Achala Meddegama
@achalameddegama
Technical Product Manager at KAST who stood up the fraud, AML, and KYC stack for a stablecoin neobank serving 1M+ users.
Sri LankaWhat I'm looking for
At KAST, I stood up the fraud, AML, and KYC stack for a stablecoin neobank serving 1M+ users, integrating Sardine, Elliptic, and SumSub across onboarding and transactions. I also designed the case-management workflows, customer risk profiles, and operational tools used by fraud and compliance teams.
At Meetrix.IO, I managed delivery of 60+ client projects and three in-house SaaS products, including ScreenApp, and at ESOFT Technologies (Pvt) Ltd I founded and scaled products including CloudPOS, Ayubo.lk, and Tymo 360. Outside work, I co-founded Reforest Sri Lanka, where 100,000+ trees were planted, and received the Hanns Seidel Foundation Fellowship for work in urban sustainability and democracy.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior Technical Product Manager
KAST
Mar 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 5 months)
Owned the fraud, AML, and risk stack end to end, selecting and implementing Sardine, Elliptic, and SumSub. Established product analytics and BI on Mixpanel, Redshift, and QuickSight, and built internal risk and compliance platforms.
Senior Technical Program Manager
KAST
Jul 2025 - Jul 2026 (1 year)
Identified and mitigated program and platform risk, owned the fiat-partner playbook, implemented GitHub-Jira integration, and drove release planning and execution across engineering squads.
Technical Product Manager
Enactor
Jan 2024 - Jan 2025 (1 year)
Led delivery governance for retail technology initiatives, owned Agile program management, and managed release processes end to end including Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
Software Consultant and Technical Product Manager
Software Lifecycle Consultants
Apr 2023 - Apr 2024 (1 year)
Trained university interns to build scalable web applications for e-government ventures and served as product manager for www.mihidora.lk.
Head of Delivery and Technical Product Manager
Meetrix.IO
Apr 2020 - Apr 2023 (3 years)
Led delivery for a WebRTC and real-time communications company, managing 60+ client projects and 3 in-house SaaS products, and owned product management for ScreenApp and other products.
Chief Executive Officer
ESOFT Technologies (Pvt) Ltd
Apr 2014 - Apr 2020 (6 years)
Founded and scaled multiple digital products including CloudPOS, Ayubo.lk, and Tymo 360, and owned the ESOFT Metro Campus Learning Management System.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Moratuwa
Master of Business Administration, Information Technology
2015 - 2017
MBA in IT with a specialization in Business Analytics from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, from 2015 to 2017.
Coventry University
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2009 - 2011
BSc in Computer Science from Coventry University, UK, from 2009 to 2011.
University of Alberta
Introduction to Software Product Management, Software Product Management
Completed the Introduction to Software Product Management certification from the University of Alberta.
University of Alberta
Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements, Software Engineering
Completed the Reviews & Metrics for Software Improvements certification from the University of Alberta.
University of Alberta
Software Processes and Agile Practices, Software Engineering
Completed the Software Processes and Agile Practices certification from the University of Alberta.
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Location
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