Chalana De Silva, PSM®

Experience

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  Epic Lanka Group

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2020

  Business Development Executive

  • Familiarized with all products and services offered by our company.• Procured new clients through direct contact, word-of-mouth, and collaboration with the marketing department.• Attended networking activities to research and connect with prospective clients.• Maintained meaningful relationships with existing clients to ensure that they are retained.• Suggested upgrades or added products and services that may be of interest to clients.• Crafted business proposals and contracts to draw in more revenue from clients.• Equipped staff with the technical and social skills needed to enhance sales.• Reviewed clients' feedback and implemented necessary changes.• Remained in tune with trends in consumption to ensure that our offerings remain relevant. Show less

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  Gennext (Pvt) Ltd

  Oct 2020 - Sept 2021

  Business Develop Manager

  • Developed quotes and proposals for clients.• Planned and oversaw new marketing initiatives.• Contacted potential clients to establish rapport and arrange meetings.• Researched organizations and individuals to find new opportunities.• Increased the value of current customers while attracting new ones.• Developed goals for the development team and business growth and ensured they were met.• Trained personnel and helped team members develop their skills.

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  Epic Lanka

  Sept 2021 - Nov 2022

  Associate Project Manager

  • Accomplished with project management tools.• Maintained project data for effective project communications, problem-solving, and eventual historical retrieval; Developed a detailed project plan to monitor and track progress.• Performed with the project team to identify risks and plan for risk response and mitigation.• Briefed delivery leadership on status, risks, and issues.• Carefully handled production circumstances with timely resolutions & and time status updates to all key stakeholders.• Managed changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs using appropriate verification techniques.• Proficient in all the scrum ceremonies. Show less

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  SYNAPSYS LTD

  Nov 2022 - May 2023

  Associate Project Manager

  • Managed projects from initiation to closure while adhering to the company's ISO-driven processes and standards.• Conducted brainstorming sessions to plan and define the project scope with the stakeholders.• Prepared project proposals, budgets, and determined project effort estimations.• Endorsed management to formulate strategies, policies, and plans toward achieving project delivery in line with time and budgets.• Recognized project resource requirements, and managed resource utilization.• Evolved and updated project schedules to deliver the promised outcome in both agile and waterfall-based environments.• Analyzed and proactively managed risks and captured appropriate corrective actions.• Communicated project status, progress on deliverables, and risks/ issues to the stakeholders of the project in a timely manner.• Coordinated user training and user acceptance tests.• Maintained quality standards of the project deliverables according to the defined metrics.• Implemented security improvements by assessing risks/ industry trends based on recommendations from security specialists. Show less

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  Softcodeit

  May 2023 - now

  Associate Project Manager

  • Using project management tools to track project performance and schedule adherence • Lead all the scrum ceremonies.• Requirement analysis for features, enhancements, and change requests.• Developing detailed project plans to monitor and track progress.• Lead daily project sync-up, ensure that project delivery is tracking on time, and mitigate blockers with the team.• Managing changes to the project scope, project schedules, and work hours using appropriate verification techniques.• Efficiently managing production incidents with timely resolution and responding back to the Customer Success team.• Allocating of resources based on availability.• Working with the project team to identify risks, plan for risk response and mitigation.• Providing project metrics and other status updates in a timely manner to all stakeholders. Show less