In line with his vision for a Sri Lanka driven by technology, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed a tech-studded board for the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka (ICTA), featuring industry leaders, technology entrepreneurs, academics and public sector technologists to steer digital Sri Lanka.
Steering the board as Chairman is Jayantha De Silva, Co-Founder of IFS Sri Lanka, the country's first FDI-funded technology company. With over 35 years of experience in the industry, he is a Past Chairman of SLASSCOM, BCS Sri Lanka and the Software Exporters' Association of Sri Lanka, and Past Board Member of ICTA and UCSC.
The other board appointments include industry leader, former SLASSCOM Chairman and 99X Technology CEO Mano Sekaram, technology and open source evangelist, and founder of WSO2 Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, Prof. Lalith Gamage, CEO of Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), one of the country's most successful public-private partnerships, former ICTA CEO Reshan Dewapura, SAP India Country Sales Manager Manori Unambuwe and former Digital Secretary and ICTA Programme Director Wasantha Deshapriya.
Co-Founder and CEO of 99X Technology Mano Sekaram holds 25+ years of experience in IT/software management and is the Founder of startup incubator StartupX Foundry and Chairman of the Lankan Angel Network. He works towards shaping Sri Lanka's future talent through his position on boards of numerous Sri Lankan universities. He is also the past Chairman of SLASSCOM as well as the Advisory Committee on ICT Export for the Export Development Board (EDB) of Sri Lanka.
Technology evangelist Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana is Founder of WSO2 and current Chairman of the Lanka Software Foundation, of which he is also the Founder. He is currently affiliated with numerous universities, institutes and chambers including the Sri Lanka National Science Foundation. Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, University Grants Commission, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and more, through which he influences the digital transformation of Sri Lanka.
