Nipun Theekshana
Co-founder & CTO, PerfectUs · Blockchain, data & applied AI
Summary
Engineering leader with 10+ years of experience building and shipping software, including nearly five years as co-founder and CTO of PerfectUs, a blockchain development studio. Built and led an engineering organisation of 50+ engineers and delivered 1,000+ smart contracts for clients worldwide with zero critical security incidents. Previously Tech Lead at KeenEye in Colombo and Paris, leading 21 engineers across IoT, mobile and web products for European and US clients. Founded Prabhava Labs, a non-profit focused on independent open-source initiatives in civic data, on-device ML and embedded systems.
- 10+
- Years shipping software
- 50+
- Engineers led
- 1,000+
- Smart contracts delivered
- 0
- Critical security incidents
Competencies
- Technology strategy & roadmapping
- Engineering organisation building & hiring
- Solution & platform architecture
- Smart contract security & audits
- Blockchain / Web3 product delivery
- Data pipelines & public data platforms
- Applied AI & on-device ML
- Pre-sales & client management
- Delivery governance (Agile, SDLC, CI/CD)
- Mentoring & talent development
Experience
PerfectUs Technologies
Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer
A blockchain development studio bridging Web 2.0 and Web3: smart contracts and audits, DeFi, dApps, NFT and GameFi platforms, crypto integration, and AI and bot development.
- Co-founded the company; own technology strategy, architecture and engineering delivery across all products and client engagements.
- Built and led an engineering organisation of 50+ engineers across smart contracts, backend, frontend and QA, owning hiring, career growth and performance reviews.
- Delivered 1,000+ smart contracts for clients worldwide, including North America; led flagship builds including an NFT marketplace, a DeFi protocol and a tokenisation platform.
- Established secure smart-contract delivery standards and an in-house audit practice running line-by-line audits for external clients, with zero critical security incidents.
- Partner with the CEO on pre-sales, solution design, estimation and client relationships.
Solidity · EVM · TypeScript · Go · Hyperledger Fabric
KeenEye Solutions
Tech Lead
Custom software and team augmentation for European and international clients in medtech, IoT, logistics and m-commerce.
- Led a team of 21 engineers delivering bespoke software across IoT, mobile and web.
- Architected and delivered EFL Symphony, an IoT logistics solution, end to end.
- Delivered Cedar, high-speed radar camera detection software for a US client.
- Technical stakeholder for clients in France and across Europe; mentored 50+ junior and mid-level engineers.
IoT · Mobile · Web · Java · TypeScript