Senaka Fernando
Chief Technology Officer at IFINITY Global
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSenaka Fernando is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with two decades of experience driving cloud-native transformation, product strategy, and data-driven innovation across finance, retail, and public sectors. He currently leads engineering and go-to-market technology at Mitra Innovation while advising and scaling multiple ventures—helping IFINITY enter the UK market and guiding startups like HearAngel, Experienz, and Virtuan on data, AI and product-market fit. His background spans hands-on product leadership (WSO2 Governance Registry), systems architecture (Imperial College’s Data Observatory and OVE), and large-scale digital transformation programs, demonstrating an ability to bridge research-grade visualization with enterprise-grade delivery. Known for building cross-functional teams and vendor ecosystems, he has repeatedly turned academic prototypes into commercial offerings via his firm Bars and Lines and the Viz Experts initiative. An Apache Software Foundation member and PhD holder in Data Science from Imperial College, he combines open-source pedigree with practical outcomes such as ISO-aligned platform deployments and measurable ESG/data products. Less obvious: he routinely operates across CTO/CDO/CAIO boundaries, stepping into specialist roles to unblock early-stage companies while scaling established enterprises.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Computer Science & Engineering, BSc. Computer Science & Engineering at University of MoratuwaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computing (Data Science), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computing (Data Science) at Imperial College London
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Github Skills (75)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ove/ove-docs
Oct 2018 - Feb 2020
Documentation repository for OVE
Contributions:5 releases, 26 PRs, 206 pushes in 1 year 4 months
ove
ove/ove-asset-services
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
Asset Management for OVE
Contributions:22 PRs, 31 pushes, 25 branches in 1 year 1 month
itiloveassetlaravelasset-management
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