Dr Kanishka Karunasena 76D, Udupila, Delgda, Sri Lanka Tel: 0718 766 573 (M) 0332 256 439 (H) Email: Kanishka.karunasena@gmail.cm Persnal Details Date f Birth/ Age: September 13, 1979 (36+) Current Psitin : Senir Prject Manager/ICTA Educatin PhD in Business Infrmatin Systems, RMIT University, Australia. Research: e-gvernment Perfrmance Evaluatin M.Sc in Prject Management, University f Mratuwa M.IT, Charles Stuart University, Australia Career Summary Mre than 15 years f experience in the ICT industry and academia in varius psitins including as a Senir Prject Manager at the ICTA f Sri Lanka, Sessinal Academic and Researcher at the RMIT University Australia, cunterpart MIS Cnsultant at the Ministry f Skills Develpment and Vcatinal Training, Sftware Develpment Team Leader at IDM Sftware Internatinal, cunterpart Systems Analysts fr the Prtected Area Management and Wildlife Cnservatin Prject, and Assciate Systems Engineer f DMS Sftware Department. Interests Research, Prject management, E-gvernment, ICT fr develpment, Perfrmance evaluatin B.Sc (First Class) Hns in Cmputing and Infrmatin Systems Awards/Grants/Schlarships Nminee fr the best PhD thesis Medal (Australian Cuncil f Prfessrs and Heads f Infrmatin Systems) - 2012 in Australia and New Zealand. Nminee fr the RMIT Vice Chancellr s Best PhD thesis award fr year 2012. Tpped the batch frm curse wrk mdules f M.Sc in Prject Mgt., University f Mratuwa Australian Gvernment PhD Schlarship (Tutin fee and living allwance schlarship) RMIT Higher Degree by Research Publicatin Award fr year 2012. Wrth abut A$ 6144 Best e-gvernment Paper Presentatin, e-gvernance: Malaysian Technical Crpratin Prgram (2017) Academic Excellence Award frm Virtusa Crpratin Page 1 f 6
A Summary f Research Publicatins Deng, H., Karunasena K., & Xu, W. (2017). Evaluating the Perfrmance f e-gvernment in Develping Cuntries. Internet Research (in press) Karunasena K., & Deng, H. (2011). Critical factrs fr evaluating public value f e-gvernment in Sri Lanka. Gvernment Infrmatin Quarterly, 29, 76-84 (Excellence Research Australia - ERA Ranked B Jurnal). Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena, K., & Deng, H. (2012). A citizens-riented apprach fr evaluating the perfrmance f e- gvernment in Sri Lanka. Internatinal Jurnal f Electrnic Gvernment Research. 8(1), 43-63. (ERA Ranked B Jurnal). Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena, K., Deng, H., & Singh, M. (2011). Measuring the public value f e-gvernment: An empirical study frm Sri Lanka. Transfrmatinal Gvernment: Peple, Prcess and Plicy, 5(1), 81-99 (ERA Ranked C Jurnal). Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena, K., Deng, H., & Karunasena, A. (2012). E-gvernment develpment in Sri Lanka: challenges and pprtunities. In Handbk fr e-gvernment in emerging ecnmies - Adptin, cntinuance usage, e-participatin and legal framewrks. Bwalya, K.J., & Zulu, S.F (Eds). Hershey PA: IGI Glbal. Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena K., Deng, H., & Harasgama, K.S. An Investigatin f the Critical Factrs fr Evaluating the Public Value f e-gvernment: A Thematic Analysis. In Infrmatin Systems and Technlgy fr Organizatins in Netwrked Sciety. Kmmers, P., Issa, T. and Isaías, P. (Eds). Hershey PA: IGI Glbal, Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena K. & Deng, H. A thematic analysis f the critical factrs fr evaluating the public value f e- gvernment. ITS 2011, Shanghai, December 2011. Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena, K. & Deng, H. (2011). A revised framewrk fr evaluating the public value f e-gvernment. Pacific Asia Cnference n Infrmatin Systems 2011, July 2011, Brisbane (ERA Ranked A Cnference). Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena, K., Deng, H., & Karunasena, A. (2011). Structural equatin mdeling fr evaluating public value f service delivery thrugh e-gvernment: A case study frm Sri Lanka. 2011 Internatinal Cnference n Web Infrmatin Systems and Mining, 24-25 September 2011, China Karunasena, K. & Deng H. (2010). Testing and validating a cnceptual framewrk fr evaluating the public value f e-gvernment using structural equatin mdeling. ACIS 2010, December 1-3 Brisbane (ERA Ranked A Cnference). Duble-blind. Karunasena, K., & Deng H. (2009). A cnceptual framewrk fr evaluating the public value f e- gvernment: A case study frm Sri Lanka. ACIS 2009, December 1-3 Melburne (Ranked A) Karunasena, K., & Deng, H. (2010). Explring the public value f e-gvernment: An empirical study frm Sri Lanka. 23rd Bled Cnference, e-trust, Implicatins fr the Individual, Enterprises and Sciety, Bled, Slvenia, June 2010. (ERA Ranked B Cnference). Peer review, Duble-blind. Karunasena K. & Deng H. (2010). A public value based empirical analysis f e-gvernment in Sri Lanka. 2009 Internatinal Cnference n Web Infrmatin Systems and Mining, Shanghai, China Karunasena K. (2007). E-gvernment develpment in Sri Lanka. U-cnnect-2007 Internatinal cnference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, August 2007. Web : http://www.ictp.uz/en/u-cnnect-2007
Specialized Research Methds Mixed methds research (Cnvergent parallel mixed methds, Sequential mixed methds) Survey and Interview Structural Equatin Mdelling, Cnfirmatry Factr Analysis Thematic Analysis AMOS, SPSS data analysis packages Training Received Structural Equatin Mdelling with AMOS Prject Management Prfessinal Training Training n Micrsft.NET (C#. NET, ADO.NET, Windws Applicatin) Training n Prgramming with MS-SQL 2000 Training n Micrsft Visual Basic 6.0 Certificate in Prgramming with Java. Certificate in Oracle 8 I, PL SQL Specialized Sftware Tls Object Oriented Systems Analysis and Design with UML, and Ratinal Rse Structured Systems Analysis and Design (SSADM 4+), Micrsft Visi Micrsft Prject Prfessinal Memberships Member f Prject Management Institute (USA) Member f Australian Cmputer Sciety Member f Sri Lanka Cmputer Sciety Referees Prfessr Dr Brian Crbitt Deputy Pr-vice-Chancellr-Research: Cllege f Business RMIT University, Australia. Tel: +61399255802, Fax: +61399251524 Email: Brian.crbitt@rmit.edu.au Prfessr Dr Hepu Deng Schl f Business Infrmatin Technlgy RMIT University, Australia Tel: +61 399 255 823, +61 401 251 663 (mbile) Email: hepu.deng@rmit.edu.au Mr. Wasantha Deshapriya Secretary Ministry f Telecmmunicatin and Digital Infrastructure Clmb 05 +94-777 584 312 (Mbile) Mr. Gamini Karunarathne Senir Prcurement Specialist ICT Agency f Sri Lanka 160/24, Kirimandala Mawatha, Clmb 05, Sri Lanka Tel: 0773 121107 (Mbile), +94 112 369 100 Page 3 f 6
Wrk Experience Service, Psitin, and Institutin Details March 2016 t Present Senir Prject Manager at ICTA Managing natinal level e-gvernment initiatives such as Curt Autmatin, Gvernment Security Audits, Open Data, and Lanka Interperability July 2013 December 2015 Researcher Cnduct research n e-gvernment perfrmance evaluatin and Prject management Feb 2009 Feb 2013 Sessinal Academic and Researcher at RMIT University Australia Researched n e-gvernment service delivery, e-gvernment perfrmance evaluatin, green IT, crprate scial perfrmance, crprate scial respnsibility, and crprate gvernance. Sessinal Lecturer fr Systems Analysis and Design, Business Slutins Designs, Decisin Supprt Systems Sept 2006 July 2008 Prject Manager at ICTA Managed natinal level e-gvernment initiatives such as e-mtring, Gvernment Internet Data Centre, Gvernment Web Develpment Initiatives, Gvernment Web Prtals Develpment (Gvernment Web Prtal, Gvernment Infrmatin Centre Prtal, Divisinal and District Secretariat Prtals) Apr 2004 - Aug 2006 Team Leader, Sftware Engineer, and Systems Analyst at IDM Sftware Internatinal Fllwed Object Oriented Analysing and Design Techniques such as Activity diagrams, State chart diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Cllabratin diagrams, Deplyment diagrams, Class diagrams, and Use case diagrams fr designing Infrmatin Systems. Used Structured System Analysing and Design techniques fr designing Infrmatin Systems. Wrked with Sftware Engineering CASE tls such as Ratinal Rse 2000, and Visi Cded prgrams and designed databases using C#.Net, and ADO.net, Java, VB6, Oracle 8i, and SQL server 2000. Sep 2005 Aug 2006 Cunterpart MIS Cnsultant t the Ministry f Skills Develpment Prvided cnsultancy supprt t implement a MIS in 91 vcatinal training centres acrss the cuntry, implement a Vcatinal Training Certificate Issuing System, and Implement Labur Market
Infrmatin System Jan 2004- Mar 2004 Assciate Systems Engineer at DMS Sftware Department Develp systems/prgrams Maintenance f systems/prgrams Prduce user manuals April 2004 Aug 2006 Visiting Lecturer Taught fllwing subjects Advance Database Management Systems fr the final year students wh are studying fr B.Sc Degree in Lndn Metrplitan University (Affiliated University Cllege in Sri Lanka). Human Cmputer Interactin fr the students studying fr BIT degree in Charles Sturt University (Affiliated University Cllege in Sri Lanka). Supervised final year prjects.