30 March 2023 04:49 am
CMS, one of the best-established IT companies in Sri Lanka, celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala celebration on March 7, 2023, at the Lotus Ballroom, Shangri La Colombo. The Director-General of BOI, Renuka Weerakone, graced the occasion as Guest of Honour.
The event was attended by several dignitaries and affiliated partners from Europe, including Messrs. Ronald Reich & Dino Reich, co-founders of European Computer Services, Emmanuel Poullet, managing director of Bluecorp, and Olivier Loschi (CTO) and Johan Abbink (CBDO) of Redcorp SRL.
CMS, which started with just three hires in 1996, has now grown close to 150 staff as it celebrated its 25th anniversary. The company currently has clients in Europe, the US, and APAC, across multiple industries, providing diverse technical talent from Sri Lanka. CMS is located at ISO/IEC 27001-certified offices at Access Towers, Colombo 02.
What sets CMS apart is that the original partners and many management team members are still intact after 25 years, preserving the company culture and its focus on people. The long service award ceremony was a testimony to the success of CMS where 47 employees were awarded for their loyal service to the company ranging from five to twenty-five years. This included the very first employee, Nishantha Amarasuriya who is currently serving as a
director at CMS.
In her speech, Renuka Weerakone highlighted the importance of Foreign Direct Investments in Sri Lanka and said CMS has been a pioneer in taking Sri Lanka to the world for excellence as an IT offshore provider. She praised CMS for empowering Sri Lankan professionals to experience global trends in the industry and harness that experience and knowledge in their work with global clients.
Weerakone also commended CMS for training hundreds of software engineers and uplifting the SLK tech industry.