ICT
Leapset Co-Sponsors of 'Megamind 2012'
As the local brains behind IT and BPO compete in the
trivia quiz:
Megamind 2012, the trivia quiz competition organized by the Sri Lanka
Association of Software and Service Companies (SLASSCOM), was held
recently at the Park Street Mews Warehouse. The contest garnered
enormous enthusiasm with entries from 41 teams representing 34
organizations from Sri Lanka's IT and BPO industries.
Mani Kulasooriya, CEO
Leapset, at the event |
The quiz held recently was the inaugural edition of the contest, but
SLASSCOM have expressed their interest in making it an annual event. The
winning team 'Invictus', from HSBC Data processing Lanka Ltd, took home
Rs. 50,000, while the runner up and third placed teams 'Amba Green' of
Amba Research and 'Team Dialog' of Dialog Axiata, took home Rs. 30,000
and Rs. 20,000 respectively.
Leapset, the software product development company hailing from
Silicon Valley California were co-sponsors of the event.
Mani Kulasooriya, CEO of Leapset, delivered a knowledge sharing
presentation at the event and referred to Leapset as a disruptive
company, because of their initiatives in disruptive innovation.
"Most people are only interested in what you are doing; some others
may go further and ask you how you are doing it," said Kulasooriya. "But
those who hail from disruptive companies will always focus on the 'why'
and ask why are you doing it? For example, Steve Jobs said he wanted to
make the world simple and beautiful. At Leapset we believe that
successful disruptive organizations are driven by purpose"
He also went on to say that people can be broadly defined into five
different categories based on their willingness to adapt to new
technology; innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority,
and laggards. According to Kulasooriya it is the innovators, comprised
of only 2.5% of the overall population, who drive the changes that makes
businesses evolve.
Leapset, who launched their development centre in Sri Lanka recently,
market their solution in the USA. A product that is targeted at the
retail sector, it completely revolutionizes the way that POS,
credit-card payments and online purchasing takes place, by seamlessly
combining them all into one platform.
SLASSCOM's mission is to drive Sri Lanka's national aspiration of
becoming an international leader in the knowledge economy. The
association supports IT and BPO companies in an effort to raise their
combined revenue to US$ 1 billion in Sri Lanka and reach an employment
target of over 100,000 by 2015. |