Asela Chaturanga

Asela Chaturanga

Design Engineer

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  • About me

    General Manager Operations at MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd

  • Education

    • Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura

      2008 - 2010
      Master of Business Administration (MBA)
    • St. Thomas College

      1980 - 1993
      A levels Mathematics 310 marks
    • University of Peradeniya

      1996 - 2000
      Bsc Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Second Class Upper
    • University of Virginia Darden School of Business

      2016 - 2017
      Accelerated Learning Program

      Covered Design Thinking

  • Experience

    • MAS ACTIVE LINEA INTIMO

      Oct 2000 - Sept 2002
      Design Engineer

      I kicked off my carrier as a Design Engineer for Linea Intimo . Being apart of the front end of the business I was linked with designing seamless wear through developing knitting programs for global brands like NIKE, Sara Lee, VS, Limited Brands, etc..Developing seamless wear programmes for such notch brands was a key opening for me,in uplifting my designing ability.

    • SEAMLESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

      Oct 2002 - Dec 2003
      Assistant Manager - knitting

      As the Knitting AM in SDC New Jersey I was responsible with Designing and developing different fabrications inline to the customer requirements . Working offshore I had over look the sourcing side of the business and made sure that the on time delivery was met. My venture in New Jersey was outbound as I worked alongside with foreign designers which was very interactive. In the meantime I was also involved with providing technical assistance to production facilities located in Sri Lanka and Israel. Show less

    • MAS Holdings

      Jan 2004 - Mar 2015

      "Quality is an act, not a habit " This was the motto I followed as the Quality assurance manager of Linea Intimo. The plant having produced over 400 thousand seamless wear pieces a month my role was to ensure that each and every piece which was shipped out was of utmost perfection to the customers requirement. Setting up and maintenance of QMS through the whole value stream enabled to built quality into product and process.I was also over-viewing a fully fledged fabric laboratory which was used for all means of fabric testing. Show less

      • Deputy General Manager- Operations

        Apr 2013 - Mar 2015
      • Quality Assurance Manager

        Jan 2004 - Mar 2013
    • MAS KREEDA INTIMO

      Apr 2015 - Nov 2018
      General Manager Operations

      Served as the General Manager - manufacturing for the NIKE value stream of Linea Intimo. I drove the overall strategy formulation and implementation by giving leadership to several quality and operational projects with the application of Lean tools. Nike recognized the plant as Gold rated performance for quality.The plant comprises a concept to carton facility under one roof and my responsibilities began from the inception of a particular style program unto its carton completion.Working for a plant dedicated solely for Nike seamless manufacturing, I looked into the production produced from the fabric mill which comprises over 100 circular knitting machines and 17 drum dye machines. I also managed the Sewing mill as well which comprises a carder of over 230 team members. Further more the plants engineering & maintenance sector fell under me which included of a central chiller and BIO mass boiler unit as well. I also drove the LEAN culture of the manufacturing side giving leadership to many quality and operational excellence projects aimed at upgrading the overall operational performance with the application of Lean tools. Show less

    • MAS US Holdings Inc

      Nov 2018 - Jun 2020
      General Manager Operations

      Served as the General Manager Operations at MAS USA seamless and hosiery manufacturing operations providing leadership to diverse work cultures. Through the application of Lean Black belt knowledge, plant productivity was doubled with a span of six months. Waste elimination programs with Built in Quality applications have made a savings of over USD 1mn so far.

    • MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd

      Aug 2020 - now
      General Manager Operations
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Data Science Visualization

      HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
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    • Technology Entrepreneurship

      HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
      Jun 2020
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    • Data Science Professional Certificate

      HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
      Apr 2020
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    • Leadership Development Program

      Centre for Creative Leadership
      May 2017
    • Hands on Gemba Kaizen, HIDA, Japan

      AOTS JAPAN
      Jan 2015
    • LEAN Manufacturing - NOS Certification

      Nov 2013
    • Six Sigma: Define and Measure

      Technical University of Munich
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • Lean Manufacturing - Black Belt Certification

      MAS Holdings
      Nov 2019
    • Six Sigma: Analyze, Improve, Control

      Technical University of Munich
      Jul 2020
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