Education
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Management Development Programme, Leadership development 2023 - 2024
Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM)
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University of Moratuwa 2014 - 2016
M.Sc in Computer Science in Data Science, Engineering and Analytics, Data Science, Engineering and Analytics
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University of Moratuwa 2008 - 2012
B.Sc in IT (Hons)
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Hindu College Colombo-04 - 2007
A/L
Physics, Chemistry and Combined Mathematics
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Databricks
Academy Accreditation - Databricks Fundamentals
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Databricks
Academy Accreditation - Generative AI Fundamentals
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Stanford University
Statistical Learning
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DataCamp
Deep Learning in Python
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Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
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McKinsey & Company
Communicating for Impact
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McKinsey & Company
Mastering Challenging Conversations
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McKinsey & Company
Problem Solving
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McKinsey & Company
Team Management
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McKinsey Management Program McKinsey & Company
McKinsey Management Program
Experience
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John Keells Holdings PLC 2014 - Present
Senior Manager - Data Science
Kiru has been involved in creating and improving advanced analytics programs for clients in the retail domain. He has served as faculty at the Octave Data & Advanced Analytics Academy, training 8 batches so far. Over 400 Octave staff and client-side staff have benefited from his training. He is a member of the Data and Tech Leadership Forum, where he and his team introduce emerging technologies to the Octave technology stack. He leads the data science team, which consists of 15+ data scientists, senior data scientists, and lead data scientists, driving 22+ use cases across various departments, including Supply Chain, Commercial, Marketing, Operations, and Fresh Produce. Kiru has been responsible for designing advanced analytics solutions and validating solutions designed by the data scientists
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John Keells Holdings PLC 2022 - 2024
Manager - Data Science
He serves as a member of the management committee. In this role, he creates and executes strategic plans related to people, technology, and presence. He also tailors existing processes to create a better environment for delivering high-quality work. Kiru anchors 15+ use-cases across two different domains, namely retail and banking. He leads a team of 25+ data scientists, including lead data scientists, senior data scientists, data scientists, and associate data scientists. He mentors analytics resources from different practices such as data engineering, platform engineering, and delivery.
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Borough Markets 2021 - 2022
Consultant - Data Science
Kiru has worked as a consultant to create end-to-end advanced analytics transformation programs. Furthermore, he has led the team in migrating existing use cases from IBM Watson to Azure Databricks.
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John Keells Holdings PLC 2019 - 2022
Kiru has worked as a consultant to create end-to-end advanced analytics transformation programs. Furthermore, he has led the team in migrating existing use cases from IBM Watson to Azure Databricks.
Delivers proven dollar impact use-cases with the direction from McKinsey and Company Leads multiple data science teams / analytics use-cases simultaneously in retail domains Directs team on the following: Problem scoping, Solution designs, Architecture designs, Optimize use-case pipelines, Migrates machine learning models into production, and Commercialize business problems In addition to his day-to-day works with data science teams, Kiru works with platform teams to implement a tailored MLOps process within organizations Facilitates training to C- level managers, business heads, and data scientists Mentor data scientists and associate data scientists
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EFL 2021 - 2022
Consultant - Data Science
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Innovation Quotient (Pvt)Ltd 2019 - 2019
Head of Data Science
Initiated Data Science Division at Innovation Quotient and brought up the team now with 9 members. Successfully managed the division to develop and deploy data processing platforms, data analytics platforms, and predictive models for different industries such as Telco, Logistics, Leisure, and Finance.
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Innovation Quotient (Pvt)Ltd 2016 - 2019
Data Scientist
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Salmat 2017 - 2017
Senior Software Engineer
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Salmat 2014 - 2016
Software Engineer
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Virtusa 2017 - 2014
Software Engineer(Engineer- Technology)
