Building high-impact products & teams | Experience across Hospitality, Telecom, Aviation, FinTech Compliance, E-commerce & Logistics,
As a seasoned Project Manager, Nawoda excels in establishing and overseeing outsourcing development agencies, tailoring workflows, and implementing project management solutions. With extensive experience spanning eighteen years across various sectors including E-Learning, InsureTech B2B, and FinTech, Nawoda has had the privilege of working with esteemed companies in Canada, Sweden, Norway, and the UAE. His role as Project Manager at Allion Technologies, Emirates and Devterra honed his communication, creative, and operational leadership skills. Nawoda has adeptly managed digital, web, and mobile projects, leading diverse teams of development engineers, business analysts, and designers on a global scale. His expertise lies in evaluating digital project delivery processes, optimizing cross-functional collaboration, and implementing effective delivery management strategies. Nawoda specializes in identifying and resolving issues that impede progress and dampens team morale, leveraging his proficiency in project management tools and systems. As a proficient Project leader, Nawoda possesses the capability to plan, design, and execute digital projects and products, delivering solutions and efficiencies tailored to the needs of various organizations.
The roles Nawoda steps into. Select one to see how they work in it.
Nawoda is an experienced Software Delivery and Quality Assurance Leader with over 20 years of experience managing complex digital products, SaaS platforms, and cross-functional development teams. With a strong background in e-commerce, hospitality, FinTech, and airline industries, he specializes in establishing effective QA strategies, leading manual and automated testing initiatives, and ensuring software products meet business requirements and quality standards. Combining expertise in product management, software delivery, and quality engineering, Nawoda helps organizations strengthen their testing processes, improve release confidence, and accelerate product delivery without compromising quality. His experience spans defining acceptance criteria, developing test strategies, overseeing test execution, managing defects, and coordinating geographically distributed QA and engineering teams. As a Fractional QA Lead, Nawoda brings a practical, business-focused approach to quality assurance, helping startups and growing organizations establish scalable QA practices, optimize testing workflows, and deliver reliable digital products.
Selected work in this role
Founder at RegulGPT
At RegulGPT, I led the development of an AI-powered assistant that simplifies regulatory compliance for startups.
Lead Business Analyst at Emirates
Nawoda delivered a revenue management system using Agile processes, leading an offshore development team through implementation.
Delivery Manager at Collective OS Inc
Nawoda oversees development of the Collective OS app with an offshore team, partnering with the CTO to devise and execute project delivery plans.
Focus areas
Founder at RegulGPT
QA & PM leade at Enviro Design Products, Inc.
Senior Business Analyst at JOHN KEELLS IT
Analyst Programmer at OpenArc Systems Management (Pvt) Ltd.
Lead Business Analyst at Emirates
Delivery Manager at Collective OS Inc
Product Owner at API Genie
OTHM
Postgraduate Degree, Project Management
ITC SME Trade Academy
The George Washington University School of Business
Foundation of Business Analysis, Business/Commerce, General
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
MBCS, Management Information Systems, General
National Institute of Business Management (NIBM - Sri Lanka)
Higher National Diploma, MIS
University of Pennsylvania
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