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Dinuka Lankaloka

Sr. Product Designer

Helsinki, Finland

[email protected]

Senior Product Designer with 10+ years of experience in SaaS. Currently at Brella, leading the design operations while building features with full end-to-end ownership.

I specialise in design systems, strategy, design maturity and DesignOps, backed by experience in shipping data-driven, multi-platform, enterprise level applications. Apart from hands-on design, I help set the standard for quality, collaboration and education in design teams.

Working with people is an important skill in any line of work. And that is one thing I am very passionate about. Leading teams and creating positive team culture are two things I enjoy and I’ve often received praise in those areas.

My developer background and experience as a public speaker have enabled me to effectively communicate my ideas with different stakeholders and external parties.

 

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Employment

Senior Product Designer • Brella
Feb 2024 - Present

Leading the design operations while building features. Created and currently maintain the design system that powers the end-user facing side of the product. I build features independently with full end-to-end ownership working closely with the design team, stakeholders and outside partners.

Product Designer • Brella
Dec 2021 - Feb 2024

Started with taking responsibility for Brella’s networking features. Later on expanded my focus area towards sponsor experience and content management. Shipped a few notable features that opened up new markets for Brella such as networking gating and multi-track schedule.
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Product Designer • Trabeya
Sep 2020 - Dec 2021

Trabeya was an advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) products and services start up serving a global customer base. Joined as the solo designer to build and lead a design team. During my time, I designed the company's flagship product and seven (7) different AI apps. Created the design system from the scratch which served complex data-driven products catered to domain experts.
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UI & UX Designer • Affno Virtual Market
Sep 2020 - Sep 2021

Affno Virtual Market is a company established to reimagine the process of procurement. I designed and shipped a product that serves as a B2B online procurement solution. Reporting directly to the CEO I collaborated closely with senior management to understand the business goals and ensure those were supported by design.
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UI/UX Designer & Frontend Developer • TWC Innovations
Dec 2013 - Sep 2019

TWC Innovations is a young start up focused on industrial applications and blockchain research and development. Started mainly as a frontend developer with a bit of backend touch I soon pivoted to design. As the designer and one of the project managers I designed, led and shipped enterprise mobile applications, websites and SaaS solutions including an e-commerce platform.
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Tools & Strengths

  • User-centred design
  • Multi-platform development
  • Design operations
  • Leadership
  • Design systems
  • Project management
  • Innovation
  • Research
  • Scalable applications
  • Problem solving
  • Brand alignment
  • Collaboration
  • Presentation
  • Public speaking
  • Figma
  • Sketch
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Origami Studio
  • Zeplin
  • Github
  • HTML
  • CSS

Education

University College Dublin
BSc in Computer Science

I graduated from University College Dublin with Second Class Honours. My undergraduate subjects included Algorithmic Problem-Solving, Matrix Algebra, Digital Systems and Data Structures. For the final project, I designed and created user interfaces for a Smart Home automation IoT application which allows the user to control lamps, ventilation and windows using an Android application.