Deshan Sumanathilaka
Founder at DS IT Academy
Wales, Sri Lanka
Summary
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Top SchoolDeshan Sumanathilaka is a founder, lecturer, and software engineer with eight years of experience building web applications, databases, and academic systems across Sri Lanka and Wales. He combines hands-on development (PHP, web design, data analysis) with higher-education roles—currently teaching at Informatics Institute of Technology while running DS IT Academy and contributing professionally at codeguru.lk. A BTech in Computer Science from NIT Calicut and an MCS from the University of Colombo underpin his work, and he is a PhD candidate at Swansea University, blending research-led problem solving with practical system delivery. Notably, he has implemented thesis management systems and balances teaching, entrepreneurship, and content creation as a visiting lecturer, researcher, and YouTuber.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
GCE OL, GCE OL at Siridhamma CollegeMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of ColomboCertificate in English, English for job Seekers, Certificate in English, English for job Seekers at College of Technology -GalleGCE AL, Maths, GCE AL, Maths at Richmond CollegeBachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Calicut
Github Skills (8)
integrate3
heroku3
docker-compose2
docker2
circleci2
php2
continuous-deployment1
continuous-integration1
Github contributions (5)
Sumanathilaka/PHD-thesis-managament-system
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:200 pushes in 10 months
continuous-deploymentherokudeploymentphpcontinuous
Sumanathilaka/Survival-Time-Prediction-of-a-patient-using-LSTM-MLP-DBN
Mar 2019 - Feb 2020
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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