Journey

From machines to money.

The engineering projects, the move into performance marketing, and the teaching that followed.

Timeline

  1. 2016

    Robots, arms and a funnel

    Taught line-following robots, programmed robotic arms, and designed a mechanical funnel that caught newspapers falling mid-run at a printing plant.

  2. Final year

    A drone for crop disease

    Built a final-year drone that detects crop disease.

  3. 2020

    BSc Mechatronics Engineering

    Graduated from Sri Lanka Technological Campus with a BSc in Mechatronics Engineering.

  4. 2021

    From engineering to paid media

    At Surge Global, owned a Germany-based cybersecurity account running $500K+ a year across Google, Meta, and LinkedIn. One SaaS client saw a 116% lift in conversion value in six months.

  5. Now

    Teaching the next builders

    Corporate training as an internationally certified trainer for government bodies, NGOs, and Hatch. Panelist at the 1st International Research Conference on Digital Marketing (ReDM 2026). Visiting lecturer at ACIDM and TrendsEd. Currently pursuing an MBA in International Business at the University of Colombo.

Engineering projects

  • Line-following robots

    Taught line-following robots as part of the early engineering work.

  • Robotic arms

    Programmed robotic arms.

  • Mechanical newspaper funnel

    Designed a mechanical funnel that caught newspapers falling mid-run at a printing plant.

  • Crop disease drone

    A final-year drone that detects crop disease.

  • Eye-blink communication device

    An eye-blink device that helped partially paralysed users send messages.

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