Community Development Authority
Chanaka Gunawardena is an experienced professional with a strong background in infrastructure architecture and project management. Currently serving as an Infrastructure Architect and Projects Manager at the Community Development Authority since January 2015, responsibilities include designing and implementing strategic infrastructure plans and establishing service level agreements. Previously, Chanaka held positions at Cyquent Technologies LLC, first as a Managing Consultant overseeing IT projects and client satisfaction, and as an Infrastructure Consultant focused on various Microsoft technologies. Experience also includes a role as a Microsoft Specialist at Mubadala Development Company, where analysis and best practices for SCCM and SCOM were emphasized, and as a Systems Engineer at Millennium iT, identifying customer needs and proposing Microsoft-based solutions. Chanaka holds a Master of Science in Computer Network Management from Middlesex University and has additional qualifications from the British Computer Society and Vidyartha College Kandy.
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Community Development Authority
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The Community Development Authority (CDA) was founded by a decree of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in July 2008. CDA is responsible for setting up and developing a framework for social development, and aims to achieve the goals outlined in the Dubai Strategic Plans. CDA is in charge for the overall supervision to achieve social sector outputs, and provide the provisions of social services in order to create an integrated and efficient management system for the development of social services in the emirate. This includes the preparation, execution, and supervision of comprehensive strategic plans, and proposing legislation related to social services to improve the outputs of the social development sector. The core strategic objectives of CDA’s are aimed at involving the stakeholders and enhancing the relationships with them, this includes UAE nationals and residents, government authorities, business partners and volunteers. The objectives also include fund diversifying, enhancing productivity and efficiency, excellence in operations and aligning the organisational structure to the main projects and programmes.