Senior technology and enterprise transformation executive with over 30 years of leadership across telecommunications infrastructure, large-scale IT operations, and national-level digital modernization initiatives.
His expertise spans strategic technology governance, enterprise platform architecture, and mission-critical systems delivery within complex organisational environments.
Prior to joining Sichrotec Technology Solutions Inc., he served in senior executive leadership roles within the telecommunications sector, including as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, where he led enterprise-wide IT strategy, digital platform modernization programs, and mission-critical system transformation initiatives supporting national connectivity and service infrastructure.
As Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer at Sichrotec Technology Solutions Inc., Mr. Rohana provides leadership across operational governance frameworks, technology delivery excellence programs, global engineering service alignment across Australia, North America, and Asia, enterprise cybersecurity readiness and platform resilience, and long-term digital transformation strategy execution.
He is also the inventor and owner of the AIGOV-SHIELD™ intellectual property, an advanced governance-focused AI framework designed to strengthen digital identity protection, platform accountability, incident detection and response readiness, and trust-layer architecture across modern digital ecosystems.
This innovation supports secure deployment models in increasingly complex cross-border digital environments.
Strategic Contribution to Company Energy Solutions: within the Company leadership structure, Mr. Rohana contributes strategic direction across digital governance architecture for smart-energy infrastructure, cybersecurity readiness for energy storage and grid-adjacent systems, platform reliability frameworks supporting smart-city integration, enterprise-scale operational delivery assurance, and cross-border technology deployment strategy alignment.
Mr. Rohana is recognised for his ability to bridge strategy, operations, and technology execution, ensuring sustainable outcomes across complex infrastructure programs operating within regulated and mission-critical environments.
His leadership strengthens Company capability to deploy secure, scalable, and future-ready digital-energy infrastructure platforms across Sri Lanka and the region.
Strategic Contribution
- Digital identity protection
- Platform accountability
- Incident detection and response readiness
- Trust-layer architecture across modern digital ecosystems
BeGreen (Pvt) Ltd
Eng. Upul Manchanayake is a Chartered Engineer and accomplished technology and business leader with more than 31 years of experience in telecommunications, engineering, digital transformation and strategic management. His career combines extensive technical expertise with senior executive and board-level leadership across some of Sri Lanka's prominent telecommunications, infrastructure and public-sector organizations.
Prior to joining BeGreen, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom Digital Services (Pvt) Ltd and held several senior leadership positions at Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, including General Manager, Deputy General Manager and Regional Telecom Manager. Through these roles, he gained extensive experience in telecommunications operations, digital services, business development, organizational transformation and the management of large-scale technology initiatives.
His corporate leadership experience extends beyond telecommunications. He has served on the Boards of Airport & Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited, the Urban Development Authority, and Talentfort (Pvt) Limited, strengthening his experience in corporate governance, infrastructure development and strategic decision-making.
His professional and academic background spans electrical power engineering, renewable energy engineering and project management, complemented by international professional development in telecommunications technologies, digital services, organizational excellence and project management. He has also received recognition for his contribution to major project-management and transformation initiatives within the SLT-MOBITEL Group and Sri Lanka Telecom PLC.
As Chief Executive Officer of BeGreen (Pvt) Ltd, Eng. Manchanayake provides executive leadership in advancing the company's vision of bringing together smart energy, solar power, and digital infrastructure solutions. His leadership approach combines engineering discipline, commercial strategy, digital innovation and sustainable development, with a strong focus on transforming emerging technologies into practical and scalable business solutions.
Strategic Contribution
- Telecommunications and digital transformation leadership
- Renewable energy and smart infrastructure strategy
- Corporate governance and strategic management
- Large-scale project delivery and organizational transformation
- Commercially scalable technology solutions
Visionary technology leader and infrastructure strategist with over two decades of experience delivering large-scale national transformation programs and building globally connected digital service platforms.
His leadership combines entrepreneurial execution capability with deep enterprise-level infrastructure expertise across telecommunications, digital transformation, and international talent enablement ecosystems.
He is the Founder of Sichrotec Technology Solutions Inc., established to help organizations in Canada and Australia access world-class engineering and digital talent efficiently and cost-effectively, guided by the principle: “Same Talent. Smarter Investment.”
Through this model, he has positioned Sichrotec as a bridge between advanced economies and high-capability Sri Lankan technical talent pools supporting scalable digital delivery partnerships.
Startup Leadership: as Founder and Chief Operating Officer of TapOne, Eng. Wijesuriya designed and executed the company’s growth strategy and operational architecture, successfully scaling the organization to a USD 1 million valuation.
This entrepreneurial experience provided him with practical insight into the funding, scaling, and talent-access challenges faced by startups and SMEs, experience that now directly informs his strategic leadership approach.
National Infrastructure Leadership: during his tenure at Sri Lanka Telecom, Eng. Wijesuriya led national infrastructure modernization programs exceeding USD 100 million, contributing to the transformation of the country’s telecommunications backbone and digital service delivery capabilities.
He managed complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives and large technical teams responsible for implementing connectivity platforms critical to national development.
This experience strengthened his capability to lead large-scale infrastructure programs aligned with enterprise-grade delivery standards expected in Australia, Canada, and emerging smart-infrastructure markets.
Global Engagement & Strategic Perspective: he has participated as an invited speaker at leading international industry forums including Mobile World Congress and CommunicAsia.
Through these engagements, he developed strong exposure to global digitalization trends, telecom innovation ecosystems, and cross-regional enterprise collaboration models, enabling him to effectively align international organizations with high-quality Sri Lankan engineering capabilities.
Strategic Contribution to BeGreen Energy Solutions: within the BeGreen leadership structure, he contributes direction across digital infrastructure integration for smart-energy platforms, global technology partnership alignment, smart-city transformation readiness frameworks, scalable delivery architecture for infrastructure programs, and international engineering talent enablement ecosystems.
Eng. Wijesuriya brings together a founder’s agility and cost-efficiency mindset, a corporate leader’s infrastructure-scale execution capability, and a global strategist’s innovation perspective. This combination supports Company positioning as a future-ready smart energy infrastructure and storage deployment platform for Sri Lanka and the region.
Strategic Contribution
- Digital infrastructure integration for smart-energy platforms
- Global technology partnership alignment
- Smart-city transformation readiness frameworks
- Scalable delivery architecture for infrastructure programs
- International engineering talent enablement ecosystems
