Tesman Maloney awarded the ICT Entrepreneur of the year 2017

At a night termed as the Oscar awards of the Sri Lankan ICT industry, where the professionals who had produced the most innovative and futuristic ICT products were assembled under one roof, Tesman Antony Jude Maloney, the Founder, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of M I Synergy ( Private) Limited was named ICT Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 at the 19th National Best Quality ICT Awards (NBQSA) held on the 06th of October at the TAJ Samudra, Colombo.

Tesman holds a MBA from the Postg raduate Institute of Management – University of Sri Jayewardenepura, a Bachelor in Information Technology – BIT ( external) from the University of Colombo and is an Associate Member ( AIB) of the Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.

In 2006 Tesman stepped out from a career of over a decade in Marketing and Banking industry, from the safety net of a Senior Management Position of a bank to start M I Synergy (Pvt) Ltd, a tech start- up which commenced commercial operations in May 2006. Funding the start up with a startup capital of only Rs. 2.5 which was made up of proceeds of a housing loan of a friend and personal savings of Tesman, initial operations were based out of an upstairs unit of a house rented at Nalandarama Road, Nugegoda with only four staff members.Today the company conducts its operations from 8B, Somadevi Place, Kirulapone, Colombo 05, which is premises purchased in 2012 and is fully owned by the company with a staff strength numbering over forty.

Tesman’s leadership has been the key in the company winning several accolades such as consecutive duel NBQSA awards in 2017, 2016 and 2015, APICTA nomination in 2017 and 2015 and also winning the E- Swabhmani e- business and e-commerce category in 2014. With primary focus on the Insurance and Banking industry he has overseen the development of workflow and integration solutions for corporate clients who rank within the top 200 in Sri Lanka as well as multinationals operating in Sri Lanka.