Damian Perera

Designing and developing both internal and client-facing cloud applications and establishing industry best practices such as CI/CD for production workflows.

Designed and implemented Proof of Concept projects and conducted research & development within the Innovation (R&D) Team.

A majority of my internship was spent as a core member of the Mixed Reality team (under the Innovation team), which conducts R&D on Mixed Reality, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality hardware and applications for the retail domain.

I was dedicated to driving sales, managing customer relations and developing innovative web & mobile based applications aimed at millennial audiences

I was involved in setting up, configuring, troubleshooting and maintaining networking solutions for corporate clients with in-house server infrastructure

● National Finalist at Microsoft Imagine Cup 2016

● National Finalist at HSBC Youth Enterprise Awards 2016

● Secretary of the IEEE Student Branch (2015/16)

● Vice Chairman of Google Developer Group (2015/16)

● Awarded 1st Place at the annual Cutting Edge Exhibition in the 1st Year (2015)

● Batch Representative for the 2018 Software Engineering Batch (2015/16)

Linter for Dockerfiles

A Deno module which provides access to ipify.org APIs allowing the ability to detect your IP address or lookup geolocation data on a provided IP address, domain or email.

A boilerplate for a REST API service built on Deno and Oak

Provides utility methods for common Array operations

🔍 Searches and retrieves matching code snippets from GitHub

A simple, customisable theme for your Apache directory listing.

AngularJS Boilerplate for IBM MobileFirst

A look into reducing bug leakages in microservices shared across multiple development teams

Learn how Docker is transforming the way we code

Learn how and why you need to switch to ECS Scheduled Tasks when running periodically scheduled services

Join me in an adventure to discover the best and most developer-friendly method in bringing the notorious Kinect v2 data feed into any C# application

Want to start development on Mixed Reality? This article will help you understand the basics of mixed reality development for the Microsoft HoloLens

Developed a Kinect v2 based human scanning rig and application suite capable of obtaining a 360° point cloud via multiple scanning stations.

Scanned persons can be converted to 3D models and skeleton rigged for later use during animations.

Developed a mixed reality virtual assistant for a leading US retailer, based on the Microsoft HoloLens that enabled customers to summon a 3D virtual assistant, give verbal instructions and receive recommendations on fashion wear and accessories. This unique assistant was tailor made with spatial mapping, perception, sound and supported voice, gesture and gaze inputs.

Tailored as a checkout solution for a leading US retailer, Associate Checkout allows retail store associates to have a mobile POS terminal on an iPad with themselves, thereby reducing the need for queues while allowing customers to checkout anywhere, anytime.

Developed a mobile recommendations application for a leading US retailer, based on audio synthesis of commercials playing in the environment of the user, targeted at retail fashion customers. Results of the audio synthesis were matched against known tags to suggest recommended fashion lines and accessories.

The IoT Corporate Asset Monitor was developed for a leading US retailer, following the need to better identify corporate assets and help structure and streamline their lifecycle within corporate environments. The system consisted of IoT enabled BLE chipsets used to tag relevant assets, a server based on the MEAN stack that allowed for easy scaling, as well an analytics dashboard allowing administrators to monitor and track corporate assets.

GuruPaara [Path to a Teacher] is a platform that links students with teachers for tutoring.

It also provides other supplementary services such as a forum for students to discuss subject matter with each other (https://gurupaara.lk/forum/) as well as a guide to higher education (http://compass.gurupaara.lk/).

Reflex is an Embedded System built on the Raspberry Pi that enables its users to view important information and control their entire home while going about their daily routine. With inbuilt support for Home Automation, the user can get important updates, issue voice commands to Reflex and handle the workings of their home from the ease and comfort of their bedroom.

This mobile app provided Live Score Updates and a Ball-by-Ball Commentary of the 41st Battle of the Saints - Limited Overs Cricket Encounter, providing support for all devices using Android 2.3.3 and above.

Designed and developed the Student Portal of St. Peter's College, Colombo 04 using Google Apps for Education and Google App Scripts.

Became National Finalists in the Innovation category for the Reflex - Smart Mirror and Home Automation System

GuruPaara was honored as a finalist in the National Youth Enterprise Awards of 2015 conducted by the British Council in association with HSBC

Chaired the first Inter-University Hackathon in Sri Lanka spanning a total of 133 registered teams, 94 idea proposals, 10 finalists and 1 champion.

Awarded the first place among the first years at the Informatics Institute of Technology, for the Reflex Smart Mirror and Home Automation System