Rohan Jayaweera joins Microimage Mobile Media

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Rohan Jayaweera, former Country Consultant to Google, Sri Lanka, joined Microimage Mobile Media as the Chief Operating Officer. Rohan was the first representative for Google in Sri Lanka where he spearheaded all initiatives to and from Sri Lanka. Prior to Google he worked in Singapore as a Business consultant. Rohan has represented other technology companies such as Cisco Systems, IBM and Lenovo in his career. He is a renowned industry personality where he speaks/moderates in numerous industry events. He is also a former TedX speaker.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Rohan on board as the Chief Operating Officer of our Media, Mobile and Digital convergence business,” said Harsha Purasinghe, CEO of Microimage Mobile Media. “His experience with Google and deep understanding of the media, advertising, mobile, digital convergence domains makes him a great thought leader for our team. We can’t think of any better person to lead Microimage Mobile Media into its next level of growth,” he added. “It is a very exciting prospect for me. Most of my career I have helped tech multinational companies to be successful in Sri Lanka and now I get the chance to take a Sri Lankan technology pioneer to international markets,” Rohan said. “MMM is the best fit for me and I believe we have an amazing opportunity to be a major player in the media, mobile and digital convergence space.” Microimage Mobile Media is renowned in Sri Lanka as the pioneer in broadcast automation software solutions. The company is a leader and a key innovator in broadcast/media software, mobile and digital convergence applications. One of the flagship solutions of the Microimage Mobile Media suite, mStudio has powered the radio stations of Sri Lanka and in the region, enabling radio broadcasters with an end to end integrated solution to manage all operations. The company also boasts of platforms for ad insertions for TV stations and advanced commercial scheduling solutions for both TV and Radio broadcasters. BookHUB, Sri Lanka’s first-ever e-book platform, and Thaala, a music streaming platform, are also solutions designed by the company. Microimage Mobile Media played a pivotal role in building the award winning social innovation – DEWN (Disaster & Emergency Warning Network). DEWN is the world’s first GSM-based emergency warning solution designed and developed after the Indian Ocean tsunami back in 2005. This solution is currently deployed with the Disaster Management Center of Sri Lanka for the past many years. Microimage has continuously evolved the DEWN platform to keep pace with technology changes.