Surya Jayaweera

About Surya Jayaweera

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS • CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT • INVESTMENTS • PATENTS • LICENSINGI\'m always open to helping others via mentoring and consulting by combining my passion for problem solving via strategic business negotiations with my experience in investments and technical background in mobile, software development, embedded systems, consumer electronics, technology licensing, and EdTech. I enjoy finding solutions though leadership of complex and comprehensive large value and mutually beneficial negotiations within consumer, enterprise, and federal and state government markets. I\'ve been semi-retired for several years now, though I enjoy staying busy and continuously expanding my mind by consulting and helping other interesting endeavors to grow. I stay busy leading my technology incubator / accelerator targeting online family oriented collaboration services, edTech, robotics, and embedded electronics.When not consulting or mentoring, I enjoy creating within my extensive makerspace and conducting experiments at my home office, workshop, & studio. I\'m an avid semi-pro photographer.Professionally, I\'m a global technical business development executive with strong engineering and design (physical product and software UX) background with over 25 years of diverse and in-depth domestic and international experience in collaboration platforms, wireless mobile, interactive educational technology, immersive 3D audio solutions & content, entertainment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, digital media content, cloud services, robotics, and space, and developing experiences in XR (VR / AR / MR) and generative AI solutions. I\'m a collaborative leader who: cultivates strong vertical and cross functional focused teams that execute fast iterations in strategic direction; excels at incubating new product concepts and leading multi-division collaborations between R&D and BD; fosters action through consensus building within a broad range of corporate environments spanning large multinationals to small high growth start-ups, and has led multiple outsourced development teams to successful project completion.Extensive PR & media relations experience. My team developed the first wireless mobile internet app for consumer services for smart devices: PocketGenie launched in 1996.Specialties: • Strategic partnerships business development• Corporate & organizational development • User interface design (software and some hardware)• Public speaking & media relations• Cross-functional team leadership • Investments, acquisitions, mentoring, fundraising

Experience

1. Angel Investor

   Gaingels

   Mar 2022 — Present · CA, US

Education

• Harvey Mudd College

  BS, Engineering (Interests in Biology, Computer Science)

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Management Consulting
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Corporate Development
• New Business Development
• Product Marketing
• Executive Management
• Wireless
• Venture Capital
• Business Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Start-Ups
• Entrepreneurship
• Leadership
• Investments
• Acquisitions
• Mobile Applications
• Business Development
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Technology
• Marketing
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Fundraising
• Product Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Digital Media
• Mobile Devices
• Product Development