2017 all set to be a great year for Mitra Innovation

Mitra Innovation is a technology innovation company based in Sri Lanka, Australia and the UK. Born in 2012 it was set up by three co-founders – Ashok Suppiah (CEO), Derek Bell (COO) and Dammika Ganegama (MD), all visionaries with a passion for technology and innovation.

The company started from humble beginnings with a skeleton staff, one office and two clients. It has now grown to a global organisation with an employee headcount of 110, and five offices – three in Sri Lanka, an HQ in London, and a new office which has just opened in Suffolk, England. 

The company also has over 20 clients including (amongst others): Philips, Pizza Hut, Kantar Worldpanel (a WPP company), Ramsay Healthcare, Capital Alliance, Delmege, Guardian MPS, Beyond Analysis and Eagle Boys. And a network of partners in place with companies such as WSO2, Chakray, and Cap Gemini.

Mitra Innovation helps smart entrepreneurs, enterprises and public service organisations to accelerate innovative ideas into amazing global businesses or solutions, through product incubation, digital transformation, and integration services. 

It has ambitious plans for 2017 with regards to technology innovation, advanced R&D and launching proprietary Mitra Innovation integration and incubation products, such as APE2 and AI5. Mitra also plans to more than double its engineering team during the year. 

Suppiah says: “We are very proud of how far Mitra Innovation has come both in the UK and Sri Lanka, and the impact our people and technology have had in helping companies and partners with accelerated innovative solutions. We are also committed to building a long-lasting company with an innovative culture, and to nurture the next generation of tech evolution.”

Ganegama adds: “We are excited about the future and the opportunities it holds. Our latest office marks the next stage in our development and our 100th member of staff marked a key milestone. We look forward to continuing our growth at an even faster rate with additional global clients, and continued hiring in the UK, Europe, Australia and Sri Lanka.”

Mitra Innovation helps smart entrepreneurs, enterprises and public service organisations to accelerate innovative ideas into amazing global businesses or solutions, through product incubation, digital transformation, and integration services. 

The founders of Mitra

CEO Ashok Suppiah is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully started several tech companies over his 20-year career. With a passion to innovate using pioneering technology, he has helped over 40 startup clients including edocs Inc (part of Oracle).

As a founding member of Virtusa Corp (VRTU), a global SI which he helped grow to $280M in USA, UK and Asia. His clientele included British Telecom, JP Morgan, American Express, Citibank and Siemens.

COO Derek Bell is an experienced and accomplished business leader with a proven track record of success, managing very large programmes, big five SI management and enterprise-wide IT initiatives. He is also an Agile expert and has mastered the art of outsourcing.

Derek spent much of his career at British Telecom (ADR) in various capacities including IT Programme Director, COO BT Rich Media and head of Portfolio Strategy for BT Wholesale. He launched 40+ apps in 18 months, founded BT’s corporate venture and developed customer centric product strategy for annual revenues of c. £3.7Bn plus c. £8Bn internal trade.

MD Dammika Ganegama is an inspirational leader with nearly 20 years of experience in running large mission critical software engineering projects, quality assurance teams, heading operations for a KPO/BPO services firm and Program Management. Dammika leads Mitra Innovation’s talented and creative product engineering team. Previously a strategic consultant at IBM Global Business Services leading critical strategic enterprise programs, and Account Head at Virtusa Inc. (VRTU) managing several Fortune 500 clients.