Entrepreneur  ·  Technology Consultant

I build technology ventures that create lasting impact.

I'm Mahen Samaranayake, an entrepreneur and technology consultant. I found and lead software companies, and I help organizations around the world turn ambitious ideas into products that people rely on every day.

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  • Based inColombo, Sri Lanka
  • WorkingWorldwide, remote-first
  • AvailabilityOpen to select engagements
Portrait of Mahen Samaranayake
14+ Years building and shipping software
Founder & leadership across
  • Noimos
  • EduCluster
  • Catwa
  • Outclass
  • Software Systems International

01 / What I do

Capabilities honed over a decade of building and shipping

Engineering & Architecture

I design and build production-grade systems from the ground up: from architecture and clean, maintainable code through deployment and long-term support. The result is software businesses can depend on every day.

  • Full-stack
  • System design
  • Scalability

Venture Building

I start and scale companies that solve real problems. From the first line of code to a funded, growing product, I bring the focus to spot opportunities, assemble teams, and turn a clear vision into a business built to last.

  • Startups
  • Product
  • Leadership

Advisory & Consulting

I help leadership teams make confident technology decisions. Grounded in hands-on delivery, I advise on strategy, technical direction, and the practical trade-offs that move a roadmap from plan to shipped, revenue-generating software.

  • Strategy
  • Transformation
  • Growth
Mahen Samaranayake
0+ Years of experience
0+ Users served worldwide

02 / About

A builder guided by purpose and the long view

I believe technology earns its place when it genuinely improves lives. My work sits where engineering meets entrepreneurship, with a steady focus on usefulness, sustainability, and value that compounds over time rather than fading with the next trend.

With a Master's-level education and a career that has grown from software engineering into product and data leadership, I have spent more than a decade shipping software that people actually use. Today my products serve well over a thousand users across retail, education, human resources, fashion, and productivity, and I bring that range to every venture and client I work with.

Location
Colombo, Sri Lanka · Worldwide
Education
Master's level
Focus
Technology & entrepreneurship
Sectors
Retail, EdTech, HR, Fashion
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03 / Experience

A path across engineering, startups, and leadership

  1. Founding and leading an AI-powered education platform built to improve learning experiences and measurable outcomes for students and educators.

  2. Founding a platform that connects models, agencies, clients, and service providers in one place, creating a seamless ecosystem for the modelling and creative industry.

  3. Running a portfolio of software projects and products across multiple domains, delivering solutions that address real needs for clients and their users.

  4. Led technology vision and delivery for an extracurricular-activities booking platform serving school students across the United Kingdom.

  5. Building end-to-end ERP solutions from scratch for cooperatives and small-to-medium businesses, owning the full lifecycle from architecture and development through deployment and support.

  6. Delivered work in the information-security domain for a well-known security-devices company based in the United States.

04 / Ventures

Companies I have founded and helped build

Noimos

Founder

Catwa

Founder

EduCluster

Founder

05 / Insights

Perspectives on building and leading

Collaboration as a competitive advantage Leadership

Collaboration is a competitive advantage, not a nicety

The hardest problems in technology are rarely solved alone. The teams that consistently ship products worth using treat collaboration as core infrastructure, not an afterthought reserved for the kick-off meeting.

When people from different disciplines, backgrounds, and markets work in the open, they surface blind spots early and compound one another's ideas. That is where durable innovation comes from, and it is a large part of how focused teams end up outbuilding much larger ones.

  • Leadership
  • Collaboration
  • Product

06 / Get in touch

Let's build something worthwhile together

Whether you are shaping a new venture, looking for a technology partner, or simply want to compare notes, I would be glad to hear from you.

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