Sagara Gunathunga

Director - Solutions Architecture
Sagara Gunathunga

Sagara is a Director - Solutions Architecture, based in Auckland.

Sagara has over 15 years of experience in the software architecture and programming space specializing in integration, identity, and cloud technologies. He was architecting and managing WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 Application Server, and WSO2 Governance Registry. Additionally, Sagara is a PMC member of Apache Axis and Apache Web Services projects such as Rampart, Neethi, and WSS4J, and has served as the VP of Apache’s Web Services project.

Prior to joining WSO2, Sagara was a Principal Integration Consultant at IntegrationWorks NZ, where he was responsible for designing and building a cloud-native iPaaS targeting the healthcare sector

Sagara has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a bachelor’s degree in IT from the University of Colombo School of Computing, and is a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).

In his spare time, Sagara enjoys traveling, photographing, and reading about history, culture, and political economy.

Content published by Sagara Gunathunga

BLOG 12 Nov, 2025
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 22 Jul, 2025

Real-World Security Considerations for MCP

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 22 May, 2025

Quantum-Safe IAM: Why Do You Need to Act Today?

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 15 May, 2025

Introducing Asgardeo MCP Server

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 11 Apr, 2025
AI
BLOG 10 Feb, 2025
Identity and Access Management AI
BLOG 20 Nov, 2024

How B2B CIAM Solutions Give Your Business a Competitive Edge

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 13 Mar, 2024
Identity and Access Management
BLOG 01 Jan, 2024
Identity and Access Management
ARTICLE 05 Aug, 2019

Privacy By Design as a System Design Strategy: Part 2

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 23 May, 2019

Privacy By Design as a System Design Strategy: Part 1

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 02 May, 2019

UMA 2 in Action: Part 2

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 15 Mar, 2019

UMA 2 in Action: Part 1

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 21 Aug, 2018

CIAM: The Future of the (Digital) Enterprise - Part 2

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 19 Jun, 2018

CIAM: The Future of the (Digital) Enterprise

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 03 May, 2018

Essentials: Here's How IAM Helps With GDPR

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 01 May, 2018

How To Optimize Your GDPR Strategy: Some Best Practices

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 02 Mar, 2018
ARTICLE 16 Feb, 2018
ARTICLE 14 Feb, 2018
ARTICLE 21 Dec, 2017
ARTICLE 18 Dec, 2017

Defining a Winning GDPR Strategy Part 1 - Introduction to GDPR

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 19 Sep, 2016
ARTICLE 19 Sep, 2016
ARTICLE 05 Aug, 2014

[Blog Post] JavaEE WebProfile Support in WSO2 Application Server

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2
ARTICLE 06 Aug, 2013

[Blog Post] WSO2 ESB Proxy Services for JAX-WS Backends

  • Sagara Gunathunga
  • Head of IAM DevRel - WSO2