Shavini Fernando - Portfolio/ Resume

About Me

Being an individual who grew up in love with coding and graphic design, I have always been interested in developing visually appealing applications.

My core skills include web development, game development, and 2D and 3D animation. My experience in these fields has inspired me to develop interactive and visual software and devices to create the ultimate user experience.

Visual computing can bridge the communication gap in every industry and help people understand the use of applications and technology faster and more accurately.

As a project manager and web developer, I’ve continually found that my skills in visual computing are the reason for my greatest successes in project management, website design and development, team leadership, and client relations.

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Experience

Jan 2018 - Current

OxiWear.Inc

Washington, DC

Founder, CEO

Being a Patient with pulmonary hypertension who will eventually have to go through a heart and both lung transplant, it made me understand the importance and the requirement to designed and developed an Ear-Wearable device for continues oxygen monitoring and Emergancy Alerting to help Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension.
Jan 2019 - Current

GEORGETOWN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, DEAN’S OFFICE

Washington, DC

Web Design & Development Consultant

Responsible for re-designing the graduate school of arts and sciences and New Graduate school programs websites to create a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience. Working in Liaise with Georgetown UIS to make sure the sites are aligned with the accessibility and SEO requirements and the GU Standards. Creating artwork for the new program websites. Capturing photographs of faculties and students Creating a Photograph Library for the Graduate school of arts and sciences to be used in website and social media marketing.Redisigned the Graduata school admissions brochure in print and flipbook version for online and conventional marketing.
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, THE MAKER HUB, LAUINGER LIBRARY

Washington, DC

Operations Coordinator

Oversee day-to-day operations of the Maker Hub. On-boarding and training new staff and volunteers. Coordinating activities of staff and volunteers, maintaining inventory of consumable supplies, re-ordering as needed. Promoting the values of the Maker Hub: Safety, helping others, inclusion, experimentation, and innovation. Sharing Maker Hub stories by posting images, videos and text on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter).Learning new tools and techniques for making, creating documentation and teaching others.
Oct 2017 - Dec 2018

GEORGETOWN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, DEAN’S OFFICE

Washington, DC

Web and Marketing Assistant

Responsible for re-designing the graduate school of arts and sciences and New Graduate school programs websites to create a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience. Working in Liaise with Georgetown UIS to make sure the sites are aligned with the accessibility and SEO requirements and the GU Standards. Creating artwork for the new program websites. Capturing photographs of faculties and students Creating a Photograph Library for the Graduate school of arts and sciences to be used in website and social media marketing.Redisigned the Graduata school admissions brochure in print and flipbook version for online and conventional marketing.
Aug 2017 – Nov 2017

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY DATA SCIENCE DEPT.

Washington, DC

Web Design Specialist

Responsible for Redesigning the faculty website to create a more visually appealing and user-friendly experience, in Liaise with Georgetown UIS to make sure the site is aligned with the accessibility and SEO requirements and the GU Standards. Created new artwork to make the website visually appealing and would give an overall idea on what the program is about.Took required photographs of the school and the data analytics students and classes and to support website content.
Apr 2017 –Jul 2017

CENTER FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

Washington, DC

RECRUITMENT OFFICER, EHLS PROGRAM

Responsible for marketing and recruiting applicants for the EHLS Scholarship program. Supporting the Recruitment Director in marketing the program online, in print, and in person. Managing and scheduling the marketing campaign on print media, online and over radio. Creating Advertisement artwork for vendors and social media. Creating and sending out Newsletters.The total number applications increased to 400 from 300 previous year.Negotiated prices with the old vendors and reduced the cost to get new advertising vendors in.
Jan 2009 – Present

FREELANCE

Washington, DC

Web Designer/Developer

Work closely with clients to develop detailed specification documents with clear project deliverables, consistently completing projects within robust timelines and constraints. Build and refine graphic website designs using Photoshop and Illustrator, and convert raw images and layouts to CSS themes. Produce project estimates, and determine appropriate architecture and technical solutions. Design and develop web sites using PHP, JavaScript, Ajax, HTML, and MySQL.
Feb 2014 – Oct 2015

ICFAI EDUCATION LANKA

Colombo, Sri Lanka

LECTURER

Delivered lectures for MBA students on professional communication, business writing, research, reporting, documentation, and presentation delivery.
Nov 2013 – Jul 2015

HS COMMUNICATIONS, UK (VIA ICT SOLUTIONS)

Colombo, Sri Lanka

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Managed key institute-wide projects with large budgets and staff, consistently meeting timelines within project constraints and parameters. Oversaw communications with sponsors and stakeholders.Led the design, testing, planning, and implementation of multiple concurrent projects to meet department goals. Continuously improved project management toolkits and methodologies used across teams. Provided expertise and consulting on team building, group dynamics, and motivation. Managed numerous social media campaigns, including marketing content and artwork, and presented monthly performance and cost reports to key stakeholders.
Jun 2009 – Nov 2014

AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY (VIA EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY)

Colombo, Sri Lanka

LECTURER & UNIT COORDINATOR

Created and delivered lectures on professional communication, e-business, and management information systems for BSc and BBA students.Developed criteria, and graded exams, papers, presentations, and weekly assessments.
Jan 2008 – Jul 2008

UNIVERSITY IT NETWORKS DIVISION, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney, Australia

NETWORK ASSISTANT

Managed complex Netwiz diagrams for the University network, and addressed inquiries and faculty requests. Provided network connections, mapped patching matrices in preparation for upgrades, and installed switches per matrices.
May 2006 – Dec 2006

SINGAPORE INFORMATICS PVT. LTD.

Kandy, Sri Lanka

LECTURER & STUDENT/PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Lectured Diploma and Advance Diploma Computer Studies candidates in mathematics, data structures, database management, system analysis, and design. Scheduled courses, and coordinated between fellow lecturers and students. Organized and conducted career consultations. Proactively identified and resolved student issues.
Oct 2005 – May 2006

HELLOCORP BPO

Colombo, Sri Lanka

CALL CENTER CONSULTANT

Provided customer support in the areas of: product bundling, terms and conditions, billing, and payment. Consistently achieved weekly and monthly inbound call targets on a personal and team level.

Education

2016 - 2019

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate - Emphasis in Leadership

Stanford University

Completing the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate with stanford Business school, part time basis.
2017 - 2018

Master’s in arts, Communication, Culture & Technology

Georgetown University, Washington ,DC

Emphasis on Visual Computing and its application in different sectors.
2011 - 2012

International MBA

Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

Emphasis on Internation Business. Was awarded the Golden Key Honors award for being in the Top 15% of class
2001 - 2006

Bachelor of Computer Science

University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth UK

Emphasis on Database Management & E-Commerce

Award

1 Sept 2019

Halcyon Fellow - Fall 2019

Halcyon Incubator

Selected as one of the 8 social entrepreneur fellows for fall 2019 cohort.
May 2019

DCFemTech Award 2019

DCFemTech Foundation

Awarded and listed among 49 most influential power women in code, cesign, and cata based in the Washington, DC region, for OxiWear.
1 Dec 2018

Exceptional Master's Student Award - at Large (2018-2019)

Georgetown University Graduate Student Awards.

Was awarded the Exceptional Master's Student Award - at Large (2018-2019) at Georgetown University Graduate Student Awards for the work done towards creating awareness on pulmonary hypertension and inventing the ear wearable device for continues oxygen monitorying for the PH community.And for work done at to educate kids and students on wearable and other electronics
1 Dec 2018

Startup Hoya Med Hackathon - Member of the Winning team

Georgetown University honor issuerStartup Hoya Med

Member of the winning team for both First Prize + People's Choice for VR based Empathy training application - Dr Empathy
28 Nov 2018

Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize - Winner

Georgetown University Start Up Hoyas & Ted Leonsis Family

Georgetown University Leonsis Family Entrepreneurship Prize - Winner of both First Prize & People's Choice for O2 Wear (OxiWear)- An Ear Wearble Pulse Oximeter Device
18 Nov 2018

Global Impact Pitch Competition - Winner

Georgetown University School of foreign services and Citi Ventures

Global Impact Pitch Competition - 1st prize Winner & People's choice Prize winner for O2 Wear (OxiWear)- An Ear Wearble Pulse Oximeter Device
May 2017

Most Creative VR Production

DC VR Hackathon

Was a member of the VR hackathon team that won the award for the most creative VR product. Was mainly involved with the graphics creation and Java Script coding to put the Final product together.
Oct 2012

Golden Key Honors Award

Edith Cowan University, Australia

Was awared for being the top 15% of the class.