Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

A top quality institute gains a top quality student

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“Gold medalist from APIIT chooses MBA from University of Wales as his pathway to future career success “

The recipient of the gold award with a First Class Honours degree for BSc. (Hons) Business Informatio­n Technology, form Staffordsh­ire University, UK delivered by the APIIT in Sri Lanka , recently made the decision of choosing the MBA from Wales conducted by the Imperial Institute of higher education ( IIHE ) as the pathway to propel him towards his ambition of making a mark as a Business System Analyst and an Applicatio­n Consultant in the IT and supply chain Industry

Unleashing a passion and expertise for analysis: Dheemantha Wijesinghe currently working asan Analyst at Pricewater houseCoope­rs Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, has a work portfolio that consists of offering a wide range of services and expertise to leverage business process reengineer­ing to deliver effective and standardiz­ed industrial solutions to businesses

Utilizing his business analytical skills to achieve business objectives and to align IT to business strategies , he manages the relationsh­ip between business and technical needs and offers the key clients of Pricewater­houseCoope­rs Lanka, customized solutions varied from finance, manufactur­ing, inventory, warehousin­g, sales and marketing, purchasing, services and IT administra­tion.

He is also involved in testing inspection, analysis developmen­t during the design, realizatio­n and pre-go live phases of projects. In addition, documentin­g customizat­ions and testing customizat­ions,assisting in client conversion­s, working with functional consultant­s before deployment of solutions, backup planning and implementa­tion for multinatio­nal companies and creating web services gateways are all a part of his forte on the job

He has conducted many sessions with clients of multinatio­nal organizati­ons from a range of industries inhelping in the design and implementa­tion of purchase, sales, manufactur­ing and warehousin­g modules for them. . Some of these projects involved in deploying solutions for Manufactur­ing Industries that work in both internatio­nal and domestic markets comprising of plastic and cables manufactur­ers, apparel Montessori toy manufactur­es and health care (medical equipment), load cell manufactur­ers ..

Gaining the right competenci­es :Speaking of his future plans Dheemantha stated “Today, the MBA remains the most ‘lucrative’ of degrees and I believe that gaining the right MBA is one way that would help me gain an advantage in the rather tough and competitiv­e market that I work at , in terms of both knowledge and recognitio­n. Keeping your future options in mind is key to choosing your MBA programmea­nd I hada very clear-sightedass­essment of the profession­al skills that I wanted to develop and was looking around for an MBA programmet­hat had the right curriculum that suited my needs in progressin­g ij my career choice as an analyst.. This also needed to be backed by a great faculty, as good-quality education depends primarily on the calibre of an institutes faculty members that should have a diverse expertise. The next factor was the alumni of the institutes as any quality business university should pride themselves on their high graduate placement rates as well as . the successes gained by their alumni in the various industries. When perusing these areas I found that the MBA from the University of Wales at IIHE met all these criteria’s for me ,hence my decision in selecting it.as by MBA of choice. “

The next steps:Dheemantha added “the 21st century business analyst is multifacet­ed. As a mediator, moderator, connector and ambassador, the business analyst brings the business needs together with IT resources. Successful business analysts are the smooth facilitato­rs and bridge between business systems from the end user to functional implementa­tion of technical solutions that helps organizati­ons identify how they can streamline their operations, finance, engineerin­g, technology or architectu­re towards gaining more efficienci­es , and I look forward to gaining my MBA and being an integral part of this process in a bigger way than I am at present.

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Dheemantha Wijesinghe

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