Mahesh Fernando

(AMF), PG. Dip. In Mkt.SL (SLIM), Lean Six Sigma Green-belt Certified,Mr.MAHESH FERNANDO,MBA(ECU) Aus, Certified Professional Marketer, City and Guilds UK certified Trainer, MSLIM

CEO/Country Head, Brightstar Telecom Services Pvt Ltd.Brightstar Corp., a U.S.-based privately held corporation founded in 1997,distributes mobile phones and other devices, serving more than 200 carriers,40,000+ retailers, and 15,000+ enterprise customers in more than 100 countries.

FORMER EMPLOYMENT

Head of value added services marketing, bharti airtel group. (India/Sri Lanka).

Senior manager business services, Hutchison Group. (Hong Kong/Thailand/Sri Lanka).

Business development manager at Mobitel Lanka Pvt Ltd.

Project consultant/regional marketing manager (APEC) for GEZE- GmBh- Germany.

Product development and marketing manager at Access International Pvt Ltd.

Senior marketing executive at IBM business partner/Datacorp. Ceylon Ltd.

EXECUTIVE COACHING/TRAINING

Over 15 years of experience as a trainer, life coach, visiting lecturer, resource panel member, examiner, panelist, moderator, exam assignment/paper setter for some of the leading educational institutes in Sri Lanka and overseas including : Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) , IDAMT Australia, City and Guilds UK, IIT, ACBT, FCCISL, Oxford College of Business and University of Colombo for programs ranging from post graduate studies to masters level, conducted many specific training and consultancy programs for some of the top corporates in Sri Lanka and overseas including Edu-hotline group Australia, Edu- direct Australia, Priority group 1 Australia/UK, Domain group Australia, JAT Holdings, Access group of companies, Sri Lanka Telecom, Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing to name a few.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND TRAINING

Presenter at the prestigious “digital services world congress” held in London.

Presenter at the “managed services world congress” held in Berlin Germany.

Presenter at the “managed services growth markets” regional conference held in Dubai.

Co-chair/presenter at the “mobile value added services congress” held in Jakarta Indonesia.

Presenter at the annual “OSS/BSS world congress” held in Singapore.

Presenter at the “world of BIG data services congress” held in KL Malaysia.

ACCDAMIC ACTIVITIES

Compiled the study text book “Discovering Marketing Essentials” for PG diploma in marketing the