Ashan Abeysekara
Shrewsbury, MA ad4pvu@r.postjobfree.com LinkedIn 508-***-****
Accomplished senior executive with over two decades of experience proficient in crafting and executing strategic roadmaps, demonstrating prowess in synchronizing business and IT endeavors across diverse organizational domains. Entrusted with the oversight of IT landscapes, charting strategic trajectories, and harmonizing present and future IT capacities with business objectives. Acknowledged both internally and externally as a trailblazing leader, renowned for delivering cutting-edge systems and pioneering solutions through the adept utilization of contemporary technologies.
Skills:
Management:
Oversite Portfolios, Program, Project, P/L Budgets, Leadership, Strategic Planning, Risk, Stakeholder, Change Management, Team Development, Merges, Acquisitions, IT InfoSec & PMO operation.
Certifications:
Project Manager (PMP)
AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-CO2)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP-C02)
Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
IT Service Management (ITIL4)
Professional Experience:
Apple Inc. Client of SGU
Sr. Program Manager 07/2023 – 03/2024
Oversite sustainability materials program (C&D construction and Demolitions) at Apple, achieving 85% reduction in carbon emissions and saving operational costs.
Managed 12 cross-functional teams nationwide and directed and budget forecasting.
Tools: MS Project, Tableau, Clarity PPM, Confluence, and ServiceNow.
NatWest Group Client of SGU
Sr. Technical Program Manager Infrastructure Refresh 01/2023 - 07/2023
Directed a complex Infrastructure Refresh for organization objectives with a $5.6M budget, overseeing data center upgrades and setup relocated old Colo to new Colo & set up new DR location.
Oversite migration of 400 SAN ports 2500 VMs, move 800 VMs to AWS with DevOps ready, new setup six PowerMax 8500 replicated 30 PTB via SRDF, Data retention with Iron Mountain.
Tools: Waterfall, Hybrid, MS Project, Teams, Power BI, Clarity PPM, ServiceNow
Bank of Montreal Bank (MBO) Client of SGU
Sr. Project Manager - Mergers and Acquisitions Digital Payments 05/2022 - 01/2023
Implemented Bank of the West merger and acquisition migrates credit/debit products and cut off payment network from Fiserv to FIS control budget of $15M.
Controlled all aspects of project management & PMO reporting, and tools used Waterfall, Hybrid, MS Project, Power BI, Clarity PPM, and ServiceNow.
Army & Air Force Exchange Service Client of SGU
Sr. Technical Project Manager Infrastructure Refresh 11/2021 - 03/2022
Transformed end to end project management leading infrastructure refresh project transferring IBM mainframe workloads to AWS reduces MIPS with a budget of $4.5M.
Tools Waterfall Methodology, MS Project, Clarity PPM, MS Teams, and ServiceNow
Santander Bank Client of SGU
Sr. Technical Project Manager – ATM Infrastructure 04/2021 - 10/2021
Coordinated ATM (NCR/Diebold) refresh project across 250 locations in northeast managed hardware and ATM smart client upgrades.
Controlled all project aspects including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, budgeting, communication, and reporting.
Tools Waterfall Methodology, MS Project, MS Teams, and ServiceNow
Sunrise Group USA - SGU
Senior Executive Portfolio & Program Manager 01/2021 – Present
Oversite Portfolio & Program to achieve clients organization objectives.
Provided consultancy and portfolio services to client C-Level executives and managed diverse programs & projects.
Oversite P & L, CAPEX, OPEX management, RFP, RFQ, RFB
Boston Technologies
Sr. IT Executive – Portfolio/Program Manager 01/2007 - 11/2020
Controlled 40+ nationwide programs across diverse industries, P & L oversite, OPEX management
Managed portfolios of IT technology & banking Software
Tools: Fiserv, FIS, SWIFT, ATM, ISO 20022, Waterfall, Agile, MS Project, AWS, Azure, SAP, EBS, SDLC, IBM mainframe, SAN, VMware, Cisco, and switches Colo and DR.
Oversite P & L, CAPEX, OPEX management, RFP, RFQ, RFB
DBS Bank of Singapore
Sr. VP – Banking & IT Infrastructure 01/1999 - 12/2005
Oversite IT infrastructure, ATM, SWIFT, Colo, DR critical banking applications 30 team of engineers, application developers, project managers and team development.
Design roadmaps and implemented technology across platforms, oversite P & L, CAPEX, and OPEX management.
Solve complex issues and structured & unstructured.
Aston Electronics Sri Lanka
Technical Support Manager Enterprises Solutions 02/1990 - 09/1999
Provided nationwide systems support for various technologies including HP, ATM, SWIFT, and IBM Mainframes.
Managed client projects and programs, specializing in Cobol programming.
Education:
B.Sc. – Electronics & Computer Engineering
MBA – London Business School
Entrepreneurship Certification – Harvard Online University