Professional résumé

Randy Navagamuwa

Senior Solutions Architect · Data & AI Platforms

Enterprise architect with 9+ years spanning software engineering, integration, real-time analytics, and modern data platforms. I translate complex technical requirements into practical architectures, successful proofs of concept, and production adoption across APAC.

9+ yearsEngineering, architecture, and customer-facing technical leadership
400%APAC customer-base growth supported through real-time analytics engagements
$100K → $5MRegional revenue growth supported through enterprise integration programs
How I deliver

Architecture grounded in outcomes.

Discovery & strategy

Turn ambiguous business goals and complex data estates into clear, sequenced architecture decisions.

Proof of concept leadership

Design focused technical evaluations that prove value, expose risk, and build stakeholder confidence.

Performance engineering

Shape distributed analytics systems for demanding concurrency, latency, and scale requirements.

Cross-functional delivery

Align executive, product, sales, and engineering teams from early discovery through adoption.

Experience

Career history

2025 — Present

Senior Solutions Architect

Starburst
Melbourne · ANZ & North Asia
  • Lead enterprise data platform and AI architecture engagements across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Korea.
  • Design federated and lakehouse architectures spanning warehouses, data lakes, and operational systems.
  • Guide discovery, technical workshops, proofs of concept, and adoption planning with executive and engineering stakeholders.
  • Develop practical patterns for AI, LLM, and agentic workloads grounded in governed enterprise data.
2022 — 2025

Solutions Architect

StarTree
APAC
  • Designed real-time analytics platforms for event-heavy enterprise workloads across the region.
  • Led technical discovery and proofs of concept, helping grow the APAC customer base by 400%.
  • Optimised high-concurrency architectures to achieve sub-100ms query latency for demanding use cases.
  • Partnered with customers and product engineering to move evaluations into reliable production deployments.
2019 — 2022

Associate Lead Solutions Engineer

WSO2
APAC
  • Led solution consulting for enterprise integration, API management, microservices, and digital transformation programs.
  • Supported regional revenue growth from approximately USD 100K to USD 5M through workshops, demonstrations, and proofs of concept.
  • Expanded the customer footprint in India from 5 to 25 organisations while serving as a trusted technical advisor.
  • Designed secure integration architectures for complex, mission-critical operating environments.
2017 — 2019

Senior Software Engineer

AdroitLogic
Sri Lanka
  • Built a secure AS2 gateway and B2B exchange capabilities for enterprise integration products.
  • Engineered high-volume financial data workflows and mission-critical integration platforms.
  • Led an engineering team and contributed across design, implementation, delivery, and operational support.
2016 — 2017

Google Summer of Code Intern & Contributor

Eclipse Foundation · Eclipse Che
Open source
  • Designed and implemented a pair-programming extension for the Eclipse Che cloud IDE.
  • Enabled real-time developer collaboration and continued contributing beyond the GSoC program.
Beyond delivery

Engineering foundation, strategic reach.

Public work

Writing & open-source engineering

I share perspectives on distributed data, real-time analytics, enterprise integration, and applied AI on Medium, with code and earlier platform work available on GitHub.

Let’s solve the hard platform problems.

Open to thoughtful conversations about enterprise data, analytics, and AI architecture.

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