Summary
Ravindu Fernando is a Vice President of Engineering with 11 years of hands-on experience building cloud-native platforms, developer tools, and secure SaaS infrastructure across startups and enterprise environments. He combines deep expertise in Cloud, DevOps, and Platform Engineering—having led platform initiatives like Sysco’s PaaStry+ and driven multi-cloud, multi-region resiliency—with a pragmatic focus on business-aligned engineering strategy and cost optimization. Ravindu has a strong track record of operationalizing DevSecOps and compliance (including ISO 27001), reducing AWS costs, and boosting developer productivity through CI/CD and platform automation. He mentors high-performing teams, champions a zero-blame learning culture, and has taught DevOps and microservices at the university level. Based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, he pairs continuous technical curiosity (cloud, coding, guitars and cricket) with a penchant for turning legacy stacks into scalable, secure platforms.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc in Computer Science Cloud Computng, MSc in Computer Science Cloud Computng at University of Moratuwa
Physical Sciences, Physical Sciences at Holy Cross College, Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Bachelor's Degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Software Engineering at University of Plymouth
Bachelor's Degree Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Computer Software Engineering at NSBM Green University
Sinhalese, English, Tamil