - Stretch Role
  • Roles and Responsibilities:
  • +Silk Test Automation on UI tests
  • +Performance Testing
  • +Assist in preparation of Installation Guide and Client Release Note
  • +AMM Deployment and Database Maintenance
  • +Assist in preparing the Quality Indicators (QI) Document
  • +Staff Augmentation project which involves direct work, communication with the client it self
  • +Transition was done by the project member who is a consultant in Hyderabad Virtusa

Ifs

Trainee Software Engineer

Aug 2004Nov 2005 · 1 yr 3 mos · Sri Lanka

  • Application Developement using C# .NET, SQL Server.
  • +Involved in requirement analysis, design and development
  • +Functionality in IFS Application modules were developed using C# .NET with added customizations for Singer Thailand
  • +Core modules were developed such as Advance Payment, Sales Returns, Material Request and all Inventory modules.
  • +Involved in XML data generation and the integration
  • +Involved in project reports

Education

Canterbury Christ Church University

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Jan 2016Jan 2018

The Manchester Metropolitan University

BS.c (Hons) — Information Systems

Jan 2002Jan 2006

Ananda College

Ordinary Level Studies

Jan 1990Jan 2000

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