DHAMITHRA JAYASURIYA
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
A seasoned professional with a robust understanding of corporate governance and risk management, adept at decision-making and budget control. Demonstrates strong networking abilities and excels in building relationships across various industries.
Skilled in aligning business and IT strategies, guiding sales teams, and simplifying complex problems to deliver effective solutions. Committed to growth initiatives, understanding customer pain points, and providing exceptional people management and teamwork.
Visionary leader with strategic mindset and proven ability to drive organisational growth. Demonstrates strong negotiation and communication skills, alongside expertise in project management and team leadership. Committed to delivering transformative results and fostering culture of innovation.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2026
2026
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
CLOUD ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR - MEA
ORACLE CORPORATION
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
07.2022 - 05.2025
- Strong networking and building relationships across all levels and across industries
- Lead transformational and strategic customer engagement across Middle East & Africa
- Spearhead cross-LOB collaboration to build customer cloud roadmaps and drive business transformation.
- Engage C-level stakeholders to align technology strategy with business outcomes.
- Directed team to deliver high-quality customer service.
- Coordinated large scale projects with successful outcomes.
- Managed negotiations with clients to secure profitable contracts.
DIRECTOR - CLOUD ENGINEERING & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - ASEAN & SAGE
ORACLE CORPORATION
11.2020 - 07.2022
- Directed pre-sales and customer success teams across 15 countries, driving new customer landings and cloud growth.
- 150% Year on year revenue growth in the Region
- Directed team to deliver high-quality customer service.
- Coordinated large scale projects with successful outcomes.
- Supervised staff training programmes with focus on skill enhancement.
- Recruited and developed high-performing teams, with focus on talent retention.
- Spearheaded strategic planning initiatives, aligning organisational objectives with long-term goals.
- Allocated resources to teams and projects based on need, performance and availability.
- Built and executed regional cloud growth strategy.
- Mentored TCE and sales teams to identify workloads, define value propositions, and win executive alignment.
TECH COUNTRY HEAD - SRI LANKA & MALDIVES
ORACLE CORPORATION
05.2019 - 11.2020
- Led the technology license and cloud business, rapidly scaled cloud adoption.
- Achieved 'Best Manager' awards in FY19 & FY20.
- Under leadership, Sri Lanka became the top cloud-consuming country in ASEAN.
SENIOR TERRITORY MANAGER - BFSI - SRI LANKA
ORACLE CORPORATION
06.2016 - 05.2019
- Managed BFSI sector sales, driving both cloud and license revenue.
- Achieved 100% (2017), 150% (2018), and 300% (2019) of targets.
- Consistently won Oracle Achievers Club awards.
SENIOR SALES CONSULTANT - SAGE REGION
ORACLE CORPORATION
04.2013 - 05.2016
- Delivered solutions and architectures aligned with customer budgets and goals.
- Played a key role in pre-sales and post-sales success across the SAGE region.
HEAD OF DATA CENTRE
LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
04.2011 - 04.2013
- Managing the Private Cloud Infrastructure for LOLC Group
- Responsible for LOLC Group Data Centre and Services
- Lowering cost and increasing Availability and Security
- Supporting the rapid expansion and growth of LOLC Group
- Achieving ISO-27001 and maintain standards
MANAGER - DATABASE INFRASTRUCTURE
LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
04.2008 - 04.2011
- Responsible for the Performance, Availability and Security of Database Infrastructure
- Managing costs and capacity planning for the LOLC Group
SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
02.2006 - 04.2008
- Responsible for keeping Databases at Optimal Level
- Lowering cost while maintaining Availability, Security and Performance
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR
HATTON NATIONAL BANK PLC
10.2001 - 01.2006
- Managing all Databases and Application Servers of the Bank
- Meeting Availability, Performance and Security SLAs
- Responsible for keeping Databases at Optimal Level
- Lowering cost while maintaining SLAs
Education
Master of Science (Msc) - Information Technology
Bsc (Hons) - Information Technology
Project Management Professional (PMP) - undefined
Ordinary Level and Advance Level College Education - undefined
01.1984 - 04.1999
Skills
- Networking and relationship building
- Corporate governance
- Decision-making
- Risk management
- Growth initiatives
- Budget control
- Business and IT alignment
- People management
- Public speaking
- Customer needs analysis
- Sales coaching
- Problem simplification and solution architecture
Certification
- Oracle Certified Associate - Database (OCA), Oracle University
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Certified Associate, Oracle University
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Certified Architect Associate, Oracle University
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Enterprise Workloads Certified Associate, Oracle University
- Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2020 Certified Specialist, Oracle University
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2020 Certified Architect Professional, Oracle University
- NetApp Storage, Other Certifications/Trainings
- CISCO, Other Certifications/Trainings
- VMware Simplify, Other Certifications/Trainings
- 7 Habits of Effective Managers, Other Certifications/Trainings
Languages
English
Fluent
Sinhala
Native
Affiliations
- Scuba Diving
- Off Roading
- Mountain Hiking
References
- Cherian Varghese, SVP, Cloud Infrastructure, AI & SMB, EMEA - Oracle, cherian.varghese@oracle.com, +971 (56) 7890669
- Maria Dzhanan, COO Growth Markets - Cloud Infrastructure, EMEA- Oracle, maria.kuvanova@oracle.com, +971 529665328
Timeline
CLOUD ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR - MEA - ORACLE CORPORATION
07.2022 - 05.2025
DIRECTOR - CLOUD ENGINEERING & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - ASEAN & SAGE - ORACLE CORPORATION
11.2020 - 07.2022
TECH COUNTRY HEAD - SRI LANKA & MALDIVES - ORACLE CORPORATION
05.2019 - 11.2020
SENIOR TERRITORY MANAGER - BFSI - SRI LANKA - ORACLE CORPORATION
06.2016 - 05.2019
SENIOR SALES CONSULTANT - SAGE REGION - ORACLE CORPORATION
04.2013 - 05.2016
HEAD OF DATA CENTRE - LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
04.2011 - 04.2013
MANAGER - DATABASE INFRASTRUCTURE - LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
04.2008 - 04.2011
SENIOR DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR - LOLC HOLDINGS PLC
02.2006 - 04.2008
DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR - HATTON NATIONAL BANK PLC
10.2001 - 01.2006
ST JOSEPHS COLLEGE - Ordinary Level and Advance Level College Education,
01.1984 - 04.1999
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - Bsc (Hons), Information Technology
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE - Project Management Professional (PMP),
Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology - Master of Science (Msc), Information Technology
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