Over 30 years of working in the insurance industry, for some of the largest insurance and reinsurance companies in the world. Worked with complex application systems and variety of data sources to deliver major transformations, data warehouses, analysis.

As the lead data engineer, I designed and build an end-to-end solution using Databricks and medallion architecture to ingest insurance risk, premium and claim data. The result was a data warehouse for analysis, self-service, reporting with multiple dashboards.

I want to use my skills and experience for greater social good, at the same time take on challenges to improve myself and work with diverse people and nationalities on projects around the world. It is also an opportunity to work outside of my own industry to build connections and learn about the world, whilst exercise my passion for data in many aspects such as modelling, engineering, analysis, etc.

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Full name: Surane Perera
User name: surane.perera
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Volunteer background
Education: Master's on Master Degree in Data Science (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)
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Volunteer availability
Start date: Aug. 15, 2026
End date: Dec. 31, 2027
Hours available per week: 5
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Python
Computer Science (Algorithms)
Data in Relational Databases
SQL
Data in Text Files
Data > 1TB
Geospatial
GIS tools
Experience working on real-world problems using data
Data Visualization
Data Analysis
R

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