Wasundara Ranasinghe

Wasundara Ranasinghe

Engineering Trainee

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  • About me

    Program Manager | Scheduling - Service Applications - IFS RnD | Specialized Areas : IFS Scheduling, PSO, Service Applications, Service Management, FSM, EAM BSc Eng. (Hons), MBA

  • Education

    • Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya, Colombo 07

      1994 - 2008
      Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: School Senior Prefect in 2006 Awarded as the class 1st and won the class price consecutively for two years for exceptional academic performance in Advanced level in Mathematical stream while maintaining an exceptional academic record at the school.Obtained the best results of the class and placed as island 624th(District rank 225th) at G.C.E A/L 2008 in Mathematical stream.

    • Kingston University

      2023 - 2024
      Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science (Software Engineering) Computer Science (Software Engineering) Second Upper Class
    • University of Moratuwa

      2009 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical and Process Engineering 2nd Upper Class

      Activities and Societies: PROJECTS INVOLVED Final Year Design Projects (Group): Design a plant to produce Ethylene starting from Naphtha as the raw material. (Individual): Design a Transfer Line exchanger to the above mentioned Ethylene plant. In plant Training Period: Improve the efficiency of the existing DAF system at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation, Oil Refinery, Sapugaskanda. June Term Project: Manufacturing of a suitable Disinfectant for Hotel Industry. Placed in Dean’s List for exceptional academic performance in 7th semester.Actively participated in organizing major events at the university; (Musical concert- fund raising event “Sandakada Pahana” organized by the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, SLUG 2013 hosted by university of Moratuwa, AGM 2013 organized by DCPE)RESEARCH BACKGROUNDSuccessfully submitted a paper on “Characterization of Natural Rubber compounds filled with Cassava Starch.” Objective of… Show more Placed in Dean’s List for exceptional academic performance in 7th semester.Actively participated in organizing major events at the university; (Musical concert- fund raising event “Sandakada Pahana” organized by the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, SLUG 2013 hosted by university of Moratuwa, AGM 2013 organized by DCPE)RESEARCH BACKGROUNDSuccessfully submitted a paper on “Characterization of Natural Rubber compounds filled with Cassava Starch.” Objective of this research is to investigate the enhancement of biodegradability of Natural Rubber (NR) filled with Cassava Starch (CS) with an aim of developing a new biodegradable slipper - Paper Accepted Show less

    • University of Moratuwa

      2016 - 2019
      Master of Business Administration - MBA in Entrepreneurship

      Activities and Societies: Research Study - "The Effect of Corporate Entrepreneurship Practices on Organizational Innovation"

  • Experience

    • Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

      May 2012 - Nov 2012
      Engineering Trainee

      Training includes,Understand the existing processes, Major Equipment and draw Process Flow Diagrams for each unit.Observe the utilities, Compressed air unit, Cooling water systems, Steam Generation, Power generation and waste water treatment processes.Observe the internal configuration of the equipment and be familiar with the shut down and start up processes.Observe the Fresh water treatment processes and water storage systems.Observe instrumentation, Movement, storage & transportation of Petroleum Products.Visit Welding unit, Refinery Laboratory and Study ASTM standards.Complete the mini project - Improve the efficiency of some existing processes e.g. DAF system, minimize energy wastage in the plant. Show less

    • Moraspirit Initiative

      Dec 2012 - Jan 2014
      Performance Analyst

      Volunteer work as Year Plan Follower - Measuring Progress of the events in the event calendar each month and presenting that to the Head personnel via a comprehensive report.

    • IFS

      Mar 2014 - now

      Help delivering solutions for Service Application - Scheduling and Workforce Management, Planning Scheduling and Optimization, Automatic Scheduling Engine, Dispatch ConsolePerformance Improvement Feature Enhancements on Dispatch Console and PSO integration.Understand and analyze complex product requirements and transfer into technological solutions and communicating this with software Engineering Team. Refinement and breakdown the requirements into prioritize deliverables in the release.Involved in developing features around Single go to page for the Dispatcher - The Dispatcher Console in IFS Service Management.Driving and working together with the developing team to deliver the scope.Collaborate with EXFW(Experience FrameWork) and UX(Interaction Designers) to Creating user journey, User Flows, User Story Map and design and developing prototype and validation. Monitor and assure the quality of the deliverables, Defining User Stories, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Planning and Execution, Demo and Retrospectives, Setting initial estimations for the User Stories and Revise estimations along the way.Making Readiness Materials, User Documentation, News presentations, Creating Enablement materials Show less Service and Asset - Team WO managementMonitored EAP Queue for S&A Group WO area after the delivery of IFS APPS10 during June to August in 2018.Test Leader in S&A for IFS application 9 UPD7 - Main responsibilities include planning and assigning resources for validation testing, Monitor the progress throughout validation testing period, Assist Bug handling and many more.Supporting IFS Application 9 and 10 in IFS S&A Team WO management June 2018 to April 2019. Participated in "Software Testing Techniques" session organized by the SLASSCOM Quality Circle. Performed Validation testing in APP9 , APP10 and Aurena in Update releases. Report bugs that needs to be fixed before release of next version of IFS S&A Management. Process Master of Work Order management Team in 2018 for few months.Involved in redesign and converting IFS IEE client to web client through project Aurena during 2018-2019.Represented IFS in UX India Conference 2018 Nov (Bangalore, India) with the purpose of bringing UX related knowledge to drive our core project AURENA. Supporting IFS Application 9, 10 and Aurena in IFS S&A- Service Management components.Providing Functional Guidance for newly recruited Business Systems Analysts and Software Engineers which includes knowledge transfer sessions and Mentoring newly recruited BSAs.Service Management - Team Customer Service Involved in CORE Project Next generation Service Management (NGSM) designing base functionalities e.g. Service Catalog and Request logging. Communicated with key stakeholders to design and develop new functionality as per the requirements. Summary of the work includes; Performing functional designs, giving constructive feedback on functionality, discussing problems and giving possible suggestions/solutions. Taking Design Discussions, Conducting Internal and external demos, Demonstration in Camtasia, Quality Assuring the implemented designs and report bugs.Organizing team of SAMIT 2017 - Annual conference of RND S&A. Show less Worked on Quality Assurance Work related to Preventive Maintenance enhancement (Condition Based PM, Estimation, Performed Date Based and Performed Value based) and Metering invoicing developments as I was joined during the later part of the project.Have more than 4+ experience 3rd line product support for IFS RnD S&A, Maintenance- Providing product/industry knowledge competence, and share knowledge to resolve IFS RND support internal and external problems. Analyzing reported issues reported on IFS APP 8 and 9, giving solutions, workarounds or qualifying them as bug to be fixed in our core application. My work also included Verifying and Quality assuring the patch before the delivery. Visited TOYOTA LANKA service site at Wattala in 2015 as a part of industry collaborative activity. The purpose of the visit was to get on-site experience on how the vehicle services are planned, allocated and executed and how IFS system is used in these procedures.Conducted 2 functional training sessions from S&A on Equipment Administration and Preventive Maintenance for Junior Consultants around the world in 2015 September and another functional training session from S&A on Preventive Maintenance for IFS Young Professionals Program 2016 with excellent feedback from the consultants.Coordinated of DCPE(UoM) Mentoring program for the undergraduates of University of Moratuwa from IFS side consecutively for 3 years (2015-2017) while actively participating in planning and arranging sessions, conducting sessions and conducting mock interviews. I also took part in one of their mentoring closing ceremony held at the DCPE, UoM representing IFS as one of their mentors and had the opportunity to share my views on Mentees and the program. Process master of maintenance Support team in 2016 for few months.Member of IFS food committee in 2015 and IFS choir 2014-2017. Show less

      • Program Manager

        Jun 2023 - now
      • Senior Lead Product Specialist

        Jan 2022 - Nov 2023
      • Senior Lead Software Designer

        Sept 2021 - Mar 2022
      • Senior Software Designer

        Mar 2021 - Sept 2021
      • Senior Software Designer

        Jun 2020 - Mar 2021
      • Senior Business Systems Analyst

        Oct 2017 - Jun 2020
      • Business Systems Analyst

        Mar 2014 - Oct 2017
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • IFS Learning Achievement - Planning and Scheduling Optimization Essentials

      IFS
      Sept 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

      IBM
      May 2020
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Event Planner

      Issued by Moraspirit Initiative on Jan 2012
      Moraspirit InitiativeAssociated with Wasundara Ranasinghe