Researcher and systems architect focused on trustworthy AI, decentralized architectures, and cyber-physical systems security. The core theme across this career path is research-to-deployment: designing rigorous architectures and delivering operational systems for industry-facing impact.
Jan 2023 - Present
Leads national and European-funded delivery across data spaces, distributed trust, federated AI, and cyber-resilient IoT ecosystems. Drives proposal strategy, architecture design, and high-TRL engineering outcomes.
Apr 2019 - Dec 2023
Advanced R&D on DLT and AI convergence for trust management, quality, and records integrity across supply chain, energy, and facilities contexts.
Dec 2017 - Dec 2024
Managed open-source projects (including ASSET and Bassa), coordinated GSoC/GCI administration, and mentored students on practical engineering workflows.
Mar 2017 - Aug 2018
Implemented front-office product features, improved release quality through automated testing practices, and led adoption of code-quality assessment tooling.
2018 - 2023
Munster Technological University, Ireland
Thesis: A DLT-based Trust Framework for IoT Ecosystems.
2013 - 2017
University of Colombo School of Computing, Sri Lanka
Second Class Upper Division · GPA 3.32/4
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