Viniston Fernando

Viniston Fernando has a diverse work experience spanning several companies. Viniston is currently working at Euromonitor International as the Head of Engineering, a role they have held since April 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Engineering Manager and Senior Technical Lead at the same company. Before joining Euromonitor International, Viniston worked as the CoE Lead at Aspect Software from November 2017 to May 2019. Viniston also gained experience as a Senior Developer at GALE Partners from April 2016 to November 2017. Additionally, Viniston held positions at BrandSystems as a Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer from April 2014 to April 2016, and at Aadara software technologies as a Software Developer from January 2011 to January 2013.

Viniston Fernando completed their education in the following chronological order:

1. Viniston started their education at St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School - Palayamkottai in 2005 and completed their higher secondary education in Mathematics and Computer Science in 2007.

2. From 2007 to 2011, Viniston attended Anna University and earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Software Engineering.

3. In 2022, Viniston enrolled in the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and participated in the Professional Certificate Programme in Product Management. The duration of the program was one year, and their education would have ended in 2023.

In addition to their formal education, Viniston also obtained various certifications:

1. In September 2019, they completed the "Being a Good Mentor" certification from LinkedIn.

2. In August 2020, Viniston earned the "Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals" certification from Microsoft.

3. In June 2021, they obtained the "Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate" and "Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate" certifications from Microsoft.

4. In September 2021, Viniston completed the "AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies" certification from Microsoft.

5. In December 2021, they obtained the "AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design" and "Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert" certifications from Microsoft.

6. In July 2022, Viniston became a "Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®)" through Scrum Alliance.

7. In April 2021, they completed the "OpenHack: Containers" certification conducted by Microsoft OpenHack.

8. In May 2023, Viniston earned the "Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate" and "Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate" certifications from Microsoft.

9. In July 2023, they became a "Certified ChatGPT Expert" through Blockchain Council.

10. In August 2023, Viniston obtained the "IIMK's eMDP Product Management" certification from IIM-Kozhikode.