# Chandana Ranasinghe

> Chandana Ranasinghe is the founder and CEO of Acentura, a Sri Lanka-headquartered technology services company. His career spans software quality leadership at Virtusa, process improvement and lean manufacturing at Brandix, and co-founding Auxenta in 2014. Acentura emerged as a spin-off in 2019 and adopted its current name in 2021. In 2026, a Tempest PE Partners-led consortium acquired a significant minority stake to support expansion.

- **Role:** Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Acentura
- **Organizations:** Acentura, Auxenta, Virtusa, Brandix
- **Education:** Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering, University of Moratuwa, MBA, Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), PhD studies in Change Management; reported as in progress in 2021; no completion verified, Open University Malaysia
- **Known for:** Led a Virtusa practice of more than 700 people with over US$25 million in profit-and-loss responsibility, as described in his career interviews., Co-founded Auxenta in 2014 and founded Acentura in 2019., Selected for CEO Insights’ 10 Best CEOs from Sri Lanka 2021 editorial feature.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Began as a software engineer at Virtusa and rose to lead the independent software quality practice in Colombo.
- **—** — Led process improvement and lean manufacturing at Brandix.
- **2014** — Co-founded Auxenta with Prasath Nanayakkara and Dr. Shahani Markus; served as COO and VP of QA.
- **2019** — Founded Acentura as a spin-off of Auxenta.
- **2021** — Auxenta Digital Labs announced its change of name to Acentura on 25 March.
- **2025** — Listed as a speaker on regional supply-chain resilience at the 39th CACCI Annual Conference in Colombo.
- **2026** — A Tempest-led investor consortium acquired a significant minority stake in Acentura in early January; publicly reported in May.

## Achievements

- Led a Virtusa practice of more than 700 people with over US$25 million in profit-and-loss responsibility, as described in his career interviews.
- Co-founded Auxenta in 2014 and founded Acentura in 2019.
- Selected for CEO Insights’ 10 Best CEOs from Sri Lanka 2021 editorial feature.
- Acentura received two bronze FITIS Digital Excellence Awards in 2023 for digital workplace initiative and digital workforce enablement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Daily FT reported the early-January investment by a Tempest-led consortium, supporting overseas growth and stronger financial governance.
- **2026-05** — Published a LinkedIn article on 30 May arguing that digital transformation should begin with business value and value-stream analysis.
- **2026-06** — Acentura republished his digital-transformation article on 2 June.

## Links

- Website: https://www.acentura.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandanaranasinghe/

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