About
Engineering and product leader with over 20 years in cloud, enterprise SaaS, PLG products, infrastructure, and security. Previously CTO and SVP of Engineering at SailPoint, with prior senior roles at InVision, Atlassian, and Amazon; at 8VC he serves as a virtual CTO supporting portfolio companies.
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Invests in
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- 8VCCTOcurrent2023 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
- ThorinCo-Founder and Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- New Mountain CapitalExecutive Advisory Councilcurrent2023 — present
- EpsioInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Terminal IndustriesInvestor and Advisorcurrent2023 — present
- SpaceXInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- AfreshAdvisorcurrent2022 — present
- CentsInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- AllstacksInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- AblyInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- Career BreakPersonal goal pursuit2022 — 2023Austin, Texas
- SailPointCTO & SVP, Engineering2020 — 2022Austin, Texas, United States
- BonuslyAdvisor2020 — 2021
- InVisionSVP Engineering, Invision2018 — 2020Austin, Texas Area
- AtlassianHead of Engineering, Stride, HipChat, Trello2016 — 2018Austin, Texas
- AmazonSenior Manager, Software Development2012 — 2016Toronto, Canada Area
- OracleManager CRM SaaS Architecture2010 — 2011
- OracleManager Social CRM Development2007 — 2010
- OracleArchitect2006 — 2007
- Siebel SystemsLead Software Engineer2000 — 2006
- Janna SystemsDeveloper2000
Skills & more
Agile Methodologies40EAI5Team Building2CRM17SOA7Cloud Applications2Cloud Computing16Project Management5Web Application Security1Software Project Management4Scrum9Solution Architecture4
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Enterprise ArchitectureSDLCSoftware DevelopmentScalabilityArchitectureApplication ArchitectureWeb ServicesAgile Project ManagementSaaSEnterprise SoftwareOracleJavaFrom Asanka's professional profile.
Colleagues at 8VC
Adrienne Alexander
Operations at 8VC
Aidan Pratt
Founder at Autostep
Alex Kolicich
Investment Team at 8VC
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Alex McLane
Investment Team at 8VC
Alex Moore
Investment Team at 8VC
Arthur James
Advisor at 8VC
Arun Gupta
Founder & CEO, Quartet, Accretive, The World Bank, McKinsey at AIF
Ava Eitzen
Portfolio Support at 8VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Asanka Jayasuriya?
- Engineering and product leader with over 20 years in cloud, enterprise SaaS, PLG products, infrastructure, and security. Previously CTO and SVP of Engineering at SailPoint, with prior senior roles at InVision, Atlassian, and Amazon; at 8VC he serves as a virtual CTO supporting portfolio companies.
- Where does Asanka Jayasuriya work?
- Asanka Jayasuriya is CTO at 8VC.
- What does Asanka Jayasuriya invest in?
- Asanka Jayasuriya invests in Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where did Asanka Jayasuriya go to school?
- Asanka Jayasuriya studied at University of Toronto (BSc, Computer Science).
Same school
Also attended University of Toronto341
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Shared employers
Also worked at Afresh3
Also worked at Allstacks6
Also worked at Amazon645
Apoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsBinny BansalCo-founder of Flipkart; co-founder of PhonePe and OppDoorBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsJane MooneyCo-founder & VP, Strategy and Finance at Collaborative RoboticsNick FrosstCo-founder of CohereDave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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