A top quality institute gains a top quality student
“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.