ICT Veteran Chrishan Fernando joins Board of Netsys Solutions

ICT veteran Chrishan Fernando joins the Board of Netsys Solutions from February. Chrishan is an experienced IT leader with over 25 years of experience working for leading Global IT Companies. He started his international career with Compaq Computer in 1997 and was based in Singapore covering South Asia markets. Later with the merger of HP, he moved back to Sri Lanka, his country of birth, and started the HP office in Sri Lanka. Head hunted by IBM in 2009, to be the Country General Manager for Sri Lanka’s biggest IT company, he led the introduction of new lines of businesses such as software and IBM’s Global Business Services to the Sri Lanka market. At Dell Technologies, he was the Country Manager for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Under his leadership, Dell reached No 1 in market share for consumer and commercial business in Sri Lanka.

Referring to his new role, Chrishan noted: “I would like to bring all my experience gained through working with the leading MNCs for many years to facilitate Netsys Solutions’ journey towards the leading System Integrator in the Asian Region.’ Thusitha Alwis, Founder and Managing Director of Netsys Solutions stated that the company envisages to tap on to his vast experience in the area of Sales and Consultancy to forge the company’s next phase of growth in the Region.