Accura-Tech - Company Overview
   
Company Overview

Accura-Tech was formed to meet the outsourcing needs of global organisations'. We provide the most highly advanced, cost effective solutions for computing, accounting and data management needs.

Quality Control: We provide CMM Level 4-5-6 and ISO9000 on all projects to meet international standards.

Based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with offices in the United Kingdom, we are able to provide high quality reliable services to meet clients’ outsourcing needs. Our expertise has been built up over a number of years in IT and software development.

We pride ourselves in supporting our clients, giving them the confidence to meet their immediate and long term objectives.

Our Mission

Accura-Tech’s vision is rooted in our history and our multicultural backgrounds. We recognize the reality of the world today and the continuing challenges we face. Our Corporate Vision is founded on five key principles.

These statements together form a shared ambition for all our employees and a worldwide commitment to live in a world that works for every one.

  • Value will be our competitive advantage:
    In a competitive world we expect our clients to demand the best.

  • Change is our Opportunity to move ahead:
    Without change there is no progress.

  • Innovation is our challenge in every thing we do:
    We will only deliver to our customers the best and innovate in every thing we do.

  • Waste we do not tolerate:
    If we cannot do it we will tell you.

  • Our Standards:
    We measure ourselves against world-class standards.

We are a business with family and spiritual traditions in which people are valued as individuals. Together we recognize that in a fast changing world the only guarantee to success is to offer innovation and value.

Executive Profiles
Accura-Tech is owned by the cofounders:

  • Warwick Wynschenk, Director of International Sales.

  • Harsha Samarawikrama, Chief Executive Officer.

  • Shyaman Wijewardhane, Director of Software Engineering.

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Chief Executive Officer - Accura-Tech Technologies

Harsha Samarawickrama
Chief Executive Officer

Harsha Samarawickrama overlooks all of Accura-Tech’s business and technological operations. Having obtained his BSc in Electronics and Communications and MBA from Newport University, UK with an Msc in Computer Engineering from the American World University, US, Harsha also has 15 years of IT industry experience.

Harsha possesses extensive know-how in total infrastructure management (TIM). Harsha has worked with clients in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia, thus having the fluency and familiarity required to work with multinational clients.

Harsha resides in the UK and has worked for several prestigious IT organisations such as the London Computer Centre, UK (LCC) where he was known for developing a product titled “Non Stop Server”, which targets business continuity (BC), disaster recovery (DR) and fault tolerance. This creation was reviewed by PC Pro UK and awarded five stars. During his tenure at LCC, Harsha was involved in forming various strategic business partnerships with several IT organisations, which leveraged LCC to a cutting edge technology solutions company.

Harsha’s wide range of portfolios coupled with his strong domain knowledge has enabled him to form alliances with Alaso UK, Netscalibur UK, Bull Evidian France, SunGuard USA, Computer Associates USA, Sunbelt Software USA and was quintessential in the testing of the BrightStore High Availability beta software developed by Computer Associates until its release. In addition, Computer Associates granted him special privileges to use the Bright store High Availability software and invited him for the product launch in New York.

Harsha was involved in facilitating the IT Infrastructure for the British Cross Rail, Thames Water, National Health Service UK, National Federation of Roof Cooperation, etc. In Sri Lanka, Harsha developed offshore business process outsourcing units for several organisations. He strongly believes in quality and would like to form global business relations and network with various worldly businesses.

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Director of International Sales - Accura-Tech Technologies

Warwick Wynschenk
Director of International Sales

After business school Warwick embarked on an entrepreneurial career, which spans over 25 years. This has brought him into contact with many aspects of the business community around the world.

He is a strategic thinker and excellent people motivator. He enjoys working with scientists and academic thinkers facilitating them in commercialising their ideas. He is strong at spotting good commercial opportunities and turning them into money-making ventures.

He is technology aware and in the year 2000 PricewaterhouseCoopers sponsored one of his companies, which he seed funded. He innovated the strategic thinking behind thin client and alternative broadband technologies for this project.

Warwick is a co-investor with his partners in Accura-Tech. Warwick lives between London, England and Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He continues to attract international clients who identify with the company ethos.

Ethos
To provide career opportunities with maximum career satisfaction and an equal pay reward program, and attract international clients who identify with this ethos.

For Our Clients and Employees
To provide sound ethical business opportunities allowing clients and employees to mutually benefit from our local human resources and still remain competitive in the international markets.

Interests
Vegetarianism, yoga comparative religions, environmental issues, classical music.

Favourite Sayings “Do it now” and “If it’s not broken don’t fix it!”

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Roger Nikunen
Director Operations USA

Roger Nikunen heads up business operations in our U.S. Office. He has been in the technology industry for over 18 years. He has an amazing instinct for web based and desktop product development. He has worked in several industries in the US and has developed a perspective of both the technical aspects of product and software development as well as an eye for the business side.

Seeing the virtually unlimited potential of Web based applications, he started his career as a self taught programmer and began working at “Autobytel” developing car dealership web sites. Teaming up with Johnathan Ward a wonderful graphic designer he formed a partnership Called “Websmith’s” and began developing and designing websites and applications.

Roger developed the entire enterprise web application that managed the day to day operations of a very successful Reverse logistics company, “Dealtree”. Processing several thousand products per day the application managed the company’s Product marketing, Customer Service, Warehouse management, Ebay listings and e-commerce solution.

His next endeavor brought him into the corporate world of network marketing as the IT director of “Circles of Life”. As Director he strived to improve the online tools provided to the companies’ massive network marketing sales force. Realizing that the current technology the company was using could not keep up with the growth of the company, he researched the marketplace of MLM software providers. Exigo, being the industry leader was the obvious choice. The company continued to grow and Roger moved on.

Impressed by his work with them, Roger was later offered a job working for Exigo where he became very familiar with Commission Plan development and programming. While working at Exigo Roger met Michael Beydler and later formed “Coregenic” to work as a design shop for Network marketing companies as well as develop applications and websites for various clients.

“I believe that in today’s world websites and web application need to keep it simple, gone are the days of bloated applications. I want to know what your companies desire and needs are and bring them to life”

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Shyaman Wijewardhane
Director of Software Engineering

Shyaman Wijewardhane heads up all software engineering at Accura-Tech. He graduated with a BSc Hons in Computer Science and Engineering; he has more than 10 years experience in the IT and IT consultancy industry.

He started his career as a systems engineer and has an industry reputation for design and implementation of data networking in high bandwidth environments. He has been responsible for numerous trade databases and trade promotional websites for such organisations as Sri Lanka Export Development Board.

In British Telecom he spent several years as software engineer and later moved on to IT consultancy. During his time in British Telecom he perfected his expertise in billing and scheduling of projects. At the same time he developed an in depth knowledge of IT sourcing strategy.

His knowledge of how to run large IT project include all aspects of design, development and quality control.

Shyaman is responsible for organizing and implementing CMM and ISO9000 within Accura-Tech thus enabling the company to deliver top quality services as demanded by global organisations.

 


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Non-Executive Director - Accura-Tech Technologies

Jerome Brian Rush
Non-Executive Director

Jerome was Appointed a Non-Executive Director of Accura-Tech in November 2005. Jerome Brian Rush is the main promotor and driving force behind Tenasta. Jerome is a proven entrepreneur with in depth operational and management experience. He has successfully founded and exited from several businesses in the hospitality and manufacturing sectors before specialising as a turn-around consultant for a midlands based company. He developed an interest in and a familiarity with computers and developed a high-speed, non-indexed search engine which he successfully sold to Unisys in 1991.

This cemented his interest in the technology sector and Jerome subsequently developed a number of collaborative working and interactive customer support products, all biased towards narrow band. Jerome has invested the last five years and over £350K in the development of the Tenasta high performance, narrow band video codec and supporting web infrastructure.

Jerome was educated as an economist at Harvard University, Boston.

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Non - executive Director Vice President of Strategy Development - Accura-Tech Technologies

Lord Peter Jansen
Non - executive Director Vice President of Strategy & Business Development for Europe

Peter A. Jansen is Accura-Tech’s high-level strategic negotiation and management professional. His international experience entails Field Sales Team Management, Process Improvement, International Recruitment Campaign Management, and PSL Creation and Performance Reviews.

Peter launched his career as a Sales Manager at Grupo AMA, Mexico in 1996 where he developed and implemented a Supply Chain Management System (SCM), which increased the productivity by 160% in 12 months. He implemented Process and Quality Improvement Strategies (Lean and Six Sigma) in both Sales and Manufacturing reducing the company’s economic cycle and increasing their Return Over Investment Capital (ROIC).

Over the years, Peter furthered his accomplishments. A notable few include:

  • Successfully selling consultancy services to the British and Mexican Rail Industries at local and central government level.

  • Created and developed a network of over 600 contractors and clients while developing business relationships at all levels across the UK, Europe and Latin America.

  • Managed a project that had a value of $120 million where he had three Project Managers and two Project Engineers as direct reports and an average of 140 people reporting to them.

  • Peter was published in the Who's Who Historical Society book for accomplishments at international level at age 26.

Peter holds an MSc in Finance from AMIB, Mexico and an International Baccalaureate (IB) in Organization from Geneva. Mr. Jansen is a self-starter with sound judgment and strong interpersonal skills who values responsibility, personal integrity, and learning opportunities. - “I place strong emphasis on my creative analytical capabilities and my drive and commitment to deliver results of the highest standards.”

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