Rukmal Weerawarana
Co-Founder And CEO at Ren
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolRukmal Weerawarana is a founder and CEO with 12 years of multidisciplinary engineering and research experience, currently building the next generation of AI at Ren from Colombo, Sri Lanka. He blends hands-on data science and software engineering—having designed core ETL pipelines and anomaly-detection models for ExtraHop’s Reveal(X) 360—with academic research in decentralized, trustworthy biomedical data sharing at RPI. His background spans neuroprosthetics signal processing, knowledge-graph driven clinical guidance, and tokenomics for incentivized data networks, reflecting a rare mix of applied ML, distributed systems, and product thrust. He has led technical scaling for social-data ETL platforms and education-focused infrastructure for a nationwide vocational network, demonstrating both startup grit and social impact orientation. Early leadership in high-stakes engineering projects—from Hyperloop pod development to CubeSAT avionics—shows he thrives on multidisciplinary, mission-driven challenges. Practical, research-grounded, and strategic, he focuses on making AI systems that are scalable, auditable, and societally useful.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate in Quantitative Fundamentals of Computational Finance Computational and Applied Mathematics, Certificate in Quantitative Fundamentals of Computational Finance Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of WashingtonMaster of Science - MS Financial Engineering, Master of Science - MS Financial Engineering at Stevens Institute of TechnologyInternational Baccalaureate Diploma, International Baccalaureate Diploma at The British School in ColomboBachlor of Arts in Business Administration - BABA Finance General, Bachlor of Arts in Business Administration - BABA Finance General at UW Foster School of BusinessK-9 Education K-9 Education, K-9 Education K-9 Education at Royal College Colombo
English, Sinhalese, Spanish
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Github Skills (161)
linux10
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php10
javascript9
protobuf9
grpc9
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rust9
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cross-language9
programming-language9
json-parser9
python9
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
rukmal/dotfiles
Jan 2015 - Jun 2024
My dotfile configuration
Contributions:2 PRs, 67 pushes, 5 branches in 9 years 6 months
rukmal/UW-CFRM-462-Portfolio-Optimization
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:37 commits, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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