Last update: 2023-10-03
Recognitions
- 2020: Top 32 Tech Leaders in the North West
- 2014: Invitation by Her Majesty the Queen
- 2008: Webmission 08: edocr.com was selected as one of the 20 hottest tech startups of the UK – toured San Francisco
Judging competitions
- Prolific North Tech Awards 2019
- UK Business Tech Awards 2019
- InnovateUK grant applications of circa £200m since 2011
Gigs:
- 1st Nov 2023: Digital Tech: When is it a worthwhile investment?
- 25th Oct 2023: Beer and Pitches: Startup Pitch Competition with Industry Experts
- 2019: Manchester Business School
- 3rd Feb 2018 (Manchester, UK) – University of Manchester. Malaysian Student Entrepreneurship Event. Pictures
- 10th Jan 2018 (Colombo, Sri Lanka) – StartupX Foundry. Exploring the current state of Sri Lankan tech ecosystem. Readme.
- 2nd September 2016 (Manchester, UK) – Manchester Business School, North West Alumni Group, How to turn a simple idea into a technology company
- 30th July 2015 (Colombo, Sri Lanka) – Spike Colombo Sri Lanka
- 29th April 2015 (Manchester, UK) – Manchester #Cloud Business Meet-Up: Cloud to Personal Productivity – Friend or Foe?
- 28th August 2014 (Salford, UK) Salford University: Innovate or Perish – Sustaining innovation vs disruptive innovation [Slides]
- 20th May 2014 (London, UK) EuroCloud: The System Integration (SI) is dead – Long live SI [Slides]
- 3rd May 2014 (Manchester, UK) – Incubating a Startup inside a mature company [Slides]
- 8th April 2014 (Manchester, UK) EuroCloud: Cloud Washing and Intimate Learnings of running SaaS tech Startups [Slides]
- 3rd March 2014 (Colombo, Sri Lanka) – Startup Lessons Learned – Building of Sri Lankan Tech Ecosystem [slides]
- 10th July 2013 (Liverpool, UK) – Venture Capital funding in the North West [Slides]
- xxx (Manchester, UK) Manchester business school….with Sandy, et al
- xxx (Manchester, UK) Manchester business school….students..
- xxx (Manchester, UK) North West Insider Roundtable discussion
- xxx (Manchester, UK) North West Insider Roundtable discussion
- xxx (Leeds, UK) Barcamp
- xxx (Manchester, UK) Barcamp
Interviews:
- Lessons from a Serial Tech Entrepreneur | LinkedUp With Amitha (Jan 2022)
- Nigel Scott Interview (Dec 2021)
- Intrepidian (Jan 2021): The man who helped spur Manchester’s tech scene returns
- Roar Tech (Feb 2018): Serial entrepreneurship and the tech industry – A conversation with Manoj Ranaweera
- Lanka Business Online (Oct 2015): Creating a tech ecosystem essential for Sri Lanka IT
- Echelon: True Grit: A Company Struggling To Make Profit Wins