Charith Wickrema is a seasoned business development leader with a strong supply chain background. With over 15 years of experience in governance, senior management, and supervisory roles, Charith has a proven ability to deliver results in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments for blue chip Silicon Valley and Fortune-500 companies. He has expertise in strategically penetrating new markets, managing complex global projects, driving disruptive innovation, and creating strategic partnerships.
Charith has a diverse set of skills and has contributed to multiple industries, including apparel, high-tech, hardware, video conferencing, eCommerce, and others. He has a strong ability to establish a positive rapport with clients, colleagues, CXOs, boards of directors, and large global teams.
Charith holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, an MBA in Supply Chain Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Management Accounting degree from The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Charith's professional experience includes serving as Director of Business Development/Head of Impact Protection at MAS Holdings, Senior Manager of New Channels and Emerging Markets-Video Collaboration at Logitech, Senior Category & Business Manager-Collaboration at Logitech. He has also served as former Business Manager-Commercial Print Parts and Accessories, Program Manager-Consumer Sales Operations-Laptops, Demand Planning Manager-PCs, and Business Planning Manager-PCs at Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Additionally, Charith has worked as an MBA Intern-Global Sourcing and Supply Chain at Johnson Controls, in Industrial Performance at Nestlé, and as a management trainee in supply chain at Nestlé.