Milinda Vitharana
Vice President, Product Management, SAP Business Data Cloud
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMilinda Vitharana is a seasoned product leader with over two decades bringing Data and AI products from concept to revenue, most recently serving as Vice President of Product Management for SAP Business Data Cloud after a 17-year tenure at Microsoft. He has a proven track record of transforming on-prem analytics into cloud SaaS solutions, pioneering embedded AI/analytics, zero-copy integration architectures, and agentic data products across the Dynamics 365 family. Known for intense customer empathy, he regularly engages C-suite and engineering teams and has delivered 100+ technical talks to bridge product, partner, and developer communities. Milinda combines strategic vision with hands-on technical collaboration—shaping standards like the Common Data Model and driving real-time warehousing integrations with Microsoft Fabric and Synapse. A mentor and volunteer leader, he builds lasting partnerships by favoring transparency, diversity of perspectives, and measurable customer value.
8 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
GCE (A/L) Mathematics stream, GCE (A/L) Mathematics stream at Ananda College, ColomboBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at Birla Institute of Technology, MesraMaster of Business Administration - MBA Finance General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Finance General at University of ColomboDiploma in Computer Systems Design, Diploma in Computer Systems Design at National Institute of Business Management
Github Skills (18)
microsoft10
supply-chain-management10
finance10
chain10
cds10
dynamics10
powerbi10
powerapps10
commerce10
dataverse10
powerplatform10
prose9
mdt7
powershell7
data-mesh5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MilindaV2/dynamics-365-unified-operations-public
Jan 2019 - Jul 2021
Documentation for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Dynamics 365 for Retail, and Dynamics 365 for Talent
Contributions:2 PRs, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
powerplatformtalentdataversepower-platformfinance-and-operations
MilindaV2/power-platform
May 2022 - Nov 2022
Documentation for Microsoft Power Platform
Contributions:2 pushes in 6 months
powershellpower-platformprosepowermicrosoft
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