Manager, Digital Publishing at HSBC
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
http://www.hsbc.com
December 2008-Present

Global Publishing Services is an HSBC owned entity specializing in cross media publications and has a team of over 400 based in over 10 countries. Key accomplishments: - Promoted from web developer to Technical delivery manager in 3 years - Achieved a performance rating of 1 (1 being the highest of 5) in 2010 - Had an attrition rate of 3% in a team size of 68 in 2011 - Team had the highest satisfaction rates based on the yearly survey in GPS - Productivity ratio of the team for 2011 was 95% - set target was 75%. - Established QA guidelines for the team, with extensive research on establishing a quality rating matrix and quality assurance process - Established and introduced Agile as a methodology and formalised the development process - Delivered multiple high impact projects within a tight deadline and budget which lead to cost savings of over USD 15,000,000 (Projects in Career Highlights section at the end). - Delivered projects bringing in revenue of over USD 5,000,000 in 2010. Key responsibilities: - Delivery of multiple streams of projects ranging from web sites, content management to stand-alone and web applications. o Worked alongside stakeholders, project managers and relationship managers to meet timelines o Resource allocation according to priority with up to 20 projects running in parallel Managed a team of personnel consisting of team leads, software developers, business analysts, and project coordinators situated in five country locations - Technical consultancy on projects/ sites for the front end of HSBC’s global and intranet sites – ex: hsbc.com, hsbcnet.com, hsbcnet.hsbc: o Consultancy on the site build/ page layout/ SEO/ web trends/ UI design/ user experience for over 80 HSBC sites o Expertise in front end based technologies, application development within Microsoft Office software and Plone application development and architecture o Expertise in knowledge management and content management systems o Expertise in web architecture including design, hardware and software requirements - Drove the quality assurance process within the team which included defining test cases using HP quality centre and SharePoint - Worked with the CTO to lead the direction of new software and hardware for the bank - Worked with other area managers to ensure smooth flow of production work - Scrum Master/ Agile Coach responsibilities - Project management - project budgets varied from USD 1000 to USD 2,500,000

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Web development lead at HSBC
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
http://www.hsbc.com
March 2009-November 2010

• Lead technical teams which develops advanced Web user interfaces using standards-compliant XHTML, CSS, XML and JavaScript, as well as a range of applications including template development for HSBC Group-owned Web content management systems, application development within Microsoft Microsoft Office software, and application development for Web platforms including Sharepoint, SQL server, Plone and PHP as needed by clients • Web content management on all Group content management systems • Web metrics reporting and analysis using Group-standard WebTrends • Search engine optimisation, including best practice meta tagging, to improve results for both internal verity search as well as internet search engines such as Google and Yahoo • Information architecture to map out site structure, navigation and user journeys • Website migration management and execution • Website rebranding management and execution

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Web developer at HSBC
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
http://www.hsbc.com
January 2008-February 2009

- Produce bespoke Web UI code (HTML/CSS/JS) according to client requirements under the guidance of a Web Development Lead or independently as needed - Build Ajax-based interactive applications and data applications using industry-standard JavaScript libraries and toolkits - Produce bespoke HTML/CSS code for use in the Group’s range of Web content management systems - Work with designers to convert Web design into usable Web-standard UI code - Engage directly with clients in the delivery of requirements

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Associate Lecturer - University of Westminster, UK at Informatics Institute of Technology
Colombo,
Sri Lanka
www.iit.ac.lk/
March 2007-December 2007

Worked as the Coordinator for second year students in Software Engineering stream whilst handling Programming methodology and Object oriented programming subjects. Worked as the Industrial placement coordinator placing students in various companies for those students that were offered with the sand-witch degree by the University of Westminster, UK

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Associate Lecturer - Middlesex University, UK at ICBT Campus
Colombo,
www.icbt.lk/
October 2006-March 2007

Was responsible in delivering Developing Enterprise Applications of BSc Hon in Information Technology offered by Middlesex University, UK. Responsibilities included delivery of lectures, preparations of lecture notes and marking of assessments whilst directly liaising with the counterpart from the Middlesex university

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