Moditha Hewasinghage, PhD

Moditha Hewasinghage, PhD, has a diverse range of work experience in data engineering and software development. They began their career as a Trainee Software Engineer at Sampath Bank in 2011, where they gained experience with J2EE, IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, and various web frameworks.

In 2012, they joined 99X Technology as a Software Engineer, and later progressed to the role of Senior Software Engineer. During their time there, they contributed to software development projects and honed their skills in software engineering.

In 2017, Moditha embarked on their PhD journey, conducting research in Big Data at both Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Université libre de Bruxelles. As a PhD Researcher, they focused on Big Data analytics and contributed to academic knowledge in the field.

In 2021, Moditha joined LiveIntent, Inc. as a Data Engineer and later transitioned to the role of Senior Data Engineer. Their responsibilities included working on data engineering projects, utilizing their expertise in data processing and manipulation.

Additionally, in 2021, Moditha worked as a Big Data Developer at KNIME, where they developed and optimized nodes to read and write various file formats.

Earlier in their career, Moditha also gained experience as a Data Engineer Intern at Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique (LRI).

Overall, Moditha Hewasinghage, PhD, has a strong background in data engineering, software development, and academic research in the field of Big Data.

Moditha Hewasinghage, PhD, obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Science from the University of Colombo from 2008 to 2012. Following that, they pursued a Master's Degree in IT4BI from the Université libre de Bruxelles from 2015 to 2017. In the same period, they also pursued a Master's Degree in Modèles et Technologies pour le décisionnel - Decision Support and Business Intelligence from CentraleSupélec.

Moditha Hewasinghage has additionally obtained several certifications. In April 2014, they received a certification in Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications from Microsoft. In February 2013, they obtained a certification in Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3, also from Microsoft. Furthermore, they have completed various courses in Functional Programming in Scala from Coursera, including Functional Programming Principles in Scala, Big Data Analysis with Scala and Spark, Functional Program Design in Scala, and Functional Programming in Scala Capstone. Moditha also gained certifications in Parallel Programming and Functional Programming in Scala Specialization, all achieved in 2021 and 2022 respectively.