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FACTn

[ Leadership ]

Leadership built on engineering experience, ownership, and trust.

Meet the engineers behind FACTn, leaders who combine decades of hands-on software engineering experience with a commitment to building reliable teams, strong partnerships, and successful products.

FACTn leadership team

[ Founder Story ]

We built FACTn to solve the challenges we experienced ourselves.

After years of leading engineering teams and building software products for international companies, we saw a recurring challenge: companies needed skilled engineering partners who could provide more than development capacity.

  • [01]

    Hiring Challenges

    Finding experienced engineers quickly without compromising quality.

  • [02]

    Limited Engineering Capacity

    Supporting growing product needs while maintaining delivery speed.

  • [03]

    Communication Gaps

    Creating transparent collaboration between distributed teams.

  • [04]

    Scaling Difficulties

    Growing engineering capability while preserving product knowledge.

[ Founder Profiles ]

Experienced engineers leading product partnerships.

Sahan Ganepola

[ Co-Founder & CEO ]

Sahan Ganepola

Sahan leads FACTn's company direction, customer partnerships, and product engineering strategy, bringing nearly two decades of experience building software solutions for Scandinavian and international companies.

  • 20+ years of software engineering experience
  • 15+ years working with Scandinavian companies
  • Former Manager at Creative Software
  • BSc Engineering, University of Peradeniya
  • Experience across healthcare, hospitality, travel, and SaaS platforms
  • Passionate about building long-term technology partnerships
Dilanke Kumara

[ Co-Founder & COO ]

Dilanke Kumara

Dilanke leads FACTn’s operations and execution, aligning people, processes, and strategy to drive sustainable growth. He focuses on building high-performing teams, strengthening delivery, and creating the operational foundation for FACTn to scale globally.

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering and technology
  • Strong expertise in technical leadership, operations, and software delivery
  • Extensive experience working with Scandinavian clients and projects
  • Focused on building high-performing teams and scalable operations
  • Passionate about technology, people, operational excellence, and sustainable growth

[ Directors ]

Meet our directors

John Harald Øien Toft

Director - Nordics

John Harald Øien Toft

John Harald is an experienced Norwegian technology leader with expertise in software engineering, product development, and technical leadership. As Director – Nordics at FACTn Software, he drives regional partnerships, business growth, and collaboration with Nordic technology companies.

[ Our Leadership Principles ]

Our leadership principles

Guided by our experiences as engineers and founders, these principles shape how we lead, build teams, and deliver value.

[01]

Stay Close to Delivery

We remain involved with our teams and clients to ensure alignment, quality, and continuous improvement.

[02]

Build Trust First

Long-term partnerships are built through transparency, consistency, and ownership.

[03]

Think Beyond Code

Successful products require understanding users, business goals, and technology together.

[04]

Grow People

Strong engineers create strong products. We invest in learning, mentoring, and career growth.

[Let's start a conversation]

Build with a team led by experienced engineers.

Work with leaders who understand software delivery, product challenges, and long-term engineering success.

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Founder-led engineering partnership from the first conversation.