Asanka Padmakumara

Asanka Padmakumara has extensive experience in the field of business intelligence and data engineering. Asanka started their professional career as a Trainee Business Intelligence Engineer at IronOne Technologies LLC in 2009, where they implemented BI solutions for the banking sector of Sri Lanka. Asanka gained experience in SSIS, SSRS, and ASP.Net technologies during this role. Asanka then worked as a Business Intelligence Engineer at IronOne Technologies LLC from 2010 to 2011, contributing to the development of BI solutions for the banking and textile industries. Asanka implemented SSIS packages for complex ETL transformations and optimized SSAS cubes for better performance.

From 2011 to 2017, Asanka worked at CAMMS, first as a Business Intelligence Engineer and then as an Associate Technical Lead. In these roles, they designed and implemented data warehousing and BI solutions to handle big data and accommodate complex analytical requirements. Asanka also designed and implemented SSIS packages and SSAS databases and cubes.

In 2017, Asanka joined Fortude as a Business Intelligence Consultant, where they led the BI team and oversaw the delivery aspect of data analytics projects. Asanka also assisted higher management in achieving sales targets through presale demos, presentations, and discussions. Asanka architected data analytic solutions based on complex analytical requirements and presented them to business users.

In 2019, Asanka joined Qrious Limited as a Business Intelligence Consultant and later became a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant and Lead Consultant. During their time at Qrious Limited, they worked on various business intelligence projects, including lead role responsibilities.

Asanka's recent work experience includes positions at ClearPoint and Theta (NZ). At ClearPoint, they served as the Chief Engineer - Data Platforms and Principal Engineer / Practice Lead – Data Engineering. Currently, Asanka is working as the Principal Data Architect at Theta (NZ).

Throughout their career, Asanka has demonstrated expertise in data engineering, business intelligence, and architecting solutions to meet complex analytical requirements.

Asanka Padmakumara completed a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Peradeniya in the years 2006 to 2010. In addition, they obtained several certifications from Microsoft, including Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate, Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate, Exam 778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI, DP-200: Implementing an Azure Data Solution, DP-201: Designing an Azure Data Solution, Exam 767: Implementing a Data Warehouse, Exam 768: Developing SQL Data Models, Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server 2008- Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance, and TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation. The exact months of obtaining the certifications are not specified in the information provided.