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SECURE SYSTEMS//AI PRODUCT//LEADERSHIP

Abdur Rahmaan
Amjad

DEGREE B.CompSci (Software Eng.), WAM 80.3 CURRENT Data Scientist & BD Associate, SpectrifAI
About

Building the hardened version first

Cybersecurity-focused software engineer who turns complex security challenges into secure, reliable systems — and an entrepreneurial leader who has founded and scaled multiple initiatives from the ground up. As Research and Data Analysis Lead on the Exvora AI Travel Companion project, I directed UML system modelling, secure application development, and technical documentation under defence-in-depth principles, hardening a live product against real threats rather than theoretical ones.

I founded the Aerollton Science & Research Portal and have organized large-scale events, led cross-functional teams, and driven projects spanning aviation, science, and education. Selected as one of ECU's top-performing students to represent the university at the 2026 Asia-Oceania Five Universities Alliance (AOFUA) Summer Camp in Japan, I researched and designed a multinational project under Project Cycle Management (PCM) — the official project-design framework used by the United Nations — and am certified in it.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Computer Science (Software Engineering) from Edith Cowan University, WAM 80.3 (GPA 3.78). I bring proactive threat detection, vulnerability management, and secure-by-design engineering to organizations serious about protecting what they build.

SEEDS delegate → RYLA leadership award → KROO top 25% worldwide → AOFUA delegate, Tokyo — a decade of research and leadership credentials preceding the engineering.
Base
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nationality
Sri Lankan
Degree
B.CompSci (Software Eng.), ECU — WAM 80.3
Languages
English, Sinhala, Tamil — all native

Toolkit

Technical

PyPython C++C++ RbRuby on Rails DaFlutter / Dart JSJavaScript MMATLAB DBSQL AWSAWS Cloud FBFirebase </>HTML / CSS PascalPyQt

Core skills

TeamworkLeadershipProblem-Solving CommunicationAdaptabilityCreativity Time ManagementAttention to DetailInterpersonal Skills

Systems & security

AWS Cloud SecurityFirebase Auth OWASP / MASVSUML (Lucidchart)Digital Forensics

Working strengths

Research, market & data analytics aligning technical design with user needs; system design & architecture with developer/user documentation; cybersecurity-aware development; critical and creative problem-solving across cross-functional teams.

Resume

Education & experience

Education

FEB 2024 —
2026
Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering Major
Edith Cowan University, Colombo — Graduated, WAM 80.3 (GPA 3.78)
JUN 2022 —
FEB 2024
Australian Advanced Level — SACE (11–13)
Gateway College, Colombo — A/L: Mathematical Methods, Physics, Biology, Digital Technologies, EAL
JAN 2011 —
JUN 2022
Ordinary Level — Local (1–11)
Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala

Experience

NOV 2025 —
PRESENT
Data Scientist & Business Development Associate
SpectrifAI, Colombo SpectrifAI — promoted from Business Development Associate Intern
  • Lead development of Tea Value Intelligence, SpectrifAI's agentic AI analytics dashboard built for major tea producers and brokers — including Haylels, Browns Plantations, Dilmah, and Akbar Brothers — turning raw quality-scanner exports into client-facing analytics reports.
  • Resolve engineering issues across the product, including false-positive detection in a computer-vision quality-scanning pipeline and front-end fixes, while translating client requirements into solution designs.
  • Deliver predictive analytics and forecasting, product/store selection analysis, and device-compatibility analysis across sensor and spectral data, supporting decisions across the client portfolio.
  • Coordinate with international partners — including Vietnamese coffee-industry stakeholders — on market research and competitive analysis to support business development.
  • Design and build agentic AI applications and workflows, applying LLM-based tooling to automate research, client outreach, and product analytics.
  • Partner with R&D and engineering teams to align AI product design, data security, and automation workflows with client requirements and commercialization goals.
SEP 2025 —
NOV 2025
Business Development Associate (Intern)
SpectrifAI, Colombo SpectrifAI
  • Drove research-driven market analysis and client acquisition, promoting SpectrifAI's real-time tea-quality intelligence platform through technical demonstrations, outreach, and partnership development.
  • Went beyond the defined business-development scope to identify and help resolve a production request-timeout issue, demonstrating hands-on technical capability that contributed to a promotion within two months.
DEC 2023
Medical Shadowing
Kings Hospital, Colombo
  • Gained hands-on exposure across emergency care, surgery, and general medicine by shadowing healthcare professionals through diagnosis, treatment planning, and hospital operations.

Licenses & certifications

Systems Engineering — MathWorksAug 2026
Computational Fluid Mechanics — CourseraAug 2026
Rocket Science for Everyone — YaleJul 2026
Avionics and Aircraft Systems — CourseraJul 2026
The Data Science Profession — U. of LondonJul 2026
Introduction to Data Science — CiscoMay 2026
British Airways Job Simulation — ForageMay 2026
GE Aerospace EE Job Simulation — ForageMay 2026
Software Testing & Automation — U. MinnesotaSep 2025
API Design — Google Cloud / ApigeeSep 2025
AWS Cloud Technical EssentialsAug 2025
Software Eng.: UML Modeling — U. AlbertaJul 2025
UX Research & Design — U. MichiganJun 2025
AWS Solutions ArchitectIn progress
Portfolio

Featured builds

Tea Value Intelligence — Agentic AI Analytics Dashboard
2025 — Present
Flagship product, SpectrifAI SpectrifAI — deployed for Haylels, Browns Plantations, Dilmah, Akbar Brothers & others

A single-deployment Next.js application that ingests raw tea-leaf quality-scanner export files (Excel/CSV) and turns them into client-facing analytics reports — charts, statistics, AI-written narrative, and a downloadable PDF.

  • Enforced a strict trust-boundary architecture: the deterministic analytics engine owns every number and pattern-detection finding, while the OpenAI narrative layer is restricted to writing interpretive prose around pre-computed facts.
  • Built a defensive data-ingestion pipeline that degrades gracefully on incomplete device exports, disambiguates DD/MM vs MM/DD date formats, and filters out physically-impossible sensor readings.
  • Engineered per-module statistics, monthly time-series pattern detection, moisture zone bucketing, leaf-quality composition, cross-module correlation, and full scan-history traceability.
  • Implemented Firebase-native authentication, verifying ID tokens server-side via JWKS, using Firestore Security Rules as the per-user access-control mechanism.
  • Delivered a serverless end-to-end pipeline — upload, analysis, concurrent AI narrative generation, chart rendering, in-memory PDF generation — deployed on Vercel.
Next.jsTypeScriptOpenAI APIFirebase AuthFirestoreJWKS / JOSERechartsPDFKitxlsxVercel
Exvora — Personalized AI Travel Companion
JUL 2025 — OCT 2025
CSG3101 Applied Project, Edith Cowan University — Research & Data Analysis Lead, UML & Technical Documentation Lead, Front-End Developer

A secure, AI-driven travel companion that personalizes itineraries, optimizes budgets, and enhances safety with real-time alerts and digital passport storage — built on Flutter, FastAPI, Firebase, and AWS around defence-in-depth security and privacy standards.

  • Led research and data analysis to identify core traveler pain points and design AI-driven features grounded in data-backed tourism insights.
  • Engineered and secured the Safety & Transparency Module (GPS-based safe-zone detection, scam-warning logic, panic-alert system) with TLS 1.2+, OAuth2/OIDC, RBAC, Firestore security rules, and JMeter load/penetration testing.
  • Directed UML architecture and built the Flutter/FastAPI integrations for onboarding, itinerary, and safety workflows, authoring the User Manual and Technical Documentation.
FlutterFastAPIFirebaseAWS CloudUML / LucidchartJMeterOAuth2 / OIDCRBAC
Project log — 20 further academic and independent builds, 2022–2026. Each entry expands for the full brief.
MyQuoteCSI2441 Applications Development · IndividualA 3NF-normalized Rails 7 SaaS for collecting and sharing philosophical quotes, with session-based auth and RBAC.
2025▸
  • Architected a normalized (3NF) 5-model relational schema (User, Philosopher, Quote, Category, QuoteCategory) with foreign-key constraints, generated via Rails scaffolding, and documented the full ERD.
  • Implemented a reactive front end with Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus), avoiding a separate JS build pipeline, and validated core user flows with automated system tests (Capybara, Selenium).
Ruby on Rails 7SQLiteHotwirebcryptCapybara/Selenium
OO Dictionary & NotGPT Text GeneratorCSP2104 OOP with C++ · IndividualA procedural-to-OO C++ dictionary app, extended with an original order-2 Markov chain text generator.
2025▸
  • Refactored into encapsulated Word and Dictionary classes, with Dictionary owning the STL vector of Words, file-loading, search, random-word retrieval, and a menu-driven console UI.
  • Extended via inheritance into ImprovedDictionary and built NotGPT — an order-2 Markov chain engine generating English-like paragraphs from character-transition probabilities.
C++STLOOPMarkov ChainsVisual Studio
Tic-Tac-Toe Strategy AppMobile Application Development · IndividualA Flutter game with three AI difficulty tiers, minimax, and a PSP-driven regression model of dev time.
JAN 2025▸
  • Built random-move, hybrid, and minimax-driven AI tiers with persistent win/loss/draw tracking and full move undo.
  • Verified with 15 black-box tests (100% pass) plus a unit-test suite covering all difficulty tiers and edge cases.
  • Applied the Personal Software Process, logging LOC and time across 9 sessions into a log-linear regression model (R² = 0.81, F = 30.4, p < 0.001).
FlutterDartMinimaxSharedPreferencesExcel Regression
Vehicle Safety & Centripetal ForceMobile Application Development · IndividualA Flutter cornering-speed calculator packaged as a full 5E-model physics workshop.
2025▸
  • Applied circular-motion physics (Fc = mv²/r) to compute maximum safe cornering speed, with the UI flagging safe vs. unsafe speeds.
  • Produced a 21-slide deck, a worked case study, and a 90–120 minute hands-on Flutter workshop referencing peer-reviewed sources.
FlutterDartNewtonian MechanicsPanopto
Subtle Differences Recognition — Two-Branch CNNCSG2341 Intelligent Systems · Group (3)A dual-input CNN multi-label classifying color, shape, and texture differences across 2,561 image pairs.
2025▸
  • Individually authored the CNN literature-review section, then architected a two-branch CNN merging independent 'before'/'after' convolutional branches via feature concatenation.
  • Delivered an 82.1% F1-score (74.6% precision, 91.4% recall); diagnosed overfitting and mitigated via dropout, early stopping, checkpointing, and image downsizing.
PythonTensorFlow/Kerasscikit-learnROC/AUCColab GPU
Array Sorting Algorithms — Design & AnalysisCSP2348 Data Structures A1 · Individual11 Python sorting algorithms, including 6 original bubble-sort derivatives, benchmarked at n = 2,000.
2025▸
  • Designed 6 optimized bubble-sort variants with Big-O bounds by comparison/copy count.
  • Bi-Directional Bubble cut runtime 42% vs. basic Bubble Sort (482ms vs. 827ms); Merge/Quick/Heap ran 45–150× faster still.
PythonBig-O AnalysisEmpirical Benchmarking
BST & AVL Tree SystemsCSP2348 Data Structures A2 · IndividualTree systems validated across 38 passing test cases, including an O(n) median-recursion algorithm.
2025▸
  • Built an O(n) median-recursion algorithm (Master Theorem) for balanced/complete BSTs, a menu-driven BST app, and an AVL tree with rotation-based rebalancing.
PythonBST/AVL TreesMaster Theorem
Software Metrics, Estimation & Quality AnalysisCSI2312 Foundations of Software Eng. · IndividualFunction Point cost estimation and CK/cyclomatic complexity metrics on a Java class hierarchy.
2025▸
  • Derived a $2.77M cost estimate via Function Point Analysis (385 FPs, CAF 1.00), evaluated estimation accuracy (MMRE 0.33, PRED(0.5) 75%), and computed McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity and the full CK OO metrics suite.
Function Point AnalysisCyclomatic ComplexityCK OO MetricsJava
IoT Bushfire Detection — UML Analysis & DesignCSI2343 OOAD A1 · Group (2–3)Led OOAD of a sensor-driven early-detection and unmanned-response bushfire system.
2025▸
  • Modeled the system in MS Visio: a use case diagram, an analysis class diagram covering every functional requirement, and 3+ fully realized use cases with activity and sequence diagrams.
UMLMS VisioRequirements Engineering
IoT Bushfire Detection — Design & ArchitectureCSI2343 OOAD A2 · IndividualExtended the analysis into a full 19-class design with access-control architecture.
2025▸
  • Designed a 19-class diagram, engineering identity & access control via UserAuthentication, RoleEditor, PermissionValidator, and AccessController.
UMLMS VisioAccess Control Design
Fuzzy Mortgage Decision-Support SystemCSG2341 Intelligent Systems · IndividualA Mamdani fuzzy inference system in MATLAB scoring mortgage applications with live sensitivity analysis.
2025▸
  • Defined Low/Medium/High membership functions with min/max rule aggregation and centroid defuzzification producing a recommended credit amount.
  • Presented a live sensitivity analysis showing how market shifts move the output credit recommendation.
MATLAB Fuzzy Logic ToolboxMamdani Inference
National E-Voting System — Sri Lanka ElectionsCSG2344 Project Methods & Professionalism · Group (4)A national e-voting proposal built on a public-private partnership with six banks.
2025▸
  • Served as Project Manager, compiling the accessibility, turnout, and election-cost evidence (LKR 5.7B → 11B) and benchmarking global systems like Estonia's.
  • Contributed a work breakdown structure, a 17-item risk register, effort estimation (355 staff, 15,000 hours), and a formal project charter with a 33-billion-LKR budget.
Risk ManagementWBSStakeholder Analysis
Digital Forensic Investigation — LockBit Black RansomwareCSG2305 Digital Forensics · Individual — 29.5/40, 58/60Full ransomware attack-chain reconstruction in an Azure forensics lab.
2025▸
  • Authored a 6-objective investigation plan mapping SMART objectives to tool-specific forensic strategies.
  • Reconstructed the full attack chain — phishing → CV.rar → CV.pdf.cmd dropper → LockBit Black payload from a C2 server — characterizing 12 artefacts and linking the compromise via SID, browser, and registry evidence.
AzureAutopsyFTK ImagerDFIR
Smart Waste Management — Requirements & Quality AttributesCSI3106 Software Architecture A1 · Group (3) — 77.7/100A city-wide IoT smart-bin platform: 31 requirements, 17 use cases, quality attribute scenarios.
2025▸
  • Authored 31 IEEE/MoSCoW-prioritized requirements across 17 use cases, built a utility tree scoring 6 quality attributes, and derived scenarios with measurable targets — e.g. hazard alert visibility ≤5s in ≥95% of cases, 99.5% availability.
Use Case ModellingQuality Attribute ScenariosMS Visio
Smart Waste Management — Attribute-Driven DesignCSI3106 Software Architecture A2 · Group (3) — 86/100Two ADD 2.0 iterations hardening performance, then availability.
2025▸
  • Iteration 1 (Performance): load balancer, replicated processing platforms, event-driven ingestion — ≤5s alert visibility in ≥95% of cases.
  • Iteration 2 (Availability): health monitoring, a degraded-mode controller, isolated dependencies — 99.5% uptime.
Attribute-Driven Design 2.0Fault-Tolerant IoT Architecture
Library Book Finder & Management SystemCSP3341 Programming Languages & Paradigms · Individual — 23.7/30, 29/40A persistent multi-class C++11 console app with role-based OOP and CSV-persisted CRUD.
2026▸
  • Designed a role-based architecture — an abstract User base with Student/Librarian subclasses, an encapsulated Book ADT, and a custom exception hierarchy with RAII-managed unique_ptr ownership.
  • Implemented full CSV-persisted CRUD with a C++11 lambda erase-remove delete and a template Stack<T> ADT.
C++17RAII / Smart PointersTemplatesGit
Software Testing Techniques — Mathematical & Structural DesignCSI3105 Software Testing A1 · Individual — 29.4/40CFG, cyclomatic complexity, data-flow analysis, and a 24-case pytest suite, 24/24 passing.
2026▸
  • Constructed CFGs, derived minimal basis-path, statement- and branch-coverage path sets, and used symbolic execution to derive concrete feasible test inputs.
  • Designed 24 EP/BVA-derived test cases for a 5-input payment-calculation function, automated as a pytest suite — 24/24 passed.
pytestControl Flow GraphsData-Flow TestingSymbolic Execution
Meeting Scheduling System — Black-Box & White-Box TestingCSI3105 Software Testing · Group (2–3) — 28/40A 94-test automated suite exposing 3 boundary defects and one method-overload flaw.
2026▸
  • Designed and automated a 48-test black-box suite plus a 49-test exception/robustness suite; root-caused 3 boundary defects to a single '>=' vs '>' comparison error.
  • Built CFGs guiding white-box design, achieving 94% statement coverage, uncovering a method-overload flaw breaking monthly agenda reporting.
pytest-covBoundary Value AnalysisRoot-Cause Analysis
Three-Tier Distributed Banking Transfer SystemCSI3344 Distributed Systems · Individual — 24/30, 40.5/50A Pyro5 RPC banking system with ACID transfers, token auth, and audit logging.
2026▸
  • Designed a 3-tier architecture with the client barred from any direct database access.
  • Engineered atomic transfer settlement via SQLite BEGIN IMMEDIATE transactions with exclusive row-level locking, SHA-256 credential hashing, and token-based session authentication.
Pyro5 RPCSQLite / ACIDSHA-256
Cross-Platform Music Analytics EngineSACE Stage 2 Digital Technologies · Group (3)A relational Spotify/YouTube database testing whether audio features predict streaming success.
2023▸
  • Modeled a normalized SQLite database, then built correlation matrices and hypothesis tests using top-10 vs. bottom-10 comparison, reporting findings transparently.
SQLiteRegression AnalysisClustering
LMS by ANA — Library Management SystemSACE Stage 2 Digital Technologies · Group (3)A 5-page full-stack library app grounded in real student and librarian research.
2023▸
  • Ran a 15-response student questionnaire and a librarian interview, translating findings into the Borrow/Return workflow.
  • Personally built the Home, Search, Borrow, and Return pages end-to-end, then executed a structured test plan.
HTML/CSS/JSUser ResearchSoftware Testing
Aerollton — Real-Time Airport Pickup CoordinationSACE Stage 2 — External Individual AssessmentA LAX pickup-timing app removing terminal congestion via live flight-data automation.
2023▸
  • Substantiated the problem with real ACI/ASQ Q4 2021 data and a LAX traffic report identifying flight/pickup-timing mismatch as the root cause of congestion.
  • Integrated the AviationStack and Google Maps APIs to auto-populate landing and travel time — the key innovation being fully automatic retrieval, removing manual entry and user error.
JavaScriptAviationStack APIGoogle Maps API
Ethics in AI — Autonomous Vehicle Case StudySACE Stage 2 — Research & Ethics · IndividualAn evidence-based analysis of public distrust in AI, applied to self-driving vehicle ethics.
2023▸
  • Cited a University of Queensland study on public distrust of AI-generated output, then examined open ethical questions around sensor failure, hacking, and liability.
  • Proposed concrete mitigations and applied Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics as an ethical design framework.
Ethical AnalysisAPA Research
Honors

Achievements, leadership & service

Selected Delegate — AOFUA Summer Camp 2026 Grant-funded

Tokyo City University, Japan — competitively selected as one of only 5 top-performing ECU students (AUD $1,500 grant), one of just two delegates from the ECU Sri Lanka campus. Joined a multinational cohort of 25 from Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Malaysia, researching a real project addressing UN SDG 13 (Climate Action) and 14 (Life Below Water) — publicly recognized by ECU's Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sri Lanka).

TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY · 35.6762°N 139.6503°E · COHORT OF 25 — JAPAN / PHILIPPINES / THAILAND / MALAYSIA
Certified in Project Cycle Management (PCM) UN Framework

Earned certification in the official project design and management methodology used by the United Nations, after applying it in practice at AOFUA — leading a multinational team through problem analysis, objective analysis, and project design.

Guiding Leadership & Outreach (GLO) Certification 2026

Global Learning Labs — competitively selected from a capped pool of 30 for a two-day immersive program at Sysco LABS HQ, Colombo, covering leadership, communication, and project execution aligned with the UN SDGs.

KROO Top 25% Worldwide 2023

Ranked in the top 25% globally among 153,000 candidates, receiving mentorship from professors at Oxford, IIT, and Harvard, and delivering an independent medical research project.

RYLA Leadership Award & Performance Platform Medals 2023

RYLA award from the Colombo Mid-Town Rotary Club and Rotary International Sri Lanka & Maldives; Platinum, Gold & Silver Medals from Performance Platform (UK) for sustained academic performance.

Further certifications

PP Camp Arduino Programming — Institute of Innovations
SLAL Aviation Management Workshop
Airport & Aviation Scholarship — Ministry of Sports2016
Gold Medal — Viskam 21 Research Competition2021
IBTS Interact Board Training Seminar — Rotary Int'l2023
IIMSD Drama Competitions, Levels 1–52015–19

Leadership

Founder — Aerollton Science & Research PortalFounded and scaled a multidisciplinary science & research initiative from concept to active portal.
Vice President (Operations)Apr 2025 – Present · TechSouls Club, ECUDirects day-to-day club operations.
Director of Programs — ICGCCJun 2023 – Jun 2024 · Interact Club of Gateway CollegeDirected the club's projects, events, and operational strategy.
EC & Organizer — Inter-School Astronomical NightFeb 2024 · Astro Unit, Maliyadeva CollegeSecured sponsorships and media coverage (TV Derana).
Committee (Plan) — Project Out of Bounds2023Led a 4-day social impact project with Gateway College & British School.
Treasurer — Project X-ERTION2024 · Gateway College (ICGCC)Led a fundraising project across Colombo schools.
Leadership & Management — Project Paw Pals2022/23Community leadership project focused on animal welfare.
Co-Founder & Treasurer — Automotive SocietyFeb 2023 – Feb 2024 · Gateway College
Treasurer — Research UnitJan 2023 – May 2023 · Maliyadeva College
Member — SEEDS2021/22 · SLTC Research UniversityRepresented Sri Lanka in research events conducted by NASA officials.
Member — Inter-School Research Unit Association2022/23
Committee Member — Interact (MCK) & UNESCO Clubs2022
Prefect2016 – 2017

Volunteering

Disrupt Asia 2025 — ICTA
Sep 2025

Volunteered under the Ministry of Digital Economy as part of the organizing team for Sri Lanka's largest innovation conference, supporting 5,000+ attendees, 100+ startups, and 20+ global investors.

Startup Nation — Hatch Works
Oct 2025

Assisted the organizing team in event logistics, speaker coordination, and partnership development.

Biology Tutor & Mentor
Dec 2023 – Jan 2024

Provided one-on-one tutoring to a student who missed a key biology unit.

Multidisciplinary research — 15+ projects
Mathematics, physics, biology, data science & engineering, many exceeding bachelor's-level complexity
MathematicsPredictive models using logistic functions for environmental monitoring.
BiologyStudied telomeres and their role in aging and disease prevention.
PhysicsCentral forces affecting vehicle axle speeds and aerodynamics.
Contact

Get in touch

Phone
+94 77 378 3497
Location
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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ABDUR RAHMAAN AMJAD — B.COMPSCI (SOFTWARE ENGINEERING), ECUREFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST