Velaris appoints Udara as Country Head and VP of Engineering

Velaris - an emerging startup that’s making a big impact on the customer success space has appointed  SaaS industry specialist, Udara Wijeratna as the Country Head of Sri Lanka and Vice President of Engineering. 

Udara joins Velaris after a dedicated career at SyscoLABS spearheading Corporate Technology and International engineering divisions. Specializing in enterprise application design, he has guided over 120 engineers to excel in the delivery of quality products to Sysco USA. 

Udara surged through the ranks with technical expertise and a focus on enterprise with industry leaders like Pearson and Virtusa. An AWS Certified Solutions Architect he is now an instrumental consultant in the acceleration of SaaS product engineering and cloud enablement start-ups. 

Hailing from Nalanda College, Colombo, Udara went on to graduate from the University of Colombo and the University of Kelaniya where he holds a BSc. (Hons) in Information Technology and a BSc. (Hons) in Physical Science. He acquired a distinction for MSc in Enterprise Application Development from Sheffield Hallam University.
“We are thrilled to welcome Udara as our new VP of Engineering and Country Head to help take Velaris to the next level. Having led high-performing cross-functional teams for the last 10 plusyears, Udara brings a wealth of technical and managerial experience to the team. We are very excited about all the innovation and the great culture that will come under his leadership.” said Velaris Co-founder / COO José Fernández-Castaño.

“Udara was the missing piece of our remarkably talented team in Sri Lanka. The wealth of expertise he brings on board will enable us to scale at a higher velocity whilst maintaining stability,” Velaris Co-founder/CEO Dilanka Kalutota stressed.