AmCham Sri Lanka hosts breakfast meeting on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Sri Lanka hosted a breakfast meeting on Blockchain and other emerging technologies titled ‘The 4th Industrial Revolution – Blockchain and other disruptive trends changing the world’, recently at the Mövenpick Hotel, Colombo.

Two subject matter experts, Senthilkumar Ravindran, Executive Vice President – Global Head of xLabs, Virtusa and Stephen Holmes, Vice President – FinTech Lab, Virtusa, spoke on these technologies and how they are being deployed in different industries.

Senthil possess nearly two decades of experience in Business Consulting, Architecture Design, Delivery Management and Solution Sales. He works exclusively with Top Tier BFSI clients. He firmly believes that if modern digital technologies such as Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud, Blockchain, etc. are blended with the correct digital transformation approach, it can disrupt the businesses in a positive way.

Stephen has over 23 years IT experience with a wide range of Outsourcing experience and is presently focusing on disruptive new technologies and applying these to the banking domain. Stephen is currently serving on the British Standards Institute Blockchain Standards group chairing the Privacy and Data governance working group. He has also served on the Microsoft Outsourcing Partner Advisory Council whilst at Atos Origin and is a certified Enterprise Architect (TOGAF 9.1).

“Blockchain, a technology that is synonymous with Bitcoin, has moved beyond the realm of cryptocurrencies, thanks to the transparency and security it offers. Governments and financial service providers in particular have already begun using Blockchain based systems to transform the way they deliver services. Blockchain and other emerging technologies such as Augmented / Virtual / Mixed Reality; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Learning; Robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT) are disrupting other industries too,” said Kumudu Gunasekera, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka. “Businesses in Sri Lanka, especially ones that are looking to engage with enterprises and consumers around the world, cannot afford to ignore the implications of this phenomenon,” AMCHAM said.