TO THE SENIOR TECHNOLOGY LEADERS OF OUR DIASPORA:
The President of Sri Lanka, the Honorable Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has requested senior technology leaders of the Sri Lankan diaspora to consider coming back home and taking on senior leadership and advisory roles in the country’s ICT/BPM industry, as it prepares itself for a surge in demand for digitalization and IT modernization in the post-COVID era.
Unlike other industries, the Sri Lankan ICT/BPM industry is showing no signs of slowing down. Companies are continuing to make wise investments in an industry-wide attempt to emerge from the crisis with a differentiated offering, broader capabilities, and enhanced capacity to take advantage of the inevitable surge in demand for those technologies and services required for the “new normal”.
WHY YOU SHOULD COME BACK HOME
Zero taxes on the earnings of technology companies
Emerging high-profile senior leadership and advisory roles
Enter an industry on the cusp of its next growth stage
Re-unite with your family and friends back home
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The Industry Has Never Seen Better Days
The Sri Lankan ICT/BPM industry is characterized not only by the presence of Centers of Excellence for HSBC, Sysco, Pearson, and Wiley but also an ingenious capability to build world-class and highly advanced products. Products such as a trading platform that powers the London Stock Exchange, an open source integration platform that allows eBay to process more than a billion transactions a day, and simulation software that helps the armies of the world keep their soldiers and civilians safe.
Chris Trill, Global Head of Consumer Services at HSBC and Ann Neidenbach, CIO of the London Stock Exchange share their experiences of working with the the Island of Ingenuity at the 2019 London Investor Showcase of Sri Lanka.
Industry Vision
“Sri Lanka: A global IT-BPM centre of excellence of high-end product engineering, IP creation and knowledge process outsourcing”
A Few of Our Stories of Ingenuity
The Ingenuity Powering the London Stock Exchange
When the London Stock Exchange undertook an extensive search for technologies that could transform the efficiency of their operations, a Sri Lankan firm found itself pitted against some of the biggest players, including the powerhouse NASDAQ.
Technology that Turns Foodservices into a Piece of CAKE
A start-up with just five employees in 2007, Sysco LABS has expanded into an engineering organization at the forefront of the technology industry employing over 450 associates across multiple offices both in Sri Lanka and the U.S.
SimCentric is Transforming and Humanizing Warfare
The US Army, Australian Army, and several other leading militaries have turned to SimCentric’s simulation software and add-ons to improve operational efficiency and help save lives.
Island of Ingenuity is a collective of the knowledge services industry in Sri Lanka, whose ethos is to provide inventive solutions through proactive and flexible customer engagement. It is endorsed by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board, Sri Lanka Board of Investment, Sri Lanka Association of Software and Service Companies, Information & Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka, Federation of Information Technology of Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka Electronic Manufacturers and Exporters Association.