About

Sanharsha Jayatissa is an accomplished AVP with over 11 years of experience in global operations, client services, COO, country management, and GM roles. He currently serves as the Associate Vice President for Global Operations and Client Services at Axiata Digital Labs, a leading software service provider that offers digital and IT services and solutions for telcos, healthcare, financial services, and more. Sanharsha leads a team of over 900 professionals across six countries and helps global customers with convergent digital design experiences, innovative platforms, and reusable assets to deliver tangible business value and experience. Prior to his current role, Sanharsha worked as the Chief Operating Officer at D Tech (Pvt) Ltd, a premier and innovative enterprise in Sri Lanka that specializes in IT and business-related services. He was responsible for business intelligence, customized software development, networking and ICT infrastructure, mobile application development, web designing and development, software quality assurance, IT consultancy, project management, and BPO services. Sanharsha also served as the Final Year Projects Supervisor for BSc in IT & Management at Informatics Institute of Technology. Sanharsha holds an MBA in General Management from Cardiff Metropolitan University (UWIC), an MSc in Information Technology & Management from Keele University, and a BSc in Information Systems from The Manchester Metropolitan University. He also holds a Yellow Belt in Six Sigma from the National Institute of Business Management, a Diploma in Project Management from Lingua Institute, and a BSc & MSc from IIT - Informatics Institute of Technology. Sanharsha completed his high school education at D.S.Senanayake College. Sanharsha's tech stack includes QA, research scientist, mobile, web, software engineer, and infra. He has a proven track record of delivering high-value IT services and solutions that enable clients to enhance business performance, accelerate time-to-market, and increase productivity to achieve their long-term corporate goals. Sanharsha is a results-driven leader who is committed to delivering innovative telecommunication, banking, financial, and healthcare products and services to drive Axiata's vision of being a New Generation Digital Champion by 2020.