# Dasun Athukorala > Building AI-native software. Engineering AI-first organizations. Renewing the stacks beneath them. Three practices for the Agentic era — and one belief that ships them. Two decades architecting enterprise platforms across four continents. Today I do three kinds of work: building Generative and Agentic AI applications, rewiring engineering organizations so their teams and SDLC are AI-native, and modernizing the legacy stacks beneath them. - **Location:** Colombo, Sri Lanka - **Email:** dasun.athukorala@gmail.com - **Site:** https://dasunathukorala.com - **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/in/dasun-athukorala/ - **Twitter / X:** https://twitter.com/DasunAthu - **Status:** Engineering in the Agentic era - **Ethos:** Stay Humble, Keep it Simple, Lead with Honesty and Empathy. ## By the numbers - 24 years in tech - 200+ engineers led - 4 continents delivered - Top 10 global brands served ## Three practices ### 01 · AI-Native Software Building Generative and Agentic AI applications from the ground up — routing, tools, evals and guardrails that turn demo-grade AI into systems enterprises trust in production. ### 02 · AI-First Engineering Rewiring planning, coding, review and QA around AI agents. Treating prompts, tools and evals as first-class engineering artifacts — and the SDLC itself as a system that learns. ### 03 · Agentic Stack Renewal Modernizing legacy enterprise stacks with agents in the loop. Choosing where AI replaces, where it augments, and where it stays out — with two decades of platform-modernization scars to draw on. ## Point of view **Layer where you can. Re-architect where you must.** Most enterprises have years — and millions — already invested in stacks that work. The play isn't to burn them down. It's to layer agentic capabilities on top where they make the existing system smarter, and re-architect with intent at the seams where AI changes the rules. Knowing which lever to pull, for which problem, is the practice. ## What I bring ### 01 · AI-Native Product Build Designing and shipping Generative & Agentic AI applications — from concept through production, including routing, tools, evals and guardrails. ### 02 · AI-First SDLC Design Rewiring planning, coding, review and QA so AI agents are first-class engineers in the team — not bolted on afterthoughts. ### 03 · Stack Modernization Bringing legacy enterprise stacks into the Agentic era. Choosing where AI replaces, where it augments, and where it stays out. ### 04 · Strategic Management Translating a vision into a plan stakeholders can quote back to you — then hitting the milestones quarter after quarter. ### 05 · Portfolio Ownership Running multi-product, multi-customer portfolios with budget, P&L and steering-committee accountability. ### 06 · Coaching & Mentoring Building teams that combine raw talent with the judgment to use it. Currently mentoring engineers across industry and university. ## Selected work ### Today — 2024 — PRESENT _Engineering in the Agentic era._ - **Orion — enterprise AI platform** _(Model-agnostic · governed)_ Leading Orion: a model-agnostic enterprise AI platform that routes work to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Llama or on-prem LLMs under one governance, audit and control layer — so enterprises pick the right model per job without locking in. Tags: LLM routing, Governance, Evals, Agentic - **AI-Native software in production** _(Enterprise · Production-grade)_ Designing and shipping Generative & Agentic AI applications — the routing, tools, evaluation harnesses and guardrails that move enterprise AI past slide-deck demos into systems that hold up under real load. Tags: Gen AI, Tools, Guardrails - **AI-First SDLC — at the org level** _(Engineering org)_ Rewiring an enterprise engineering organization for the Agentic era. Bringing agents into planning, coding, review and QA as first-class engineers — and modernizing legacy stacks to make that possible. Tags: Stack renewal, Agentic ops, Eng leadership ### At Scale — 2013 — 2022 · VP / SVP _Running the portfolio._ - **Enterprise platforms at global scale** _(US + Europe · production · strict SLAs)_ Delivery owner for a flagship enterprise platform powering one of the world's top-10 brands in its category — bi-weekly releases, multi-stream teams, C-level engagement and quarterly business reviews across continents. Tags: SaaS at scale, Multi-region, 200+ engineers - **Platform foundation for the AI era** _(Cloud + containers · zero-downtime)_ Modernized the enterprise stack on-prem → containerized cloud, keeping every live customer SLA intact through the migration. The same platform foundation that today carries Generative & Agentic AI capabilities into production at scale. Tags: Cloud, Containers, Zero-downtime - **Vision 2020 — three-year strategy** _(Authored & executed)_ Authored and shipped a three-year company strategy. Translated a leadership thesis into OKRs, portfolio milestones and an execution rhythm the org hit quarter after quarter. Tags: Strategy, OKRs, Execution ### Architected — 2006 — 2013 · Architect → Senior Architect _Designing the systems behind the brand names._ - **Multi-brand cruise packaging platform** _(Miami, USA · leading cruise operator)_ Designed and led implementation of an online travel-packaging platform serving multiple brands of a leading US cruise operator headquartered in Miami. Tags: Cruise tech, Packaging engine - **Dynamic packaging — airline** _(Sydney, Australia · scheduled carrier)_ Lead architect for an Australian airline's dynamic packaging product — seats with accommodation, transportation, events and activities, composed on the fly. Tags: Airline tech, Dynamic packaging - **B2B / B2C booking engines** _(UK outbound + Middle-East inbound)_ Designed booking engines for a UK outbound tour operator and a Middle-Eastern inbound tour operator — a shared core, two distribution models, one architecture. Tags: Booking engine, OTA-compliant ### Built — 2020 — PRESENT _Building the people pipeline._ - **CodeGen Academy + TechRookie 360** _(Founded · Sri Lanka)_ Conceptualized and launched the Academy as a continuous skills-development platform. Started TechRookie 360 — a work-study scholarship — with the first cohort of twelve. Shipped the LMS and the Tech Bridge early-internship program. Tags: Academy, Scholarship, LMS - **Industry service at the University of Moratuwa** _(FICB · CSE mentor · e-learning)_ Volunteer member of UoM Faculty of IT's Industry Collaborative Board — building an industry-readiness program for first- and second-year undergraduates. Mentoring four CSE third-year students directly, and authored the "Professional Practice in Software Development" module for the Open Learning Platform. Tags: University, Mentoring, Course author ### More from the journey - 2011 — 2013 · France — Travel software platform — large French tour operator - 2011 — 2013 · Standards — Open Travel Alliance compliant SOAP APIs · led CodeGen's e-commerce team - 2006 — 2011 · Seattle, USA — Reservation platform — ferry operator - 2006 — 2011 · Canada — Passenger Services System — charter airline (analysis & solution design) - 2006 — 2011 · Zurich, Switzerland — TravelBox enhancements — destination management company - 2006 — 2011 · Amsterdam, NL — Canadian European seats distributor — TravelBox-based solution - 2004 — 2006 · Platform — TravelBox re-engineering for enterprise capability · bed banks, payment gateway, CMS integrations · PostgreSQL → Oracle migration - 2003 · Manchester + London — First-ever TravelBox production implementations · UK tour operators ## Experience - 2024 — Present · **Chief Executive Officer** — AI3X Technologies — a CodeGen Company _(role)_ - 2023 — Present · **Senior Vice President** — CodeGen International _(role)_ - 2023 — Present · **Faculty Industry Collaborative Board Member** — University of Moratuwa · Faculty of IT _(service)_ - 2023 — Present · **Undergraduate Mentor & E-Learning Contributor** — University of Moratuwa · Dept. of CSE _(service)_ - 2013 — 2022 · **Vice President** — CodeGen International _(role)_ - 2011 — 2013 · **Senior Software Architect** — CodeGen International _(role)_ - 2006 — 2011 · **Software Architect** — CodeGen International _(role)_ - 2004 — 2006 · **Senior Software Engineer** — CodeGen International _(role)_ - 2002 — 2004 · **Software Engineer** — CodeGen International _(role)_ ## Education - 2009 — 2011 · **Master of Business Administration** — Postgraduate Institute of Management · University of Sri Jayewardenepura - 1998 — 2002 · **BSc Eng. (Hons) Computer Science & Engineering** — University of Moratuwa · First Class Honours - 1996 — 1997 · **Diploma in Computer Systems Design** — National Institute of Business Management · First in Class --- _This file is a machine-readable summary for AI agents and language models. The human-rendered site is at https://dasunathukorala.com. Content sourced from `src/data.js` and regenerated at build time — never edit `/llm.txt` directly._