I'm Dasun Athukorala

Entrepreneur Lecturer Researcher

Founder & Lead LecturerNirvanaClouds Academy

Established NirvanaClouds Academy, with the purpose of providing training for young engineers in modern technology skills, including coding, cloud technologies, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. As the lead lecturer, I have been responsible for creating these courses from scratch. This includes crafting the curriculum, delivering lectures, creating software labs, publishing the content online, and managing collaborations with industrial partners.

Founder/CEO & Chief ArchitectNirvanaClouds

Software as a service (SaaS) company which helps founders, business owners and companies build remarkable web, mobile and tablet products. My role entails supervising the development of cloud-native software systems tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises. As the chief architect, I design and provide various cloud-based solutions for clients, with a primary focus on cost optimization. These tasks complement my role as a founder, where I am involved in team building, business planning, and establishing partnerships with potential collaborators.

Founder/CEO & CTOXELLMART, Sigapore

Xellmart was an eCommerce marketplace platform that connected local merchants with consumers, providing a wide array of products. As the founder, I was engaged in Market Research, Product Development, Financing & Funding (including investor negotiations), team building, Sales, and Marketing. I personally constructed the MVP from scratch, overseeing Algorithm Design and Implementation, System Architecture Planning, and Full Stack Web Development in my role as the CTO.

Self-taught in Cloud Computing & Building Tech Startups

Realized the importance of cloud computing for tech startups that need to minimize costs and time to market. Therefore, I mastered both Amazon Web Service (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and learned to build advanced cloud native software applications.

Research AssistantFlorida International University, USA

Worked under the supervision of Dr. Ismail Guvenc at the MPACT research lab on the application of reinforcement learning and game theory for spectrum sharing, particularly in the context of LTE in unlicensed spectrum.

Engineer - Radio Access NetworkSri Lanka Telecom-Mobitel

Executed diverse responsibilities encompassing planning, designing, and testing of Radio Access Network (RAN) tasks, including LTE and WiFi, and took charge of the end-to-end deployment of WiFi sites with LTE backhauling, leading all stages of the project from planning through designing to testing.

Florida International UniversityUSA

Postgraduate Diploma

• •Major: Electrical & Computer Engineering
• •Advised by: Prof. Ismail Guvenc, Prof. Walid Saad, Prof. Mehdi Bennis
• •Courses: Machine Learning, Random Signal Principles, Signal Estimation Theory, Signal Detection Theory, LTE, Wireless Digital Communication, Research

University of MoratuwaSri Lanka

Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Engineering with Honours

• •Major: Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
• •Minor: Mathematics
• •Advised by: Dr. Ajith Pasqual, Prof. Rohan Munasinghe