Philip Ekanayaka

30 years in IT Solution Architecture & IT Project Consultant for Enterprise ERP systems, Infrastructure including building Data Centres, Network, Security Architecture including PCI for Finance, Telco,  Manufacturing, Trading, Government & Hospitality industries

Project Management Expertise 

• Proven experience in delivering complex projects with multiple technical and business workstreams and involving matrix departments, vendors, and external partners in the delivery of solutions requiring the integration of multiple tools and technologies 
• Expertise in collaborating with product owners, business stakeholders, governance, Legal, Business Analysis, application development, and infrastructure engineering groups with strong written, verbal, and presentation skills 
• Expertise in presenting project plans, strategy & change management plans to large audiences. Ability to communicate clearly at all levels of the enterprise. 
• Expertise and proficiency in developing project management policies & procedures customized to meet the diverse needs of the client environments 
• Proven expertise in establishing and building healthy working relationships and partnerships with business leaders, sponsors, peers, and clients and the team will work transparently and cooperatively with cross-functional teams, effectively engaging all pertinent stakeholders, both internal and external 
• Independent thinker and has a proven record of accomplishment of setting and meeting aggressive goals and action plans, both as an individual and with a team 
• Proven ability to be flexible in all situations and will be comfortable with ambiguity, while pivoting from macro to micro issues, from shaping the strategy agenda through to the day-to-day 
• Proven experience in facilitation, scheduling, communications planning, execution, risk/issue management to ensure early resolution of roadblocks 
• Extensive experience with PMO activities & producing PMO Artifacts. Managed all phases of projects including Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Risk, controlling monitoring, and closure following PMBOK.