Purna Gunasekara

PURNA KASUN GUNASEKARA Via Cesicolo 10, 37126 Verona, ITALY. Mobile: - Email:-Web: http://www.purnagunasekara.com EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS Oct.2014 – 2018 Free University of Bolzano, Italy Master in Computer Science (Specializing Software Engineering and IT Management) – Graduated on March 2019. Key areas of study Master thesis (How software developers find their contents when they have difficulty at a task in hand?) IT project management, Agile development practices, Android Application Developments, Semantic Technologies, Advanced web technologies (PHP/Tomcat/JSP,Jquery,Json,XML), Professional practice and projects, Requirements and Design of Software Systems, Software development and Databases, Statistical Methods, Human Machine Interaction, Software Process Management, IT service management, Software reliability and testing methods. 2006 – 2009 Anglia Ruskin University, UK. BSC (Hon’s) Computing and Information Systems (Graduated in September 2009). First Year’s course requirements were fulfilled by completing the Diploma in Information Technology at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2001 GCE Advance Level - Sri Lanka Applied Maths (B), Physics(C), Pure Maths(S), Chemistry(S) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY April 2019 Web Developer, Falk Travels, Brixen, Italy. Main Activities Developing web based applications with HTML, CSS, Java Script, Json, AJAX and PHP related technologies. Nov.2016 – Dec.2016 Internship, Scherer Group, Brixen, Italy. Type of Business Sales Main activities As an intern I am expect to create and develop web based applications using tools and Technologies such as html, css, bootstrap,Jquery, JavaScript and angular JS. Jul. 2015 – Sep. 2015 Erasmus Internship in web development, Dpointgroup (http://dpointgroup.com) Barcelona, Spain Main activities and Responsibilities Series of Activities including: Web development - WordPress, Joomla, HTML5, CSS, Jquery, AJAX, Bootstrap, Social Media Advertising, Search Engine Optimisation, Video Editing with Adobe Premiere. As part of my internship I had opportunity to work with few interns from different countries as well as I have been assigned a company tutor to review my Internship progress. I had an opportunity to contribute to internal web applications with open source tools such as php and HTML5 and CSS3 as well as I am given a software bundle that includes adobe premiere, after effects and Dreamweaver for the purpose of coding and video editing for social media platforms. Nov. 2012 – Sep. 2014 Computer Programmer, Ocean University (http://www.ocu.lk) Colombo 15, Sri Lanka Type of Business Education Company Profile Ocean University is the only university which conducts recognized Degree programs in the field of marine science and nautical Engineering in Sri Lanka. Main activities and Responsibilities Series of Activities including: Designing and developing Web based programs using PHP programming Language. Contributed to improving the university website. Several projects carried out in automation of Library, Human Resources, Transport and Stores Divisions. I had opportunity to carry out operations for the server which the LAMP stack is installed. Programs are mostly developed using PHP (Codeigniter framework), HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript and MySql database and some logo designed with Adobe Photoshop software. Oct 2011 – Mar 2012 Junior Designer/Developer, Yours Clothing Limited, Peterborough, United Kingdom (http://www.yoursclothing.co.uk) Type of Business Fashion/Textile/Clothing Company Profile Yours Clothing is the largest and most successful independent retailer of plus size fashion with sizes ranging from 14 to 32. As a junior designer/developer, I contributed to design company’s weekly, seasonal and monthly E-mail newsletters ready to be sent to clients and customers using programming and graphic tools such as HTML, CSS, and adobe Photoshop. I also had opportunity to liaise with employees with non IT backgrounds such as marketing consultants, photographers, editors and hired models. Jan 2011 – Oct 2011 Web designer/Developer (Volunteer-Part time), PECT Consultancy Ltd, Peterborough, United Kingdom (http://www.pcl-ltd.co.uk) Type of Business Energy services Company Profile PECT Consultancy Ltd supplies Gas and Electric to social landlords in empty properties. Also provides energy training and managing efficiency grants. As a volunteer, I have been given to improve, re-design and develop some segments of the Website which has been developed with HTML, CSS and Javascript development Languages. Dec. 2006 – Jun 2007 Junior Systems analyst programmer, Silvermill holdings Limited, Sri Lanka Type of Business Sales & Marketing Company Profile Silvermill group is one of the leading food and beverage manufacturers and Exporters consisting of over1000 Employees. Main markets include Asia and Western Europe. Within my working period of the company, I have been working to re-design/develop company’s payroll software using Visual Basic 6.0 and MsSql server database that has been developed using BASIC programming language previously. 2004 – Dec 2006 IT Trainee & Junior Computer Programmer, Star Garments Limited, Export Processing Zone, Katunayake, Sri Lanka. Type of Business Textile Company profile Star Garments Ltd is a leading clothing manufacturer with over 8000 Employees exporting high quality brand products to markets such as UK, USA and Europe, etc. Within the working/training period of the company, first I started as an IT trainee And received fully training on areas such as computer Hardware/Software Troubleshooting, configuring E-mail clients, Installing devices and Operating systems, Basic network troubleshooting for about a year. Based on my interest I have been shifted to programming division where I received Hands on training of system design, development and implementation of production/HR Departments, Database design with MS Sql Server and writing stored procedures along With Visual Basic 6.0 programming language. ADDITIONAL - I was a keen member of the Sunday Buddhist school association and competed in knowledgebase competitions, winning several awards. - Nominated as one of the Study Portals ambassadors for the global online educational platform “study portals” (http://www.studyportals.eu) in 2015. LANGUAGES SINHALA - Native ENGLISH – C1 level ITALIAN – A 1.1 GERMAN – A 1.1 INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES Keen interest in sports, and also fitness sports. Played cricket for local clubs, Photography and making video documentaries for online social media platforms, music, reading, cycling, Computing, travelling, web developments and meeting interesting people. My aim is to enhance my IT skills as far as possible in the future. REFEREES Available upon request.