Frank Warnakula
M.Sc. in Cloud Computing, B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering
Certified Scrum Master, MCP, MCPD, MCTS, MCP, MCSD
10 Stanford Street
Cranbourne West, VIC--www.linkedin.com/in/frankwarnakula
Skype: live:frankw99xt
CAREER SUMMARY
I’m an experienced, skilled & delivery-oriented IT professional with over 13 years of experience in leading IT companies. My experience spans across working in diverse domains, markets having customers based in Australia, USA, Scandinavian region and Sri Lankan Government. Having exposed to a diverse client base & overseas working in a multi-regional environment has enhanced my communication skills, teamwork ability, on time quality delivery, value addition to the business, responsiveness, leadership and mentoring the teams to reach from good to great. My expertise areas include,
Strong Cloud, Web & Windows Application development skill base primarily sharpened on Microsoft .NET platform with C# coupled with solid SQL and hands on experience on ASP.NET/MVC, Azure, and JavaScript Technologies.
In-depth knowledge & experienced in Enterprise N-Tier Architecture, Full SDLC, Design & Scoping, Agile methodologies, Web Development specially on MVC architecture and Database Systems.
Proven communication, presentation & documentation skills with excellent leadership & interpersonal skills.
Experienced in software development and delivery for the healthcare domain in Melbourne (Geelong) as an offshore consultant in the capacity of Software Architect, Scrum Master, Team Manager, while being responsible for the offshore team.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Development Technologies, Languages, Frameworks & IDEs
.NET Frameworks 2.0-4.5, C#, ASP.NET, MVC 3/MVC 4, WinForms, WCF, Web API, VB.NET, VB6, Visual Studio-, LINQ, Dependency Injection
Web Frontend Technologies & Tools/ Cloud
Frontend (HTML5/CSS3), Ajax, jQuery, JSON, AngularJS, JavaScript, TypeScript, XML/XSLT, Infragistics/Telerik, IIS, Azure Cloud, AWS
Databases & Tools/ ORM
SQL Server-, Entity framework, MySQL, PostgreSQL
Development Processes & Tools
Agile (Scrum), TDD, UML, Rational Rose, NAnt, Log4Net, Genkins
Version/Source Control, Testing Frameworks & Tools
VSS, StarTeam, SVN, Git, NUnit, Moq, Microsoft Unit Test Framework
Architecture, Documentation & Project Management
Microsoft Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Project, Atlassian JIRA
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Company
City/Country
Position
Period
Vocus Communications
Melbourne
Australia
Front End Developer
07/2017 to TODAY
5 Months
99XTechnology
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Technical Architect
(With Scandinavian and Australian clients)
08/2008 to 05/2017
8.5+ Years
VirtusaPolaris
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Senior Software Engineer
(Worked with USA clients)
03/2004 to 08/2008
4.5 Years
Vocus Communications (https://www.vocus.com.au/)
99XTechnology (http://www.99xtechnology.com/) is a globally award-winning Software Product Engineering (SPE) Company specializes in Offshore Product Engineering with Agile/Scrum and serves the global market with quality SPE Services.
VirtusaPolaris (http://www.virtusapolaris.com/) is an International Software Company providing broad range of IT consulting, systems implementation and application outsourcing services. VirtusaPolaris has offices in USA, UK, Sri Lanka, India, Singapore, Austria, The Netherlands, Germany and Hungary.
PROJECTS & WORK EXPERIENCE
iPrimus Rebranding https://www.iprimus.com.au/ (07/2017 to TODAY) on Online Marketing
Developing a Responsive SPA Web App. Performance Optimizations, SEO support, API integration, Releases to live using HTML5, AngularJS, CSS3
carelink Air http://www.carelinkplus.com.au/ (02/2015 to 04/2017) on Healthcare domain
Designing and developing a Responsive SPA Web Application as a modernization of a legacy windows forms healthcare management system to increase the productivity of the end users by introducing mobility, intuitive user experience design and latest advancement of web technologies, using ASP.Net MVC/API, MSSQL, Entity Framework, Identity Server, AngularJS, AWS, KendoUI, Jenkins, Sort Site
Played the roles of Technical Architect, Lead & Team Manager.
Adra http://www.adra.com/ (08/2011 to 01/2015) on Accounting domain
Designing and developing a Responsive SPA Application for the accounting SAAS Product, using Microsoft .NET 4.0, SQL Server 2008/2012, ASP.NET web form, Web services, Crystal Report, JavaScript, CSS, BreezeJS, Durandal, KnockoutJS, Azure, ADO.NET, Entity Framework, HTML5
Played the role of Technical Lead
LankaGate https://www.gov.lk/welcome.html (05/2011 to 07/2011) on e-Gov domain
Portlet development to the Sri Lanka’s government portal for 3 departments, using Liferay Portal Server, Java, JSP, Service Bus
Played the role of Technical Lead
Corena ISPEC http://www.corena.com/solutions/ (11/2010 to 05/2011) on e-Document domain
Added enhancements to the technical publications solutions of S1000D Electronic Technical Document Management System, using Oracle, Java, J2EE
Played the role of Technical Lead
Anti-Malware Product (04/2009 to 11/2010) on Computer Security domain
Implemented the features of Installation/Un-installation wizard, Product Licensing & Upgrading, Manage Product, Manage Network Nodes, Tasks Scheduling, Reports, Alerts, Manage Policies, Application Settings, using C#, WCF, SQL Server
Played the role of Technical Lead
Tempus http://tempus.no/ (08/2008 to 04/2009) on Time & Attendance domain
Enhanced the Time and Attendance module of the Tempus suite of applications adding features, using VB.NET, Infragistics, SQL Server
Played the role of Senior Developer
Aetna QRS https://www.aetna.com/ (06/2007 to 08/2008) on Insurance domain
Responsible for monthly releases, issues related with data and system’s behavior. Directly involving with Business as an onsite Lead and Interfacing with Offshore development team as an onsite Lead, using C#, MS SQL server 2000, Visual Basic 6.0, XML/XSLT, DTS
Played the role of Senior Developer/On site Lead
Epicore Retailstore http://www.epicor.com (May 2004 to June 2007) on Point of Sale domain
Enhancing the Point of Sale (POS) Application of the Epicore Retail Store product for the Core based on the customer’s requirements. Integrating the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application to the POS system based on customized requirements, using MS SQL Server, VB.NET, C#, Visual Basic 6.0, ASP .NET Web services, ASP .NET Web Applications, Oracle 9i, Crystal Reports
Played the role of Senior Developer/On site Lead
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Workload and Performance Aware Capacity Planning
Research Conducted using Machine Learning technologies and AWS with the scoping of “How to estimate capacity requirement of a three-tier web application given the workload and performance targets?”.
[M.Sc. thesis on Cloud Computing]
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Science in Cloud Computing - (01/2015 – 06/2017)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. http://www.mrt.ac.lk/
Bachelor of Science Engineering (Hons.) in Computer Science & Engineering - (04/2000 – 03/2004)
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. http://www.mrt.ac.lk/
Microsoft Certified Professional
Certified Scrum Master
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP INITIATIVES
University Relationship Initiative for 99XTechnology
Enhanced the University Relationships to the level 99XTechnology could attract and retain the Best young talents from all the Universities across Sri Lanka by offering a personalized industrial apprenticeship/internship program, introducing Pre-Intern Project Experience (PIPE), conducting over 100 knowledge sharing sessions and increasing the industry collaboration for the Final Year University Projects. Organized Interns Summit, Student Camps, Inventors challenge Competitions and enhanced the visibility and the presence of 99XTechnology.
Talent Bandwidth Initiative for 99XTechnology
Enhanced the Onboarding experience for the newcomers, initiated a value & result driven mentoring program to fast track developing the employees of 99XTechnology. Organized Industrial Meetups to enhance the visibility and digital presence of 99XTechnology among the Sri Lankan IT community and introduced a result oriented Employee Referral Program to expand the hiring Pool for 99XTechnology.
Social Media Initiative for 99XTechnology
Enhanced the visibility and presence of 99XTechnology on Digital Media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) through innovative ways and involved and actively engaged in formulating a strategy to drive Social Media initiative of 99XTechnology
VOLUNTEERING WORK
President & Committee Member of CS&ES (Computer Science & Engineering Society) (Alumni of Computer Science & Engineering Department, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka)
Initiated Big Brother Big Sister Mentoring for the students of the department to enhance the relationships among the Alumni, Students and Staff of the Department. Initiated Internship Reflections for the Interns collaborating with the Sri Lankan IT Companies. Organized a Software Engineering Conference. Conducted Knowledge Sharing sessions to other Universities under the theme “Sharing is Caring”.
Board Member of Colombo Friend in Need Society (CFINS), Sri Lanka (CFINS is an NGO providing artificial limbs to the Amputees and Disabled) as a volunteer
Enhanced the web site for CFINS http://www.cfins.org/. Organized remote camps for Artificial Limb donation.
INTERESTS
People Relations
Cricket, classical music, food, travelling and enjoying the beauty of nature
REFEREES
Darren Walker
Manager, Product Sustainability
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Icon Global Solutions Pty Ltd http://www.carelinkplus.com.au/
2/73 Malop St
Geelong VIC 3220
Australia
Mano Sekaram
Chief Executive Officer
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99XTechnology
http://www.99xtechnology.com/
#65 Walukarama Road
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka
