Nilantha Pushpakumara

Head Of Project Management at BISTEC Global Services

Nilantha Pushpakumara has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Nilantha is currently working at BISTEC Global Services as the Head of Project Management since January 2023. Prior to this role, they served as a Senior Project Manager at BISTEC Global Services from October 2020 until January 2023.

In 2021, Nilantha worked at WorkXFlow as a Project Manager, starting in September and their employment with the company is ongoing.

Before that, Nilantha was employed at Epic Technology Group as a Senior Manager - Solutions Delivery from January 2020 until October 2020.

From 2017 to 2020, they worked at TIQRI Corporation (Pvt) Ltd as a Senior Project Manager. Nilantha also held a similar position at John Keells Computer Services Pvt. Ltd. from January 2017 to August 2017.

Nilantha's work experience also includes working at Pearson as a Technical Project Manager - Global Monitoring Engineering from October 2014 to December 2016.

From 2013 to 2014, Nilantha served as a Senior Project Manager at John Keells Computer Services (Pvt) Ltd. Nilantha had multiple roles at the same company before that, including Project Manager from 2010 to 2013, Associate Project Manager from 2005 to 2010, Solutions Designer / Team Lead from 2003 to 2005, Senior Analyst Programmer from 2002 to 2003, and Analyst Programmer from 2000 to 2002.

Nilantha Pushpakumara has a diverse education history. Nilantha first attended Mahinda Vidyalaya in Pelmadulla from 1981 to 1990, where they completed their Ordinary Level education. Nilantha then attended Gankanda Central College in Pelmadulla from 1991 to 1993, where they achieved their Advanced Level degree in Mathematics. Continuing their education, Nilantha attended the University of Moratuwa from 1995 to 2000, where they pursued a degree in Computer Science and Engineering. Later on, they enrolled in the Project Management Institute in the USA in 2007 to obtain their certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP). Lastly, in 2017, Nilantha pursued further education at the Scrum Alliance, where they became a Certified Scrum Master (SCM), focusing on Agile Methodologies.

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  • Head Of Project Management

    January, 2023 - present

  • Senior Project Manager

    October, 2020