
Nisal Perera
@nisalperera1
Machine Learning Engineer at VeracityAI / Wenn ASA who improved vehicle damage estimation accuracy and cut Face Blur Service costs by 57%.
What I'm looking for
At VeracityAI / Wenn ASA, I improved the Size Coefficient Estimation service to 75% average accuracy and reduced its execution time by 20%. I also refined the Face Blur Service, cutting costs by 57%.
I shipped a semantic segmentation model that improved Damage Size Estimation Service accuracy by 10%. I also maintained services and managed AWS deployments with CI/CD pipelines to achieve 99% uptime.
At OREL IT Pvt Ltd, I designed a remote patient monitoring proof of concept that detected critical signs with 90% accuracy, then supported its deployment to a local hospital. I also managed and mentored machine learning engineers and interns.
On my ongoing Autonomous Robot with Stereo Vision project, I integrated YOLO-based object detection into a ROS2 pipeline and designed custom ROS message formats that reduced detection-output bandwidth by 50%. I’m developing its perception and control systems for real-time obstacle avoidance.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Machine Learning Engineer / Computer Vision Engineer
VeracityAI / Wenn ASA
Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 10 months)
Collaborated with international ML engineers to improve Size Coefficient Estimation accuracy to 75% and reduce execution time by 20%. Refined Face Blur Service for 57% cost reduction and applied Grad-CAM for model evaluation.
Machine Learning Engineer / Computer Vision Engineer
OREL IT Pvt Ltd
Jun 2022 - Jan 2023 (7 months)
Managed and mentored a team of ML engineers, achieving 80% accuracy in targeted departments and reducing inference time by 10%. Increased throughput by 3x using SageMaker endpoints and deployed a remote patient monitoring PoC with 90% accuracy.
Associate Engineer-Research and Technology
BooleanLabs Pvt Ltd
Feb 2022 - May 2022 (3 months)
Developed Swaphub platform with Python Flask and NextJS, increasing efficiency by 30%. Managed client requirements, enhancing client satisfaction by 70%.
Associate Machine Learning Engineer
OREL IT Pvt Ltd
Dec 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
Designed and implemented CI/CD pipeline for ML systems, deployed models on AWS, and scaled to identify 200 product classes. Increased throughput by 2x and reduced inference time by 10%.
Associate Software Engineer
Epic Lanka Technologies
Jan 2020 - Dec 2020 (11 months)
Improved checkout efficiency by reducing cart abandonment by 25% through a retail chatbot. Created a predictive analysis system to predict customer purchases, reducing store time by 50%, and designed a custom recipe algorithm to reduce product waste.
Education
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IU International University of Applied Sciences
Master of Science, Artificial Intelligence
2022 -
Pursuing an MSc in Artificial Intelligence with two coursework modules remaining, expected to complete by December 2026.
Birmingham City University
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Mechatronics Engineering
2017 - 2020
Earned a B.Eng. (Honors) in Mechatronics Engineering from Birmingham City University from 2017 to 2020.
London Metropolitan University
Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Software Engineering
2015 - 2019
Earned a B.Eng. (Honors) in Software Engineering from London Metropolitan University from 2015 to 2019.
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