Janaka Cooray

Janaka Cooray has extensive work experience in various roles related to technical business analysis, product and delivery consulting, and agile project management. Since 2020, Janaka has been working as a Senior Technical Business Analyst at Equal Experts. Prior to that, they worked at Nimble Approach as a Product/Delivery Consultant from 2019 to 2020. Janaka also held the position of Senior Technical Business Analyst at HM Revenue & Customs (via Equal Experts) from 2019 to 2019. Before that, they worked as a Product Owner at William Hill (via Nimble Approach) from 2018 to 2019.

Janaka has also worked in positions such as Scrum Product Owner at Brightstar Corp. from 2017 to 2018, Product Owner at Stockport Council from 2016 to 2017, Scrum Product Owner at SIS Ltd from 2014 to 2016, and Senior Business Analyst/Scrum Product Owner at the University of Oxford from 2012 to 2014. Furthermore, they worked as an Agile Business Analyst at SunGard (now part of FIS) in 2012.

Janaka's earlier experience includes roles such as Business Analyst/Systems Analyst at the University of Leeds from 2008 to 2010 and Senior Analyst Developer from 2003 to 2008.

Janaka Cooray completed their Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science with a focus on Psychology from the University of Leeds between 1996 and 1999. They then pursued further education and obtained a Master of Research in Psychology from The University of Manchester, studying from 2010 to 2011. In addition to their formal education, Janaka Cooray holds a SCRUM Master certification from Scrum Alliance, with the specific details of when and where it was obtained not provided.