Amila Sajith Kottege
Toronto, ON. CANADA amila [at] kottege.ca He/Him
Summary

I bring a dynamic and relationship driven mindset to foster meaningful collaboration across teams to ensure business goals are executed on time and on budget. I have a wide range of experience in the financial industry which spans core capital market systems, cloud native design patterns and robust reporting platforms. From a technology perspective I strive to foster and teach modern software design principals, automation, and CI/CD methodologies to my teams so we can provide value to business and technical partners.

Experience
2012 - Present Senior Manager - Senior Manager Data and Advanced Analytics + AI Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Data and Advanced Analytics + AI - (Sr. Manager)

  • Managing a team of 8 data engineers
  • Creating and implementing foundational best practices for the team as a means to drive efficiencies and reduce lead time for the business
  • Mentoring 4 highly competent data science team members to foster a culture of operational excellence
  • Bring in an entrepreneurial mindset and establish an AI Centre of Excellence

Platforms and Shared Services and DevSecOps (Sr. Manager)

  • Managed 14 high performing individuals for the DevSecOps and Automation team
  • Implemented a framework for bringing in new technologies to IT where maintainability, currency, security, and vendor risk are reviewed
  • Developed an organization wide CI/CD strategy to increase speed to delivery with proper OKRs to track benefits for the business and to further solidify an agile mindset for the product teams
  • Lead and prioritize automation work to reduce the need for offshore Ops resources
  • Reduction of 5 ops resources through VM automation
  • Eliminated the need for database Ops with Snowflake automation
  • Chaired the Solution Review Board to review solution architectures for product teams and establish technology standards across IT
  • Reduced delivery time and increased reliability for product teams by establishing a practice of developing common components which are shareable across the organization

Total Fund - Risk, Total Fund Reporting, and Asset Liability Model

  • Managed the Liquidity Risk team
  • Successfully delivered many large projects for the business by both getting a deep understanding of the business and by establishing meaningful relationships with the business to better serve them.
2008 - 2012 Assistant Vice President Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Worked with teams across multiple cities and countries on projects ranging from real-time trade approval engines to margin calculators.

Achievements and Hobbies
  • Received 2020 CEO Award for Innovation in Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
  • Received Associate Recognition Award for 2011 from Toronto management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Received Associate Recognition Award 2009 from the business management at Bank of America Merrill Lynch