Kalpa Kalhara Sampath — Co-Founder
A self-motivated and hardworking individual who is target-oriented and self-driven to achieve goals. Able to use own initiative and work as part of a team. Proven leadership skills, flexibility, and communication are significant strengths. Good problem-solving and analytical skills. Highly developed research qualitative and analytical skills with a solid capacity to conduct independent research. Demonstrated ability to establish goals, and objectives and implement strategies through lesson planning and teaching experience. Proven ability to conceptualize problems and develop well-reasoned and integrated solutions, as demonstrated throughout M. Phil and Honours research. Academic by profession, having more than seven years of experience in lecturing/training in universities and corporate organizations. He had already trained over 3,500 professionals in Information Security, Digital Forensics and IT management. Researcher in the area of Information Security, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning and presented and published numerous research papers at the national and international levels. MPhil in CS (Reading) (UOP), B.Sc Hons in IT (Spec. in CS) (SLIIT), CASP+ (CompTIA), CC (ISC2), CCSK (CSA), CCNA CyberOps (Cisco), PCNSE (Palo Alto), CySA+ (CompTIA), RCCE (Rocheston), ACE (Aviatrix), CCNA (Cisco), NSE (Fortinet), CFR, CSC, CIoTSP (CertNexus), SC-100, SC- 200, SC-300, SC- 900, AZ- 500, AZ-900, MS-500, AI-102, AI-900, DP-900 (Microsoft), AWS-CCP(AWS), CSA (IBM), C)SA1 (Mile2), CSFPC (CertiProf), BTJA (Blue Team), OTCP (One Trust), CSIL-COA (CSIL), MCP, MCT, MCE, CCAI, CAI, CNSsP, CAP, CNSP, CCSP-AWS, OCP, JNCIA, ACI, CNSS, MIEEE, MACM, ACSSL, AAAI.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Educator and Researcher with extensive experience in training and curriculum development.
Location: Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Experience: 9 yrs 3 mos
Skills
- Cybersecurity
- Teaching
- Information Security
- Research
- Training
- University Lecturing
- Digital Forensics
- Artificial Intelligence (ai)
Career Highlights
- Trained over 3,500 professionals in cybersecurity.
- Published numerous research papers internationally.
- Proven leadership in cybersecurity education.
Work Experience
South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
Visiting Lecturer (1 yr 6 mos)
Cybersec Edge
Founder & Director (1 yr 10 mos)
Udemy
Content Creator (2 yrs 2 mos)
Packt
Technical Reviewer (2 yrs 3 mos)
WESTERN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE (WINC) LTD
Adjunct Lecturer (2 yrs 3 mos)
CompTIA
Certified CompTIA Trainer (2 yrs 10 mos)
CertNexus
CertNexus Authorized Instructor (3 yrs)
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM - Sri Lanka)
Visiting Lecturer (4 yrs 8 mos)
University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka
Visiting Lecturer (4 yrs 10 mos)
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified Trainer (5 yrs 3 mos)
Medium
Technical Writer (6 yrs 7 mos)
Cloud Security Alliance
Working Group Member (7 yrs 11 mos)
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Certified Academy Instructor (8 yrs 4 mos)
SLIIT Professional Development Programmes
Ethical Hacking and Digital Forensics Trainer (8 yrs 9 mos)
SLIIT
Academic Instructor (2 yrs 11 mos)
Researcher -Department of Computer Systems Engineering (SLIIT) (3 yrs)
Education
Master's degree at UNSW
Master of Philosophy (MPhil) (Withdrew) at University of Peradeniya
Honours Bachelor’s Degree at SLIIT
Patent Law and Global Public Health at Harvard Law School
Machine Learning Specialization at Stanford University
Short Masters Course at Charles Sturt University
Cybersecurity Specialization at University of Maryland
Introduction to Cyber Security Specialization at New York University
Statement of Participation at The Open University
Deep Learning Specialization at Coursera
TensorFlow in Practice Specialization at Coursera
High School at Ananda Sastralaya National School
