Kahanda Koralege Indika Prasad Kularatne

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1 Kahanda Koralege Indika Prasad Kularatne 1. Objective: Senior Solutions architect position that specializes in designing and architecting of complex System, Middleware and Storage solutions involving a) Storage Networking technologies b) Server and Storage virtualization technologies c) Enterprise Data Protection solutions d) Storage Management solutions e) Data Center networking solutions 2. Professional Experience: 2. Professional Experience: Employment history Systems Services Representative ( ) Experience in IBM AS/400 and RS/6000 system support in Problem Determination/Problem source Identifications and performance tuning areas SSR: Team Leader RS/6000 and AIX Systems Support (2000 to 2001) Lead the RS/6000 and AIX System support team in supporting the in-country customer base. Implemented and supported HACMP based clustering solutions for key IBM accounts. Implemented and supported HAGEO based geographic clustering solutions for key IBM accounts. Extensively involved in AIX performance tuning activities especially for Oracle and Universe workloads. Performed Extensive support for IBM RS/6000 brands team for pre-sales activities. Conducted AIX Basics, AIX Systems Administration, AIX Advanced Systems Administration courses through IBM learning services to local customers IT Specialist (2001 to 2002) Spearheaded the IBM Tivoli Systems Management solutions in key IBM accounts. o Implemented IBM Tivoli NetView based Network Management solution for a large network o Implemented IBM Tivoli Storage Manager based Centralized Backup Recovery and Archiving solutions o Implemented IBM Tivoli Risk Manager based security infrastructure solutions Engineered the Software services strategy for IBM Sri Lanka from offering development to project implementation and initiated the transformation of Sri Lankan banking sector into WebSphere Software platform.

2 Extensively involved in designing, implementing and supporting e-business infrastructure for two key IBM banking accounts. Initiated Web enablement services for Legacy IBM mainframe systems using IBM Host Integration Technologies. Conducted WebSphere Application Server administration skill transfer sessions and proof of concept sessions to IBM WebSphere customers IT Specialist: Team Leader Infrastructure and Systems Management Services (ISMS) (2003 to 2004) Engineered the storage services strategy for IBM Sri Lanka from offering development to project implementation and initiated the concept of networking storage to IBM Sri Lanka customers. Lead the team that won the first IBM Enterprise Storage Server (SilveTip) in the country, implemented the Enterprise Storage Server based storage infrastructure and conducted Administration skill transfer sessions. Engineered midrange Storage Area Networking solutions based on IBM TotalStorage FAStT storage servers (current IBM DS4000 series storage). Conducted FAStT Administration and Hands on skill transfer sessions to IBM FAStT customers. Conducted a series of presentations in the latest Storage Virtualization solutions from IBM and created the awareness of block-based virtualization technologies among Sri Lankan customers. Implemented IBM SAN Volume Controller based Peer-to-Peer Remote Copy solution for the first time in IBM Asia Pacific region. Provided extensive problem determination and problem source identification support for WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere MQ implementations. Implemented WebSphere Application Server infrastructure on iseries platform and offered post sales support IT Specialist: Team Leader System Software Programming Services (SSPS) (2004 to 2006) Engineered a technical support services strategy for Technical Support Services (TSS) for the projects implemented by SSPS team by providing on-the-job training and multiple skill transfer sessions to the engineers Offered Level 1.5 support for all the complex SAN/Tivoli/AIX Performance related issues for the Technical Support Services (TSS) team Pioneered the dissemination of Storage Area Networking knowledge in the Sri Lankan IT industry by conducting multiple workshops, lectures, skills transfer sessions and presentation to the key strategic customers, some of the significant efforts are,

3 o Public Sector Storage Networking awareness workshop 2006 o Storage Networking Technology workshop for Sri Lanka Telecom Limited 2005 o Lectures for MSc students in University of Moratuwa on Storage Technologies and Storage Networking internals 2006 o Finance sector Storage Networking awareness workshop Offered services as a speaker in multiple industry events organized by IBM Sri Lanka and its Business Partners especially on the Storage Solutions, System Management solutions and e-business solutions. Offered extensive pre-sales support for IBM TotalStorage, IBM System p and IBM System x brands from designing complex IT solutions to leading the formulation of strategy in winning competitive accounts. Implemented the first ever system automation solution on IBM System p with end-to-end Oracle database automation at Richard Pieris Distributors Limited with lab support and before the release of formal automation technology for Oracle database on pseries. This implementation is registered as an IBM world wide reference. Engineered multiple fully scripted and integrated solutions for off-host backups using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM TotalStorage DS4000 storage systems including end-toend disaster recovery support and evolved a template of such solutions to be replicated in the industry Pioneered the winning and successful implementation of the first ever integration of IBM TotalStorage and Tivoli Storage Management technologies in a Sun environment for the core-business application of an Sri Lankan customer Designed and implemented multiple high availability clustering solutions on Microsoft platforms, especially for SAP application infrastructures. Performed extensive tuning of SQL Server and SAP application infrastructures on Windows platforms. Pioneered the design and implementation of multiple IBM pseries Logical Partitioning solutions including dynamic logical partitioning and partition load management and engineered development of win clinics for IBM Systems and Technology group pseries and Storage teams to increase their market share by positioning advanced server and storage virtualization solutions from IBM Sri Lanka Advisory IT Specialist: Team Leader Server services Service Product Line (SPL) and Storage and Data Services SPL (2004 to 2006) Engineered a market development strategy to increase the awareness and deployment of IBM Server virtualization solutions, bringing in the concepts of utility computing into the enterprise customers in Sri Lanka. Conducted multiple vendor independent workshops on building awareness of the use of various server virtualization solutions for building Adaptive IT infrastructures.

4 Contributed to the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) initiative in development of Strategic IT Management skills of the local CIO s by developing and delivering the course on Virtualization technologies for Adaptive IT infrastructures Designed and implemented multiple server virtualization solutions based on IBM System p Advanced POWER Virtualization (APV) technologies with business-driven resource sharing between logical partitions Pioneered the introduction of database level high availability and disaster recovery technologies into the Storage and Data services portfolio using Oracle database Real Application Clusters (RAC) and Oracle Database replication using Data Guard broker. Implemented the first Oracle database 10g Real Application cluster with Oracle clusterware and IBM GPFS parallel file system technologies. Designed and implemented Oracle database level disaster recovery solutions on IBM System p and Microsoft Windows platforms. Designed and implemented IBM Sri Lanka s first Proof of Concept on a complete infrastructure solution encompassing IBM System p, IBM TotalStorage and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Dialog Telekom, the largest mobile telecommunication service provider in Sri Lanka Lead the IBM team of local and foreign technical specialists in the first industry debate on alignment of an infrastructure solution strategy to the proposed Customer Care and Billing application environment of the largest mobile telecommunication service provider in Sri Lanka which lead to the award largest IT infrastructure solution for IBM Sri Lanka Pioneered the evolution of IBM Sri Lanka sales and marketing strategy for System Storage brand to address the enterprise storage requirements of large enterprise customers in Sri Lanka and successfully designed, won and implemented three large enterprise storage solutions using IBM System Storage DS8000 series storage technologies Introduced non-disruptive and cross-platform data migration technologies into the Server SPL and carried out multiple data migrations for mission critical applications using LVM based split mirror technique, GPFS data migrations and Oracle database level data migrations across platforms. Initiated low-cost host based replication solution offerings to the local market using IBM Data Mobility solution portfolio and finalized a go-to-market model for IBM Softek Replicator based disaster recovery solutions.

5 2.2 Professional Experience: projects designed and implemented in last three (3) years Client Reference Project Activities Richard Pieris Distributors Limited System Automation and SAN Implementation SAN/Linux clustering with Tivoli System Automation for Oracle (First in IBM world-wide) Aitken Spence Limited Centralized Backup and SAN Implementation SAN/FlashCopy/VolumeCopy/ CBR fully scripted server-less backup Janashakthi Limited Centralized Backup and SAN Implementation and Performance Consulting SAN/FlashCopy/VolumeCopy/ Centralized Backup and Recovery CBR Server-less backup & LAN based/aix Performance Consulting Courtaulds Clothing Lanka (Pvt.) Limited SAN level replication with Storage QOS Storage Virtualization/Storage Based Remote Mirroring (First in IBM Asia Pacific) Prime Minister s Office & Ministry of Education Clustering and Storage Infrastructure services SAN/Microsoft Clustering/HACMP/CBR with LAN-Free Backups Sri Lanka Insurance LPAR/DLPAR and Storage and Database infrastructure services SAN/LPAR/FlashCopy integrated data protection Sampath Bank Limited Dynamic Logical Partitioning and SAN Implementation Services SAN/LPAR/DLPAR Seylan Bank Limited High Available clustering and SAN Implementation SAN/Microsoft Clustering/CBR MAS Group High Availability clustering, SAN Implementation and SAP infrastructure optimization SAP/SQL Server clustering, Microsoft Cluster Services implementation, SAP Infrastructure services

6 Royal Ceramics High Availability clustering, SAN Implementation SAN Implementation, IBM HACMP cluster implementation NDB Bank Limited (NDB) Server virtualization, SAN based centralized backup and recovery, Data protection for Domino Mail Serving environment IBM System p Advanced POWER virtualization, SAN and heterogeneous CBR with fully scripted Oracle database backups, Data Center LAN implementation, Tivoli Data Protection for Domino mail environment Nations Trust Bank (NTB) SAN implementation services and Oracle data protection solution GPFS Implementation, HACMP implementation, SAN implementation, Data Center LAN implementation Lanka Bell (Pvt.) Limited Server virtualization, Oracle database high availability and disaster recovery, Server-less backup of Oracle database environment LPAR/DLAR/Server virtualization, GPFS, Oracle RAC implementation, Oracle Data Guard implementation, Tivoli Data protection for Oracle implementation, AIX Performance Consulting, Data Center LAN implementation, Oracle Grid Control implementation Tigo (Pvt.) Limited Linux High Availability clustering implementation, SAN based DR and server-less backup solution Linux High Availability clustering/ Storage based Disaster Recovery and fully scripted server-less backup and recovery Sampath Bank Limited Dialog Telekom Limited SAN implementation services, server-less backup solution, Data protection for Domino Mail Serving environment Server virtualization, SAN implementation, high availability clustering, data protection and enterprise system and storage management solution Integration of Sun servers into IBM SAN Storage Veritas Volume Manager implementation Storage based DR, Tivoli Data Protection for Domino implementation IBM System p Advanced POWER virtualization, HACMP & SAN implementation, Oracle data protection, Enterprise Systems Management (IBM Director), Enterprise Storage Management (TPC), AIX performance consulting, Data Center LAN implementation

7 Sri Lankan Airlines Server virtualization, storage infrastructure, data protection and database migration solution IBM System p Advanced POWER virtualization/sun integration into IBM SAN/HACMP/SAN implementation/oracle database migration, Data Center LAN implementation Department of Immigration and Emigration Database level disaster recovery solution Oracle Data Guard implementation, Preparation of Disaster Recovery plan Lanka Bell (Pvt.) Limited Infrastructure migration solution GPFS data migration, Oracle RAC node migration and IBM DS4000 storage array migration Sampath Bank Limited Storage Area Network based data replication, Server virtualization and Data Protection solution for Sampath Bank core banking database infrastructure IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) based storage virtualization implementation, Brocade Multi-Protocol Router (MPR) implementation, Storage network based disaster recovery solution implementation

8 3. Achievements Won the IBM Bravo award for leading the efforts in IBM Middleware Services offerings development in Sri Lanka 2002 Won the IBM Bravo award for building the Oracle Database solution business in IBM Sri Lanka 2004 Won the coveted Presidential Scholarship award for Masters Degrees Won the IBM Bravo award for leading the efforts in achieving the market leadership for Storage Area Network Solutions in Sri Lanka Won the IBM Bravo award for the Outstanding Individual Contribution for the year of Professional Development OS/4000 System Operator, Advanced System Operator and Administration and Control workshops IBM Sri Lanka (2000) AIX Problem Determination Workshop IBM Singapore (2000) AIX Performance Tuning Workshop IBM Singapore (2000) High Availability and RAID Workshop for IBM RS/6000 IBM Mainz, Germany (2000) IBM 2105 Models EXX, FXX and 800 DASD Subsystem Product Training IBM Atlanta, US (2003) ESS Implementation for Open Systems and ESS Copy Services IBM Mainz, Germany (2003) e-business Technology Workshop IBM San Francisco, US (2003) FAStT Hands on Training IBM Raleigh, US (2003) Advanced Storage Networking and Lab Infiniti I/O, UK (2004) Oracle Database Administration Oracle University, Singapore (2004) Oracle Real Application Clustering (RAC) Oracle University, Singapore (2006) Advanced SAN Assessment, Planning and Design Infiniti I/O, UK (2006) IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center implementation IBM Montpellier, France (2007) Softek TDMF technical workshop IBM Bangalore, India (2007) Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Volume Manager implementation Veritas Australia (2007) 5. Professional Certifications IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert RS/6000 and AIX 2001 IBM Certified Systems Expert WebSphere Application Server Administration 2002 SNIA Certified Architect Academic Qualifications Diploma in English, Aquinas University College, Merit pass (Batch top) 1994 BSc Engineering (Electronics and Telecommunication) Second Class Upper Division, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka 1994/1999 o Research Project Low cost Tele-Medicine System (awarded grade: A) MSc in Computer Science specializing in Computer Networking with a GPA of 3.92, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka /2006 o Research Project Sensitivity Analysis of iscsi traffic in a LAN environment (awarded grade: A+)