SIHAF AAKIL
Senior Engineering Manager and IT
Sihaf Aakil, Senior Engineering Manager and IT discusses how TSG integrates new technologies while minimising disruption to ongoing operations. His approach involves careful engineering planning and a human-centred IT strategy, focusing on enhancing team productivity and comfort. By involving key stakeholders from the start and gradually implementing new technologies through pilot programs, Sihaf ensures that these tools genuinely add value and fit seamlessly into existing workflows. Open communication throughout the process helps reduce anxiety and builds a more adaptable, engaged team ready to embrace new technologies.
THARSHIKAN PANEERCHELVAM
Senior Manager
Product and Data Analytics
Tharshikan Paneerchelvam, Senior Manager of Product, Data and Analytics, identifies the biggest challenge in fostering a data-driven culture as shifting the mindset from intuition-based decisions to evidence-based ones. By tying data insights to real-world outcomes and celebrating data-driven successes, Tharshikan has gradually built trust in the process, leading to a significant shift towards embracing data at all levels of the company and creating a truly data-driven decision-making culture. All data handled adheres to GDPR compliance and the Personal Data Protection Act for Sri Lanka, ensuring that privacy and legal standards are rigorously maintained throughout the organisation.
YASIRU NANAYAKKARA
Software Architect
Yasiru Nanayakkara, Software Architect at TSG is overall responsible for TSG’s software infrastructure. His team adapts to emerging technologies, to make software more efficient and easy to manage. By breaking down systems into smaller, independent parts and upgrading processes for quicker updates, Yasiru ensured that TSG’s “cloud-based” platform is now more robust, responsive, and prepared for future expansion.