Aruna Gamanayake is a Programmer Analyst IV under Director of Programming for the Office of Research & Innovation. In this position, he is responsible for handling support requests for the institution web development and reporting applications. In addition he is responsible for ad hoc requests on generating comprehensive research reports for the university.

He earned his Masters in Computer and Information Science from Brooklyn College, City University of New York in 2012.

Prior to joining Texas Tech, Aruna worked as a Senior Developer for State Government projects and private sector organizations.