Rasantha is currently CTO at SLT Mobitel, the number 2 mobile operator in Sri Lanka with close to 8M subscribers. Prior to taking on the CTO role in January 2021, he was Senior General Manager Engineering & Operations, responsible for a team of 300 and leading the network evolution and driving operational excellence. Under Rasantha’s technical leadership he took SLT Mobitel, the last entrant to the GSM arena in 2004, to the no 2 position in a market of 5 players. Before Mobitel, he was with Hutchison Whampoa Group leading leading customer care and heading the network amongst a variety of roles.