Sri Lankan hailed by Ireland’s business community
View(s):Raomal Perera, a Sri Lankan now domiciled in Ireland, was inducted into the Business Excellence Institute’s Hall of Fame at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Ireland recently.
Raomal Perera with his award
Educated at St Joseph’s College Colombo 10, Mr. Perera is an engineer and serial entrepreneur, turned educator. He co-founded ISOCOR, which was listed on the NASDAQ in 1996, and also founded the Irish software company Network365 (later renamed Valista), which won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Gold Award for business and was listed by Time Magazine as one of Europe’s Hottest Tech firms in 2001 and 2002. He became an Adjunct Professor at INSEAD in 2007 and in UCD in 2014 and started his third venture, Lean Disruptor, in 2015.
Once a year, members of the Institute nominate candidates who meet eligibility criteria for induction to the Excellence Hall of Fame and the nominations are then voted on by the Institute’s Fellows. The Fellows are selective about who is honoured, they look for people of integrity with a sustained track record of excellence and the bar is set very high, Mr. Perera said in a media release.
“On behalf of the Irish technology sector, I would like to warmly congratulate Raomal on his induction to the Hall of Fame. Raomal is a true patriarch of the Irish software sector and in many ways can be credited with the great successes we see in the sector today. Raomal has given selflessly of his time in supporting a new generation of entrepreneurs, helping others learn from his trailblazing achievements. Many congratulations Raomal,” said Paul Sweetman, Director of Technology Ireland at IBEC, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation
“Raomal has been a pillar of entrepreneurship at INSEAD since 2001. Raomal has educated hundreds of students and built a large, vocal fan base at INSEAD. He is best known for giving unstintingly of his time in counselling entrepreneurs and teams,” said Phil Anderson, Professor of Entrepreneurship at INSEAD and Academic Director of their Centre for Entrepreneurship.
He is the son of the well-known Paediatrician of yesteryear, Dr Cyril Perera and Mrs Rita Perera of Ward Place, Colombo 7.