A combined experience of over 27 years in the field of IT software development, innovation, and implementation of various mission-critical projects. Currently working in the Technology + Innovation Lab, within Enbridge’s TIS organization, utilizing emerging technologies such as Generative AI, Machine Learning and Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate and Power BI).
Professional technical leader with proven ability to spearhead complex projects and drive innovative solutions. Adept in software development, systems architecture, and project management. Strong emphasis on team collaboration and delivering results in dynamic environments. Known for adaptability and reliability. Skilled in coding, debugging, and optimizing performance.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Technical Lead
ENBRIDGE-TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION LAB
04.2020 - Current
Utilized Azure Open AI to develop a chat-based system for internal use utilizing chat GPT-4.
Privatized the infrastructure by building custom skillset APIs and building APIs that used Cognitive Service SDKs for key-phrases, entity recognition, image recognition (OCR), and analysis.
Worked with storing vectorized search data in Cognitive Search and utilizing hybrid queries to get more precise answers.
Processed customer service documents using document intelligence services to extract relevant content and provide responses.
Involved in processing speech (.wav) files bulk transcription processing and storage within AI search.
Provided leadership to the Data Science team and worked closely to solve new use cases.
Involved in building Power BI dashboard for resource allocation across the organization.
Built model driven application using forms and views to display/add and edit data pertaining to team member allocations.
Customized the formed forms and views using JavaScript.
Worked on building Power Automate jobs based on trigger from changes made to the Dataverse tables.
Worked on building canvas applications for gathering response on an intake form from the users across the organization.
Involved in creating topics for customer service bot using co-pilot studio, actions for creating records using power automate.
Involved in digitizing CAD drawings to Windows Canvas-based drawings to better manage Pipeline Terminals and assets.
Improved data ingestion process of terminal throughput data.
Created Notebooks on Databricks to ingest, evaluate, transform, and analyze machine learning data.
Involved in developing Windows 10-based Universal Windows Platform application that is used across various groups within the company including Engineering, Pipeline Integrity, and Infrastructure, among others.
Utilized Python code to process CAD files and generate 2D vector objects to help visualize on Windows Canvas.
Environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, UWP, Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Cosmos DB, Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, Open AI 4o, Scikit-Learn Lang-chain, Redis Cache and Azure Infrastructure.
Lead Mobile Developer - FMA Mobile
DUKE ENERGY
07.2019 - 03.2020
Developed UWP Mobile application for creating work orders by electrical lineman and field technicians.
Worked with IBM’s Maximo database as the database repository and optimized data retrieval, caching, storage, and availability.
Environment: Visual Studio 2017, IBM Maximo, UWP, Bit Bucket, JIRA, and Jenkins.
Project Lead - Metis Settlement Land Registry System (MSLRS)
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA
09.2016 - 04.2019
Upgraded codebase from .NET framework 3.5 to 4.5.2.
Implemented OWASP Top 10 to prevent vulnerability in the application.
Worked on various SSIS jobs to run notification and processing jobs that run periodically.
Environment: Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise, SSIS and SQL Server 2012.
Development Lead - Graduate Student Management System (GSMS)
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
01.2015 - 06.2016
Involved in the design and development of the Graduate Studies Admission System working closely with the U of A team and Tribal (U.K).
Involved in the design and development of SSIS applications to import / export data on a nightly basis.
Configured the SITS Tribal software to the needs of the University of Alberta.
Environment: C#. NET 4.5.1, Visual Studio Data Tools 2012 and Server 2012.
Sr. Consultant - Land Automated Mineral Agreement System (LAMAS)
ALBERTA ENERGY
01.2011 - 10.2014
Working on new development of LAMAS Phase 2 from legacy VB6 app.
Utilized Entity Framework to interface with SQL Server and extensively utilized LINQ expressions.
Environment: Visual C#. NET 4.0/2.0, VB.NET, Visual Studio 2010/2005, XML, XSLT and TFS.
Sr. Consultant (Contract) - Automated Customer Service Software (ACSS)
VERIZON WIRELESS
11.2009 - 12.2010
Worked on Win forms based multi-threaded application.
Worked in development of front-end for Customer Support department with a user base of more than 40,000 users.
Developed interface with external systems and web services.
Senior Statistician at Coordinating Secretariat for Science Technology & Innovation (COSTI), Presently Called as National Innovation Agency (NIA) of Sri LankaSenior Statistician at Coordinating Secretariat for Science Technology & Innovation (COSTI), Presently Called as National Innovation Agency (NIA) of Sri Lanka
Undergraduate Research Technician at Soil Innovation Lab, Colorado State UniversityUndergraduate Research Technician at Soil Innovation Lab, Colorado State University