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Shaluka Perera
Cary, NC, US
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Work experience
- January 2025 – present
NC State Poole College of Management
Advisory Board Member• Provide strategic guidance, industry insights and experiential opportunities to enhance the curriculum • Support student development and bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world applications through internships, mentorships, class projects and networking • Attend and participate in committee meetings and board meetings - September 2023 – present
Renovation Sells
Business Owner• Own the local franchise • Lead business development activities including marketing, sales, operations and finance • Responsible to managing all projects • Top 5 Performers Nationwide (Revenue) - September 2021 – August 2023
ShareFile
Executive Director, Product Management• Own roadmap, P&L, strategy and vision for ShareFile Document Management, Security, eCommerce Flow & Backend Systems • Lead prioritization, investment allocation and portfolio optimization • Provide leadership and guidance for Agile sprint planning • Customer briefings and design partner engagements • Multi-layer managerial responsibilities over a team of product managers inclusive of providing coaching, guidance, goal setting, individual checkpoints and personal development - July 2020 – September 2021
IBM
Product Management Leader, IBM Cloud Infrastructure SolutionsResponsibilities: • People management and portfolio ownership of IBM Cloud Infrastructure solutions • Ideation to launch of workload-centric offerings - High Performance Computing, Cloud Migration, Bare Metal & VPC and Confidential Computing • Strategy, P&L and portfolio ownership including collaborative product development with engineering • Managerial responsibilities over a team of product managers inclusive of providing coaching, guidance, goal setting, individual checkpoints and personal development • Product management leadership for IBM Cloud for Telecommunications inclusive of Edge, Core and Cloud workloads • Customer engagements, sales progression support, analysts interactions and executive briefings - May 2019 – July 2020
IBM
Product Management Leader, Cloud Native Storage - IBM Systems StorageResponsibilities: • Lead a cross-functional, multi-geography team of product managers, sales, marketing and operational staff to deliver a storage solutions for containerized applications based on containers, Kubernetes, OpenShift and IBM Cloud Paks. • P&L ownership of IBM Storage revenue via Red Hat OpenShift install base • Own IBM Storage strategy for containerized frameworks based on containers and Kubernetes including volume orchestrator plug-in (CSI), containerize data protection and multi cloud orchestration offering development • Responsible for developing, maintaining and delivering a roadmap around containerized workloads utilizing IBM storage for Red Hat OpenShift • Employ design thinking methodologies for sensing and responding to market needs • Regular customer and business partner engagements to support and close deals • Frequent public speaker at IBM and partner events - November 2016 – May 2019
IBM
Product Management Leader, Cloud Infrastructure Solutions & Storage EcosystemResponsibilities: • Lead a cross-functional, multi-geography team of product managers and operational staff to deliver hybrid multicloud solutions across IBM Storage portfolio by partnering with other IBM business units and technology partners • P&L ownership to drive IBM Storage revenue via solution ecosystem expansion • Own IBM Storage hybrid multicloud infrastructure strategy and delivery with a focus on Docker, Kubernetes and IBM Cloud Private • Own strategy and delivery of IBM Storage Solutions for IBM Blockchain • Manage a solution portfolio across industry horizontals ranging from database & analytics, data protection & recovery, converged computing to cloud and cognitive - July 2013 – June 2018
Nickelpoint Brewing Co.
CEO & Founding OwnerBuilt a craft brewery, managed it's life cycle from ideation to launch and completed the successful exit strategy of sell-off. Was deeply involved with day-to-day operation during this time and took the business from on-premise sales to statewide distribution to be one of top 10 breweries in the Raleigh-Durham metro. Silver and Bronze medal award winner at NC State championship. Built a craft brewery, managed it's life cycle from ideation to launch and completed the successful exit strategy of sell-off. Was deeply involved with day-to-day operation during this time and took the business from on-premise sales to statewide distribution to be one of top 10 breweries in the Raleigh-Durham metro. Silver and Bronze medal award winner at NC State championship. Skills: Management · Sales Enablement · Strategy · Executive Management · Competitive Analysis · Strategic Thinking - May 2012 – March 2013
Unisys
Solutions and Portfolio ManagerResponsibilities: • Portfolio Manager for entry to mid-range Unisys ClearPath solutions • Drive solution definition and delivery by aggregating hardware, software, middleware and applications components • Define and drive portfolio strategy with in-depth market analysis of industry trends and competitive gaps • Develop go-to-market strategies, market plans, forecast and manage worldwide launches • Assist sales teams with optimizing bids for profitability and operational efficiency • Worldwide sales enablement by delivering training and education Skills: Sales Enablement · Strategy · Program Management · Competitive Analysis · Strategic Thinking - September 2008 – March 2012
IBM
Product Manager / Marketing LeadResponsibilities: • Define and drive portfolio strategy with in-depth market analysis of industry trends and competitive gaps • Develop go-to-market strategies, market plans and manage worldwide launches • Train and support worldwide sales teams, business partners and distributors • Participate in regular customer and executive briefings • Define and monitor portfolio metrics and take actions to increase revenue • Collateral development to enable sellers • Manage a portfolio worth over $500M in annual revenue Skills: Sales Enablement · Strategy · Program Management · Competitive Analysis · Strategic Thinking - February 2006 – September 2008
IBM
Technical Lead - Hardware Development• Led a team of engineers to deliver cutting-edge technical solutions • Performed product definition, top level design, debug, and test phases to ship support. • Engaged in cross-departmental interaction with all server platforms in implementing system management solutions • Interacted closely with project management teams on resource allocation, scheduling and time management • As a technology scout for the System Management Group, explored trends in the marketplace with vendors and suppliers and attending technology forums. Skills: Strategic Thinking - July 2000 – February 2006
Alcatel
Hardware Development Engineer• A the key digital design engineer, designed Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) for complex fiber optic end-to-end networks • Tasked with responsibilities to take the products through an entire development cycle of design, simulation, debug, test and characterization • Specialized in designing microprocessor subsystem and LAN modules • Carried out tasks of overseeing board layout phase and testing throughput, functionality and guard banding at a system level. • Authored design, test and functional specifications and researched future technology trends for the product line. • Assumed project management tasks such as scheduling, resource allocation, project tracking and risk management. Skills: Strategic Thinking - July 1999 – August 2000
IBM
Hardware Development Engineer• Designed and implemented logic on CPLDs and FPGAs for CPU sub-circuitry with VHDL • Performed circuit simulations to analyze signal integrity of designs prior to manufacturing • Utilized and studied simulation results to make necessary design changes thereby optimizing overall performance • Worked with physical design teams to improve interconnect layouts and component placement in order to reduce crosstalk noise, reflection noise, signal overshoot and propagation delays • Performed design verification through signal quality analysis on high-speed buses such CPU, I/O and Memory and supported test groups to resolve problems related to servers especially in the Linux OS arena. Skills: Strategic Thinking