Ranjeewa Weerasinghe

 
Portland, OR
Mobile: 503.984.1792
Email: info@ranjeewa.com 

Summary
Experienced technologist with exposure to entire project lifecycle, from proposal writing to production support. Experienced in early-stage startups, non-profits, and Fortune 100 companies. Proponent of lean & agile methodologies and test-driven development. Track record of leading projects to successful completion.

Experience 

stealth-mode startup

September 2010 to date

Architect

Vancouver, WA

First technical hire in this financial products start-up. Advising founders on technology & platform strategy. Establishing development practices for technical hires. Creating cloud-based infrastructure for development and deployment. Implementing proof-of-concept applications. Hiring and leading technical teams.


Collaborative Software Initiative

January 2010 to August 2010

Core Developer

Portland, OR

CSI builds and deploys enterprise software products using a unique collaborative approach and open source technologies.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Group


April 2007 to January 2010

Technologist, Agency Markets

Portland, OR

Liberty Mutual is the sixth largest P&C insurer in the United States and a Fortune 100 company.

ACS Government Solutions Group

October 2002 to April 2007

Technical Architect/ Technical Lead/ Senior Software Engineer

Portland, OR

ACS is a Fortune 500 BPO company. Its Government Healthcare Solutions group develops and maintains enrollment/eligibility processing systems for Medicaid & CHIP programs in many states.


Association of American Medical Colleges

May 2001 - October 2002

Systems Developer – Enterprise Apps

Washington, DC

Developer in charge of CurrMIT – online curriculum management tool used by every US and Canadian medical school. Prototyped next-generation medical college application system using Jini and JavaSpaces to synchronize remote, disparate databases.


WebMD Corporation

January 1999 - January 2001

Senior Software Engineer/Project Lead

Portland, OR

Led geographically dispersed teams in implementing projects for WebMD consumer health portal. Involved in all stages of design and development, including product specification, architectural design, implementation, and test plan creation.

Sapient Health Network (acquired by WebMD)

November 1996 - January 1999

Senior Software Engineer

Portland, OR

Key member of technical team as company progressed from venture-driven start-up phase, through several revisions of business objectives until acquisition by WebMD.

Education/Certifications
Project Management Institute (March 2007)
Project Management Professional (PMP)

Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform (June 2002)

Portland State University, Portland OR
Certificate in Project Management (December, 2000)

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
MS Computer Science (August 1996)

University of Houston, Clear Lake, TX
BS Computer Science (May 1993)

Skills