About
Kanchana Wickremasinghe is VP & Field CTO at WSO2 and a founder and angel investor. He advises clients on technology strategy, enterprise architecture, and solution design across cloud computing, enterprise application integration, and data analytics, with a focus on open source technologies.
Experience
- WSO2VP & Field CTOcurrent2025 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- WSO2VP & GM Choreo Business Unit2022 — 2025Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- WSO2VP & Product Manager of Choreo Data Plane2021 — 2022Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- BalnzedInvestor & Advisorcurrent2024 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- PeoplesHR Pty LtdAdvisorcurrent2013 — presentMelbourne, Australia
- SENATH Ltd (New Zealand)Foundercurrent1998 — presentWellington, New Zealand
- SENATH Ltd (New Zealand)Co-Founder2007 — 2015Melbourne, Australia
- Platformer.comCEO/Co-Founder2015 — 2021Melbourne, Australia
- nbn™ AustraliaRelease Architect2014 — 2016Melbourne, Australia
- RXP Services LimitedPrincipal Consultant2014 — 2016Melbourne, Australia
- Alcatel-Lucent (Australia)IP Solutions Architect2009 — 2011Melbourne, Australia
- FOSSMART Pty LtdChief Solutions Architect2006 — 2008
- Alcatel (New Zealand) LimitedCapability Solutions Manager2005 — 2007Wellington, New Zealand
- EDS (New Zealand) LimitedSolution Architect2000 — 2005Wellington, New Zealand
- Cap GeminiSenior Data Warehouse Consultant1999 — 2000Christchurch, New Zealand
- Contec Data Systems LtdCustomer Service Manager1996 — 1999Christchurch, New Zealand
- BartleetSystem Engineer1994 — 1995
Education
- Swinburne University of Technology1991 — 1993
- Royal College1981 — 1988
Skills & more
SaaS34Cloud Computing99Information Technology19Solution Architecture36Enterprise Architecture19IT Strategy45Open Source Software14Open Source40Virtualization11PaaS8Business Intelligence14Data Warehousing3
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System ArchitectureMySQLSoftware DevelopmentSOAArchitectureLinuxEnterprise SoftwareTechnical LeadershipEntrepreneurshipERPIT Service ManagementMobile ApplicationsLanguages English · Sinhalese
- Google Cloud Certified Professional - Cloud Architect — Google
- Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation — Coursera
- Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals — Coursera
- Google Cloud Platform for Systems Operations Professionals Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
From Kanchana's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Swinburne University of Technology23
Dhaval ParikhInvestor at Illuminati CapitalCarolyn TrickettGrowth Principal at JLL Spark Global VenturesAndrea SpirovPrincipal, 'spired Marketing at Seed Round CapitalAnthony SchenaAssociate at Konvoy VenturesSolomon ParkVice President at Structural CapitalMaxim ShklyarEngineering at Tidal Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at RXP Services Limited1
Also worked at Alcatel-Lucent (Australia)140
Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAdamAdvisor at Clear VenturesSamir MatkiInvestor at DaphniTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanTimo AhopeltoSerial tech entrepreneur and early-stage investor running Lifeline VenturesJyri EngeströmPartner at Lifeline Ventures
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Also worked at Cap Gemini82
Lavinia FerriAssociate at P101 VenturesLuca FerraresiProject Specialist at P101 VenturesKulpreet SinghOperating Advisor at OpenOceanLouise HagenInvestor at Luminar VenturesAziz GilaniAssociate at Mercury FundJeff SturmanExecutive Venture Partner at Caduceus Capital Partners
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Colleagues at Tidal Ventures
Alvin Yeap
AI & Data at Tidal Ventures
Anatoli Kazatchkov
Engineering at Tidal Ventures
Anthony Justice
Leadership at Tidal Ventures
Asheesh Chacko
Strategy at Tidal Ventures
Callan Schebella
Product at Tidal Ventures
Collin Li
Growth at Tidal Ventures
Craig Holden
Chief Financial Officer at Tidal Ventures
Dan Winter
Venture Partner at Tidal Ventures