I build production grade agentic AI systems that ship.
I design and build agentic AI systems, LLM platforms and RAG architectures that move from theory to deployment measured, governed and built to run in production.
- PhD, Data Science
- Co-Founder & CTO, Coderra
- AI Architect
- Visiting Lecturer
Dr Koliya
AI Architect · CTO, Coderra
Engineering AI that survives the real world
I'm Dr Dinindu Koliya Wedanage, most people call me Koliya. I'm an AI Architect and the Co-Founder & CTO of Coderra, based in Sydney.
Over more than a decade I've worked across the full stack of building intelligent systems from full-stack engineering, to data science and research, to AI architecture and product leadership. That range is deliberate: good AI products need someone who can reason about the model, the data, the system around it, and the business it serves.
My bias is towards production. I care about systems that can be deployed, measured, governed and improved, not demos that break in the real world. Evaluation, observability, security and reliability are part of the design, not an afterthought.
I hold a PhD in Data Science from the University of Wollongong, where I also lecture. I turn complex problems into deployable, commercially useful solutions, and I teach others to do the same.
At a glance
- Based in
- Sydney, Australia
- Currently
- Co-Founder & CTO, Coderra
- Doctorate
- PhD, Data Science
- Focus
- Agentic AI · LLM · RAG
From model to production system
Capability areas grounded in real delivery across startups, enterprise and government, not buzzwords.
Building
Coderra builds production-grade agentic AI products that help businesses become more visible, more discoverable and more responsive to customer demand.
Owned end-to-end
A decade across AI, data and software
Selected roles spanning founder and architect work, enterprise consulting, research and teaching.
CoderraNow
Sep 2024 — PresentCo-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Greater Sydney Area
- Lead technology direction and own end-to-end strategy: product architecture, agentic workflows, LLM/RAG, integrations, data pipelines, evaluation, observability, security and reliability.
- Drive the core product verticals: AISO (AI Search Optimisation) and CommOps (AI-powered communication operations).
- Build and lead a distributed engineering team across Australia and Sri Lanka.
ResetData
Jan 2025 — Dec 2025AI Architect
Sydney, NSW
- Enabled enterprise AI through ResetData's AI Marketplace of live, NVIDIA-certified models.
- Steered AI presales for AI-F1 (Australia's first sovereign AI supercomputer) on high-density NVIDIA H200 clusters with liquid cooling, alongside NVIDIA and Dell.
University of Wollongong
Aug 2021 — Aug 2025Visiting Lecturer
Wollongong, NSW
- Developed Master's and Executive subjects in Business Analytics and Medical Imaging Analytics.
- Provided consulting and feedback on advanced analytical projects and research.
Age Check Certification Scheme
Oct 2024 — Mar 2025Principal Data Scientist
Stockport, UK
- Built the evaluation framework for the Australian Government's Age Assurance Technology Trial, covering reliability, privacy and inclusivity.
- Integrated global standards into testing, improving functional suitability and security of age-verification technologies.
Accenture Australia
Sep 2023 — Aug 2024Lead Data Scientist & Data Engineer
Sydney, NSW
- Built and deployed ML models on Vertex AI with BigQuery analytics and GCP data pipelines.
- Integrated Contact Center AI (CCAI) using natural language understanding.
Sonder
Dec 2021 — Jun 2023Full-stack Data Scientist
Sydney, NSW
- Built GPT-based NLU, classification, topic extraction and semantic search over large chat-transcript datasets on Databricks and Snowflake.
SMART Infrastructure Facility
Aug 2018 — Nov 2021Data Science Researcher
Wollongong, Australia
- Established ETL/ELT processes and developed ML, deep-learning and time-series models in Python, R and SQL Server.
nCinga Innovations
Nov 2016 — Jul 2018Data Scientist & Business Analyst
Singapore
- Built industrial IoT products for smart factories: real-time insight, predictive analytics and automation; served as Scrum Master.
Kyrance Technologies
Feb 2015 — Oct 2016Full-stack Software Engineer
Sri Lanka
- Delivered full-stack software across the SDLC with Java, C#, JavaScript and Node.js; automated testing with Selenium and JUnit.
Work that shipped
Peer-reviewed research and awards
Published, peer-reviewed work in healthcare analytics, industrial IoT and AI for education, plus selected recognition.
Forecasting healthcare cost in Australia using health insurance claims data
Wedanage, K.W., Wickramasuriya, R., Win, K.T., Perez, P. · ICENCO, IEEE · 2021
Investigating leading indicators for hospitalisation in Australia using health insurance claims data
Wedanage, K.W., Wickramasuriya, R., Win, K.T., Perez, P. · ICCCI, IEEE · 2022
AI Solution to Assist Online Education Productivity
Wedanage, K.W. et al. · IEEE · 2022
Universal Sinhala Library: Language-Specific Encryption Platform for Sinhala
Wedanage, K.W. et al. · IEEE · 2022
Recognition
What colleagues and students say
I clearly remember Dinindu when i first met him during a conference call, he appeared to come across as a sheer professional with deep understanding of machine learning and AI Models. Though a short one, the journey of working with him on the data team has been extremely positive. His dedication and contribution to the team success at Sonder is commendable. I am extremely confident that he will be an asset to any team of any size. Absolutely recommend him for his machine learning & data engineering skills
Sreenath Thatikonda(LinkedIn profile)Head of Product Engineering, Experian
Koliya is a hard working and passionate data analyst with unique domain knowledge in private health insurance. His doctoral work has led to outcomes and recommendations directly actionable by our industry partner.
Pascal Perez(LinkedIn profile)Director, Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network
Koliya is a wonderful person to have around. He is an outstanding mentor with his working experience of over 7 years. He is an innovative, active and is an extremely hard working individual who is very helpful to anyone. He's highly skilled in Machine Learning and most of the Programming Languages. He has made me improve my coding skills while I was a student at the University of Wollongong and it is a pleasure to have been mentored by him.
Eishika Wijetunga(LinkedIn profile)Functional Analyst, Origin Energy
Koliya is one of the most active and hardworking individuals I have met. He has showcased his expertise in data science during his PhD through his numerous achievements and excellent performance. Koliya has also been a team player and has demonstrated team leadership during our joint volunteering as the committee of the IEEE UOW student branch. It is a privilege to have such an individual in your team and will definitely recommend Koliya both for his technical expertise as well as for his virtues and ethic as a character.
Yani Theocharis(LinkedIn profile)Senior RF/Antenna Design Engineer, CesiumAstro
It is my pleasure to work with Mr Koliya Webadu Wedanage to teach the subject Big Data Mining Techniques and Implementation in this Spring session. Koliya has done very well on his tutoring tasks. He is punctual, well prepared for the tutorials, and actively helps students with all kinds of issues. Koliya is responsive and capable in completing urgent tasks when asked. He would be an asset to any team. Well done, Koliya!
Dinindu has shown excellent expertise in data science through his PhD work and also contributions as a doctoral researcher, leading to recognitions from colleagues and a few awards received. Our office was very close, and we have many opportunities to communicate. He also has a position in IEEE UOW Student Branch and organises a number of key events to facilitate both the organisation and the UOW students in our major, which demonstrates his ability of leadership.
Jiahong ZHAO(LinkedIn profile)Lecturer in Acoustics, University of Southampton
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