Experience
Assistant Manager - Industrial Design B2B
Phoenix Industries Ltd | Feb 2025 - present
- Developing designs for B2B businesses based on their design requirements.
Service Design and Digital Marketing Consultant
Dynamic X Plus | Dec 2023 - Mar 2024
- Developed a customer-focused project execution process after analyzing the customer journeys.
- Developed content and a strategy to showcase the benefits of hiring a CGI company over creating an in-house CGI team. Created compelling marketing messages emphasizing the value of CGI services.
Assistant Manager (Product Design and Development)
Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC | Jun 2020 - Jul 2021
- Managed the end-to-end process of new product development, from concept creation to final product launch.
- Led initiatives to expand the product range, resulting in the successful development and launch of four new products annually.
- Spearheaded the development of a product range (Waterdrop series) that won a prestigious German Design Award, highlighting the innovation and quality of Dankotuwa Porcelain designs.
Industrial Designer (Product Design and Development)
Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC | May 2019 - May 2020
- Supervised the entire CNC product development process and the team, starting from 3D modeling through to Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM).
- Managed the sample manufacturing process, overseeing the creation of over 100 samples annually.
Industrial Designer
Australian - Sri Lankan University Partnership Project | May 2016 - April 2019
- Developed over 25 innovative upcycled materials from identified waste, contributing to sustainable product design.
- Designed and developed over 50 products that could be manufactured from newly developed upcycled materials.
- Worked with the team to identify potential community groups capable of manufacturing the products, and provided training to these groups.
- Assisted in developing 3 brands for the community groups, helping them establish a market presence that led to a 300% increase in daily income. (Yaal fibre, Katana Upcycle).
Teaching
Visiting Lecturer
University of Moratuwa | Jun 2016 - Dec 2018
- Manufacturing Technologies – Polymers and Plastics for Designers
- Recycling and Upcycling methods
Projects
TransTextile (2017)
Centre for Industrial Sustainability (CIS), University of Cambridge, UK.
- Manufacturing Technologies – Polymers and Plastics for Designers
- Recycling and Upcycling methods
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
Master of Industrial Design | 2021 - 2023
- Studied under a Fulbright Master’s Scholarship.
- Focus on UX Design, Service Design, Immersive Reality, and Usability testing.
- Thesis: A feasibility study on using VR as a usability testing tool for interactive products.
University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka)
B.Des. Product Design | 2011 - 2015
- Graduation Project: UNIRIDE, an electric scooter with a free-of-charge rental service for university students
- Honors: Dean’s List in Semester 5 & 6
Pro-Bono
Steering Committee Member
Design Act | Aug 2023 - Present
- Organized Design sprints, movie screenings, and other design-focused events to improve design skills within the community.
Community Trainer and Workshop Conductor
Mexico | Apr 2022
- Developed new upcycled materials from waste and trained local communities to manufacture products from those materials.
Sri Lanka | May 2017 - Jan 2019
- Trained communities on material development, quality control, and brand sustainability through a series of workshops.
Skills
Design
UX Design · Industrial Design · Service Design · Augmented Reality · Virtual Reality · Human-Centered Design · Physical and Digital Prototyping · Wireframing Low-High Fidelity Mockups
Research
User Interviews · User Testing · Journey Mapping
Software
Figma · Axure · Protopie · Balsamiq
Inventor · Fusion360 · Solidworks · Keyshot
Illustrator · Photoshop
Arduino (working knowledge) · Unity (working knowledge)
Other Skills
Rapid Iteration · Cross-functional Collaboration and Communication · 3D printing Laser Cutting · Recycling/Upcycling
Awards
German Design Award – 2023 (Dankotuwa Porcelain)
Fulbright Master’s Scholarship – 2021