Milinda Vitharana
Product leader with passion, energy and a 20+ year track record in bringing innovative ideas in Data and AI to life | Ex. Microsoft | Ex. Fujitsu
- Role
- Vice President, Product Management, SAP Business Data Cloud at SAP
- Location
- Redmond, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Milinda Vitharana
Product leader with passion, energy and long term drive to bring Data and AI products to life spanning 20+ year career. Recognized as a top performing Engineering leader within Microsoft Dynamics, transformed and executed the Data and insights strategy from on-premise to cloud-SaaS and zero-copy integration architecture in a career spanning 17 years. Track record of productizing innovative ideas within Microsoft and the industry into high growth, new revenue data products spanning embedded AI/ analytics (2012+) to zero-copy SaaS integration (2023) and Analytical data agents (2024) within Dynamics 365 family of products.Public speaker with 100+ technical presentations at Microsoft and Industry conferences. Effective communicator and writer who regularly engages with customers and community at large including C-suite, technical management as well as public facing office hrs. I bring intense customer focus while relentlessly pursuing customer value. I am driven by a deep sense of empathy and shaped by firsthand experiences working for and with customers in Data and AI space. As a product leader and a mentor, I strive to bring clarity and focus to unify the team. Stepping up when and where needed, by contributing and critically reasoning with Engineers, Architects to effectively apply technology to business problems.I strive to build lasting partnerships by being value driven, objective, transparent and appreciating diverse perspectives by surrounding myself with the larger community that I serve,(including competitors, partners, developers and consultants) and by being a focal point, mentor, trainer and a volunteer leader.
Experience
Vice President, Product Management, SAP Business Data Cloud
Sep 2025 — Present · Bellevue, WA, US
Education
National Institute of Business Management
Diploma in Computer Systems Design
1988 — 1989
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science
University of Colombo
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General
1998 — 2000
Ananda College, Colombo
GCE (A/L), Mathematics stream
1981 — 1988
Skills
- Software Project Management
- Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence Tools
- Business Intelligence
- Requirements Analysis
- Solution Architecture
- Microsoft Dynamics
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