GTN Technologies is the technology and support arm of the Global Trading Network (GTN). GTN is a FinTech powered global trading and investment ecosystem that enables financial institutions and corporate clients worldwide to access global markets across asset classes leveraging a unified platform. GTN offers its platform as a service on a B2B and B2B2C business model, paving the way to democratize global trading and investment.
The team at GTN Technologies unites under a common purpose to create the largest electronic trading network in the world.
Having commenced operations in the year 2000, the company has two decades of proven experience in delivering complete front to back-end brokerage solutions and is a proud practitioner of CMMI® and ISO/IEC 27001:2013.
We aim to attract the best engineering talent in the industry and provide an environment where initiative and innovation are encouraged and rewarded. We are strong advocates of an inclusive workplace where diversity and a voice for every employee are embraced.
Leadership
Manjula Jayasinghe
CEO - Group
Manjula has over 25+ years of international exposure in the financial services and the financial technology industry. He has been with our team since 2006 with a major dedication to serve financial markets better and to develop high-tech brokerage platforms for our committed consumers. He is a CFA charter holder and a member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) UK. Manjula holds an MBA in Corporate Finance from George Mason University Virginia USA.
Kevin Smith
CTO
Kevin is a strategic technologist with a great passion for the engineering craft. With over 20 years of technology leadership in the financial and healthcare domains, he finds an immense sense of purpose in creating engineering environments where engineers can thrive and grow to reach their true potential. He has a deeply rooted conviction that technology can be a driving force for good in the world of business. His areas of expertise include delivering full-stack software solutions, leading system integrations, and driving Agile, Engineering, and DevOps transformation initiatives.
Arjuna Nanayakkara
CEO – SL/ Head of Shared Services – GMA
Arjuna first joined GTN in 2007 and posses over 25 years of experience working in the FinTech, Modern Trade, Property Development and venture capital industries. He is the Chief Executive Officer of GTN Sri Lanka while serving as the Head of Global Shared Services of the GTN Group.
He is responsible for building and sustaining capabilities of technology and global business services for the GTN Group by developing outstanding leadership teams and designing corporate and business strategies focused on operational excellence, product engineering, business development, and corporate restructuring,
Arjuna holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Leicester, ACMA UK, Dip Comp Sys Design and Programming He is also a director at SLASSCOM, Trace Expert City, and Council for Business with Britain.
Amila Manathunga
Head of Engineering -
Frontend Development
Amila has a knack for improving anything that is given to him while he is a goal-oriented individual with leadership & project management capabilities with experience in handling over 15 teams. He has 5+ years of experience in JavaScript, Angular, 6+ years of experience in C / C++, 4+ years of experience in iOS development. He leads the Web Technologies Team.
Chaminda Hettigoda
Head of Engineering -
Transaction Technology
Chaminda has an overall 15 years of experience in the software development industry including back-end development in Java, J2EE, Spring & Hibernate. He has over 10 years of experience in designing & developing Order Management Systems. Chaminda has sound knowledge in mapping CMMi process areas to the company and with Agile/scrum-based development practices. He leads the Transaction Technologies Team.
Chathurika Gunewardhene
Global Head of Human Resources
Chathurika began her career in 2006 as a lecturer of IT and Management subjects at SICI and then shifted her direction into the field of Human Resource Management. She has worked as an HR practitioner for more than 12 years. She is a people-oriented HR personnel who is very passionate about her work. She leads the HR team of GTN serving as the global head of Human Resources.
Dasun Perera
Head of Engineering -
Digital Wealth Management
Dasun is an action-oriented and results-focused software architect, with more than 25 years of industry experience in software development, solution design, system integrations, networking, business analysis, M&A technical due diligence, product engineering and delivery, Cloud Computing, project management, and IT management. Dasun is a certified Scrum Master with an extensive knowledge of Agile/scrum-based development practices. He is the Head of Engineering at GTNTech and he leads the Digital Wealth Management Team.
Gayanath Senanayaka
Head of Engineering -
Market Backend
Gayanath has over 15 Years of experience in the software industry & has integrated more than 150 Stock Exchange feeds. His areas of expertise include developing multithreaded applications on Linux-based systems & wide knowledge of distributed computing. Gayanath is passionate about working in a technically challenging environment and leads the Market Data Services Team & a talented Software Architect.
Hibri Marzook
Head of Platform Engineering
Hibri is a technology leader with extensive experience in guiding teams and organizations to excel in delivering high-quality software. He has played a pivotal role in helping teams at start-ups, and large enterprises adopt agile software development methodologies and master the art of Continuous Delivery. Through his hands-on approach and ability to foster a collaborative culture, Hibri leads by example and empowers teams to achieve their full potential.
Hibri leads Platform Engineering at GTN, to provide foundational capabilities and services, to build a globally scalable platform.
Hirantha Wijayawardena
Head of Information Security
Hirantha is an extremely talented solution architect with more than 15 years of industry experience in system engineering, infrastructure transformation, Internet & infrastructure technologies. He joined GTN Technologies in 2007 as a Senior Linux Engineer. Currently, he is responsible for leading our infrastructure technologies & ensuring information security for our global operations.
Keith Abeyratne
Head of Quality Assurance
Keith is the head of the Quality Engineering Chapter at GTN and has over 15 years of global experience in quality engineering across various industries, including Fin-tech, Education, Mobile Money, and ERP. He is an expert in Shift-Left testing, DevSecOps, L&D, and Quality Engineering. Keith holds a Master of Science degree in Software Engineering from North Dakota State University in the United States.
Kulanga Athukorala
Delivery Manager
Kulanga manages requirements of the business layer & works with multiple teams within GTN Technologies to ensure combined delivery plans are met. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in the field of Information Technology having been involved in Presales, Solutions Engineering, Business Analysis & Project Management. He is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) & a Certified Scrum Master (CSM).
Manoj Prasanna
Head of Engineering -
Enterprise Subscription Services
Manoj has 23+ years of experience in Solution Designing for on-premises and Cloud using Service Oriented and Micro Services/Frontend Architectures. He possesses experience in project and product development. His Full Stack development skills are tied up with C/C++/C#/Golang/NodeJS and all major databases including SAP HANA. He is an individual with excellent management, design, and analytical skills and is a great mentor who always tries to bring the best out of his teams.
Roshini Kulaweera
Head of Process Excellence &
Business Support
Roshini is the head of GTN Technologies Process Excellence & Business Support unit and has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. Her expertise is in software testing tools, techniques & frameworks. In addition, she also has expertise across multiple projects and platforms. In 2018 & 2021, she played a major role in getting the company appraised as 'CMMi Dev. L3' for agile development & upholding agile standards as the head of SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group).
Uditha Nagahawatha
Head of Engineering -
Algo/AI/DWM
Uditha has been in the software industry for over 20+ years & has experience in front-end and back-end Java SE development. Furthermore, he is an expert in Java algorithms, optimizations & calculations. He has been with GTN Technologies ever since the organization was established in 2006. Uditha leads the Alpha Team.
Operating Model
MUSIQ
Our organization has defined its own quality management system as MUSIQ (Mubasher Unified Standard for Integrated Quality). The experience of pursuing and implementing the MUSIQ framework has brought the organization many realizable day-to-day benefits. These benefits can be endlessly mentioned however, foremost is that the daily tasks now have a smooth flow, repetitive tasks have been reduced, similarly, the end-products quality has been enhanced.
MUDEL
Our Business and Development Team has introduced a tailored methodology called MUDEL (MUBASHER DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE) which follows the underlying concepts of the agile methodology. MUDEL presents us with a flexible framework for the successful and quick delivery of high-quality solutions with ultra-
means delivering high quality work products with a less chance of failure risk. The concept helps the teams to directly address the most common causes of project failures in order to improve success rates & solution quality. The model provides the easy-access and scalability that can be adapted to meet the needs of any project to plan, build and deploy. low risk of delays or failures. The framework also helps the teams to directly address the most common causes of project failures to improve team success rates & overall solution quality. Overall, the model provides easy access and scalability that can be adapted to meet the needs of any project to plan, build and deploy.
