{
  "name": "Andrew Kapuduwa",
  "canonical_title": "AI, Innovation & Technology Transformation Leader",
  "location": "Melbourne, Australia",
  "experience_years": "23+",
  "positioning": "Strategy → Operating Model → Architecture → Delivery → Adoption → Value",
  "summary": "Technology transformation leader with 23+ years across enterprise AI, portfolio and programme delivery, solution architecture, cloud, data, enterprise platforms and operational technology.",
  "experience": [
    {
      "dates": "Mar 2023 - Present",
      "role": "Senior Consultant - Technology Delivery & Engineering Management",
      "organisation": "DWS Pty Ltd (Part of HCLTech)",
      "location": "Melbourne, VIC",
      "focus": [
        "Transformation delivery",
        "National logistics modernisation",
        "ERP-like platform transformation",
        "Architecture assurance",
        "AI-enabled engineering"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dates": "Oct 2020 - Mar 2023",
      "role": "Head of Project Delivery & Solution Architecture",
      "organisation": "Northern Land Council",
      "location": "Darwin, NT",
      "focus": [
        "Technology portfolio leadership",
        "PMO establishment",
        "Solution architecture",
        "AWS modernisation",
        "ERP and HR integration"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dates": "Jul 2015 - Jan 2020",
      "role": "Senior Consultant - Delivery Management",
      "organisation": "Dialog Information Technology / NCS Group Australia",
      "location": "Darwin, NT",
      "focus": [
        "NT Government transformation",
        "Programme recovery",
        "Asset management",
        "Location intelligence",
        "Multi-agency delivery"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dates": "Aug 2013 - Jul 2015",
      "role": "Service Delivery Manager",
      "organisation": "Simient Pty Ltd / Clade Solutions",
      "location": "Darwin, NT",
      "focus": [
        "Government application service delivery",
        "Change governance",
        "Service levels",
        "Requirements validation",
        "Operational support"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dates": "Jan 2011 - Aug 2012",
      "role": "Consultant IT Operations Manager - Airport Operations Portfolio",
      "organisation": "Emirates Airline & Group",
      "location": "Dubai, UAE",
      "focus": [
        "US$100M+ annual technology portfolio",
        "24/7 operational technology",
        "Ground-support and cargo systems",
        "IBM Maximo",
        "Vendor and commercial governance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dates": "2006 - 2010",
      "role": "Technical Project & Implementation Leadership",
      "organisation": "CodeGen International; Enterprise Software Solutions",
      "location": "UK / International",
      "focus": [
        "Travel technology",
        "ERP",
        "Product delivery",
        "Requirements management",
        "Distributed implementation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "qualification": "MSc in Information Technology",
      "institution": "Sikkim Manipal University",
      "category": "Postgraduate"
    },
    {
      "qualification": "Diploma in Computer Systems Design",
      "institution": "National Institute of Business Management",
      "category": "Technical foundation"
    }
  ],
  "certifications": [
    {
      "name": "PMP",
      "full_name": "Project Management Professional",
      "credential_id": "1496386"
    },
    {
      "name": "PRINCE2 Practitioner",
      "credential_id": "1000112945"
    },
    {
      "name": "ITIL V3",
      "category": "IT Service Management"
    }
  ],
  "capabilities": [
    "Enterprise AI Transformation",
    "Portfolio and Programme Delivery",
    "Solution and Enterprise Architecture",
    "AI-Enabled Engineering",
    "Cloud, Data and Enterprise Platforms",
    "Integration and API Architecture",
    "Operational Technology and IT Service Management",
    "Vendor, Commercial and Portfolio Governance"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Microsoft Dynamics 365",
    "Microsoft Azure",
    "AWS",
    "Power BI",
    "Python",
    "FastAPI",
    "React",
    "Next.js",
    "Java",
    "API Gateway",
    "EKS",
    "RDS/MySQL",
    "Redis",
    "Jenkins",
    "GitLab",
    "SonarQube"
  ],
  "selected_assignment_themes": [
    {
      "sector": "National logistics",
      "focus": "Legacy platform consolidation and AI-enabled engineering",
      "outcomes": [
        "Six legacy instances consolidated toward one platform",
        "AI-assisted code analysis and modernisation",
        "CI/CD delivery uplift"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sector": "Emergency and hardship services",
      "focus": "Dynamics 365 operating model, spatial eligibility and integrations",
      "outcomes": [
        "Event-led application processing",
        "Geospatial eligibility",
        "AI-ready triage and workload concepts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sector": "Remote and regional services",
      "focus": "AWS-based platform modernisation",
      "outcomes": [
        "105 organisations supported",
        "End-to-end business platform transformation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sector": "Aviation",
      "focus": "24/7 operational technology portfolio",
      "outcomes": [
        "US$100M+ annual portfolio responsibility",
        "14% contract cost savings"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "public_contact": {
    "email": "andrewkap@live.com",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewkapuduwa"
  }
}