Shimantha Perera

Scrum Master

Senior Project Manager

Shimantha Perera (BSc, CSM, ITIL)

Responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across multiple business units. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle.

Possess sound knowledge of agile project management methodologies, iterative software development methodologies, ERP project management methodologies, and comprehensive end-to-end knowledge of ITIL best practices.

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What I Do

As a Senior Project Manager

Plan and manage operational policies and strategies at the project/program level
Develop project plans, define project approach, scheduling, and contingency plans as needed
Ensure that the required statistical reporting is completed and disseminated as appropriate
Oversee and take responsibility for project/program-level quality control and performance management
Manage project budgets and be accountable for maintaining agreed profit margins
Oversee the change management process and participate in the change control board activities
Ensure projects are delivered with agreed governance
Oversee project-level invoicing and collections
Decompose more complex problems and processes into logical parts compose more complex problems and processes into logical parts
Be a scrum master to the project teams and coach/mentor the project team on the agreed agile process and best practices

As a Scrum Master

Be a scrum master to the project teams and coach/mentor the project team on the agreed agile process and best practices
Enables teams to self-organize, self-manage, and deliver via supporting and enforcing effective agile practices
Help the team coordinate with other teams and communicate status to management as needed
Facilitate the Scrum meetings
Remove impediments and foster an environment of high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and relentless improvement
Organize relevant people for resolving issues and bottlenecks
Manages team members and personal aspects
Provide assistance to technical leadership to ensure people aspects don’t hinder Sprint Deliverables
Setup and configuration of SCRUM management tool, backlog, spring planning, KPIs, and reports
Decompose more complex problems and processes into logical parts
Deal between the development team and Product Owner

Clients

Resume

7 Years of Experience

Education

2020

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master

2019

Virtusa

Virtusa Certified Scrum Master

2018

Axelos Global Best Practices

ITIL V3 Foundation Certification

2015

Net Assist Institute,

Oracle SQL Expert 11g Certification

2013

Coventry University

B.Sc. (Hons) in Network and Mobile Computing

2011

Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology

Diploma program in IT

2009

Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology

Foundation Level Diploma Program

2008

Diploma in ICT

IDM Institute

Experience and Project Portfolio

2021 - Current

Mitra Innovation Pvt. Ltd.

Project Manager

Project: Triton Product Development

Client: DygiSec, Singapore

Duration: 2022 Dec to Present
Project: Cloud Portal Development

Client: Mauritius Telecom, Mauritius

Duration: 2022 Dec to Present
Project: Middleware Innovation

Client: Wing Money, Cambodia

Duration: 2022 July 2021 to Present

2021 - 2021

Omobio Pvt. Ltd.

Project Manager

Project: Dialog.lk (revamp)

Client: Dialog Sri Lanka

Duration: March 2021 to June 2021

2020 - 2021

KPMG Technology Solutions

Project Manager

Oracle ERP implementation projects

Project: Oracle enterprise performance management(EPM) implementation

Client: LB Finance

Duration: April 2020 to February 2021
Project: Oracle EAM implementation & support

Client: Aitken Spence

Duration: April 2020 - February 2021
Project: Oracle ERP support

Client: Commercial bank

Duration: April 2020 to February 2021
Project: Oracle e-GL implementation

Client: National Savings Bank

Duration: April 2020 - February 2021
Project: Finance module enhancements

Client: SLT Mobitel

Duration: April 2020 - February 2021
Project: Oracle I-Expense implementation

Client: Serendib Flour Mills

Duration: August 2020 - February 2021
Project: Automated tax file

Client: Java development

Duration: April 2020 - Aug 2020

Product Development

Product: Transaction monitoring system

Client: Java development

Duration: April 2020 - October 2020
Project: Product: Timex system (project management tool)

Client: .Net development

Duration: April 2020 - October 2020
Product: Transaction monitoring system

Client: Java development

Duration: April 2020 - October 2020

2013 - 2020

Virtusa Pvt. Ltd.

Project Manager

Product: Infor ERP Cloud Software, United States

Role: Project Manager

Duration: October 2019 to April 2020
Project: Federal Express Pacific LLC, Singapore

Role: Project Manager

Duration: September 2016 to April 2020
Product: British Telecommunications (BT), United Kingdom

Role: Associate Consultant – Infrastructure Operations

Duration: February 2016 to September 2016
Product: Gerber Technology, United States

Role: Senior Engineer – Infrastructure Operations

Duration: February 2013 to February 2016

Key Competencies & Skills

Leadership

100%

Team Building

100%

Critical Thinking

90%

Future Focused

90%

Creativity

80%

Negotiation

85%

Agile Scrumn

100%

Project Management

100%

Program & Account Management

90%

Change Management

100%

Business Continuity Planning

80%

Tools & Technologies

JIRA

85%

Confluence

70%

MS Project

60%

MS Excel

75%

MS Powerpoint

100%

Figma

80%

ServiceNow

80%

Slack

80%

Lucid Chart

80%

Fresh Desk

80%

Sports and Activities

VIRTUSA mercantile cricket team from 2012 to 2016
Maris Stella College Cricket Team 1998 to 2006
Member of the APIIT Swimming Team 2010/2011
Member of the APIIT Marshal Arts Team 2010/2011

Extracurricular Activities

Member of Virtusa toastmasters club 2014 to 2017
Member of Maris Stella collage old boys’ association
management committee.
Member of the APIIT Tantalise organising committee 2010

Non-related Referees

Mr. Anushka Mendis
Senior Project Manager
MG Consultants (PVT) LTD
Mobile: +94 77 858 5840

Mr. Dulith K Pathirage
Senior Project Manager
MG Consultants (PVT) LTD
Mobile: +94 77 858 5840

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