Akila Uyanwatta

Akila Uyanwatta

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Associate Team Lead

  • Education

    • Dharmaraja College Kandy

      2002 - 2015
      Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: Science quiz team.

    • University of Moratuwa

      2016 - 2021
      Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) Biomedical/Medical Engineering
  • Experience

    • University of Moratuwa

      Sept 2018 - May 2021

      BSc (Hons) in biomedical engineering Contributed to tuning, piloting, assisting to optimize the motor configurations, increase responsiveness of a master’s degree project on developing a drone with a novel design and a control system

      • Undergraduate

        Oct 2016 - May 2021
      • Undergraduate Research Assistant

        Sept 2018 - Jun 2019
    • UNSW

      Jun 2019 - Dec 2019
      Intern

      Exploring security vulnerabilities of LoRa IoT platform.I've used LoRa Kerlink Wirenet station to create a sniffing station and RN2903A module to make end devices. Dragino gateway module was used to make an active LoRa gateway. Machine learning based channel hopping prediction was also attempted. Conducted a mobile data collection from Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra. Frontend and backend binding.This worked in a joint project between University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University Of Sydney (USYD). In UNSW, I was under the supervision of Prof. Mahbub Hassan. In USYD I was under supervision of Dr. Suranga Senevirathne and Dr. Kanchana Thilakarathna. Furthermore, I had Dr. Harini Kolamunna, Dr. Ralph Holz and Mr. Kwon Nung Choi in my team. Show less

    • Multi-Tech Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd.

      Jun 2020 - Sept 2020
      Software Consultant

      Worked as a software consultant for WHO funded project implemented by National Cancer Control Program and Multi-Tech Solutions (Pvt.) Ltd. Optimizing database management and changing database structure.

    • Enactor

      Feb 2021 - now

      Currently leading the payments integration team and Macys customer's in Sri Lanka. Payments integration team is integrating the company product with Adyen and Citcon payment services. Macys customer's team is developing the customisation layer on top of the company product.Worked in Payments team for spec writing for Dockerisation of the payment modules of the product.Worked in JYSK customer's team for spec writing and implementing customer requirements into the product. Reviewed work of SE's. Time estimations for tasks. Handled a portion of customer meetings which required technical knowledge. Show less

      • Associate Technical Delivery Manager

        Nov 2024 - now
      • Associate Team Lead

        Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
      • Senior Software Engineer

        Jun 2022 - Dec 2023
      • Software Engineer

        Feb 2021 - Jun 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • International Physics Olympiad Bronze Medal

      International Physics Olympiad
      Aug 2016
    • Python (Basic) Certificate

      HackerRank
      Oct 2020
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Akila Uyanwatta
      Bronze medal in 47th International Physics Olympiad International Olympiad Foundation Jul 2015 Bronze medal in 47th International Physics Olympiad 2016Held in University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • Awarded to Akila Uyanwatta
      Silver medal in 11th Sri Lankan Physics Olympiad Institute of Physics, Sri Lanka 2015 Silver medal in 11th Sri Lankan Physics Olympiad 2015Ranked 13th in the country
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Treasurer

      Issued by Rotaract Club of Kandy on Jul 2024
      Rotaract Club of KandyAssociated with Akila Uyanwatta
    • Physics Instructor

      Issued by University of Colombo on Mar 2018
      University of ColomboAssociated with Akila Uyanwatta