commonsku (PPAI 552077) has announced the hiring of Dileshni Jayasinghe as its new vice president of technology.
- commonsku is a cloud-based CRM, order management and social collaboration platform tailored to the promotional products industry.
- Jayasinghe will be taking over for commonsku’s former chief technology officer, Michael Armstrong, who after twelve years with the Toronto-based firm, retired in March.
“We’re incredibly excited to welcome Dileshni to the commonsku team,” says commonsku CEO Catherine Graham. “Her deep understanding of building scalable software systems and her passion for cultivating strong engineering teams align perfectly with our vision for the future, particularly as the industry has grown more complex.”
Catherine Graham
CEO, commonsku
Jayasinghe’s Background
Jayasinghe brings more than 15 years of experience in designing and building scalable software systems, as well as a strong passion for AI-led development, according to commonsku.
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Most recently, Jayasinghe served as director of engineering for Runbook Automation at PagerDuty, a company specializing in event automation and incident management.
- She played a key role in scaling the engineering organization, integrating acquisitions and launching new products.
- She also managed various groups and products within PagerDuty’s suite, including those focused on automating infrastructure workflows and AI for IT operations.
- Her career also includes experience at Unata (an Instacart Company) and Freshbooks.
Beyond her professional roles, Jayasinghe co-founded ExploreTech TO, an organization dedicated to developing diversity among tech speakers in Toronto.
“Dileshni’s experience at a market leader like PagerDuty will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and enhance our platform for the promotional products industry,” Graham says. “Her leadership signals a significant leap forward for us, enabling us to drive the next wave of innovation and expansion of our engineering team.”
