Lurein Perera

Experience

GiveCard

Founder, Financial System Architect and Founder 2018 - Present (almost 8 years)

- Designed the complex banking and payments systems that allowed GiveCard to provide banking and financial support for the homeless, protecting hundreds of individuals. -... more

sidebr.com

Head of Product and Full-Stack Engineer 2020 - Present (over 6 years)

Was dissatisfied with Zoom and other conferencing <software that lacked spontaneity and human-connection so I built a platform for my own teams to use. - Made a cross-platform... more

OurPet

Founder, Lead Developer and Co-Founder 2018 - 2019 (over 1 year)

- Developed and maintained a full-stack mobile application, and then built and deployed a commercial progressive web application. - Grew the product from the ideation-stage... more

Boston College

Orientation Leader 2019 (4 months)

- Facilitated dialogues and reflections with incoming students to drive them to think about identity, and to expose them to different lenses they may be unaccustomed to hearing.... more

Founder

OurPet, GiveCard

Employee

Boston College, sidebr.com

Education

About

Skills

Engineering Github Software Systems Architect

Locations

Boston New York City San Francisco Los Angeles Seattle

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

4 steps to the epiphany was just loaded with useful frameworks for thought

What's your favorite non-business book?

Poor Economics - it sounds finance-y but its really just a new way of approaching poverty alleviation and was a beautiful read