Synchronizing Business Solutions for Business
The BCS together with its sponsors is organizing a CEO power breakfast and panel discussion titled “Synchronizing Business Solutions for Business” on 21 July at Cinnamon Grand Colombo. Business success often depends on IT based Business Solutions in place to run your business, sometimes the business solutions in place are focused towards one area of the business like Finance and not synchronized with the all business functions. In addition due to changing market conditions and opportunities the business plans and direction change, these business changes bring misalignment with the business solutions already in place. The synchronization of business solutions with the business is a key to business success. This is best achieved with the direct involvement of the CEO in the synchronizing process. Often CEO’s do not see the importance of IT and concentrate their effort and time more on Finance and Marketing. The purpose of the panel discussion is to listen to the thoughts of the panel members and share the experiences of the CEO’s in the audience and create a dialog on IT challenges for CEO’s in Sri Lanka.
We have an experienced and knowledgeable panel. Mr. Thomas Peterson is flying down from Sweden for the event and would be joined by Ranjith Fernando and Jay Keller and the moderator would be Mr. Jayantha De Silva a past president of BCS Sri Lanka Section.
Mr.Ranjith Fernando was formally the CEO of National Development Bank and is one of the most respected and well known CEO’s in Sri Lanka. He is currently an independent consultant and has undertaken consultancy assignments for the world bank, ADB and the FAO. His current interests are banking, corporate finance, micro finance, strategic planning, leadership, corporate law and corporate governance. He is a fellow of both the chartered institute of Bankers and the chartered institute of management accountants London. He is also an attorney at law (first class) of the supreme court of Sri Lanka. He would bring in the point of view of CEO’s and share his experiences with the panelist.
Jay joined MAS in September 2006, as their CIO and a member of the Apparel Board at MAS Holdings. In the past he worked for companies such as Sony Corporation and Johnson & Johnson as well as many other bigger and smaller companies. He is a cosmopolitan who worked in Europe as well as in the US, was responsible for worldwide projects and organizations. Jay brings not only a multinational background with him but is also fluent in several languages. He has more than 25 years of experience in the IT arena even though his educational background is more on the business side. He holds degrees in Business Engineering, Business Economics and in Computer Science. Jay is a vibrant speaker and enjoys sharing his experiences with people of all areas of business Jay would bring in the point of view of CIO’s and share his experiences as an IT professional.
Thomas Petersson is currently a senior vice president of the IFS Group, heading up the Products and Marketing division, a position he has held since 2006. In his present role, Thomas is responsible for product development, marketing, partnership activities and specialist industry teams. Since Thomas joined the company he has held various positions in the company including Managing Director of IFS Financial Systems before moving to head up the EMEA division in 1996. While helping to establish IFS as a global company, Thomas played a particularly pivotal role in the development of IFS's presence outside of Scandinavia and grew the EMEA region from scratch between 1996 and 2001. Outside of his role at IFS, Thomas uses the skills he has developed at the company as a board member in a number of other organizations. Thomas will share his international experience.
Jayantha De Silva would moderate the event. Jayantha holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Systems, University of Washington D.C. He is a Fellow of British Computer Society (BCS), Chartered IT Practitioner (CITP), Past Chairman BCS Sri Lanka Section and Software Export Association Sri Lanka (SEA) and is a Member of the Board of University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC).He has to his credit decades of experience in IT within immense exposure in all verticals of the industry both locally and internationally. He has been a key player for interaction and business exchange among senior decision makers across the globe. He is heading the largest ERP Project in the world, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.
The BCS is one of the largest computer societies in the world and the BCS Sri Lankan section has over 4000 members. BCS is the premier IT professional qualification students can obtain in Sri Lanka. BCS has been conducting examinations in Sri Lanka for over 25 years. BCS has a regional office in Sri Lanka established in 2006. The BCS Sri Lankan section was formed in 1996. The BCS Sri Lankan section has been organizing the annual National Best Quality Software Awards that recognizes software developed in Sri Lanka for the last 10 years and is one of the most active computing societies in Sri Lanka and involved with promotion of IT professionalism in Sri Lanka. BCS members hold prominent positions both in the academia and industry.
BCS is partnered on this event with IFS- The global enterprise application companies. LBO/LBR-Lanka Business Report a weekly in depth business news and analysis tv program exclusively on ETV, Daily mirror - the local paper with a global appeal, and the Sunday Times- the Family Paper, and EFM your lifestyle station.
The annual CEO forum was first started in 2008 and was a instant success. We had many rave reviews and a wide participation of CEO is from many industries. Participation is by invitation and is targeted at CEOs of organizations. Contact the BCS regional office on 11 2698566 or 11 4736741for an invitation.
