AI. Or rather LLM’s and the current state of machine learning and GPT’s.In 2009 I started a collaboration with the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology to fund research into an AI chatbot capable of answering initial customer technical support questions. Exetel funded the Chair of AI Studies, for which Dr. Mahima Weerasinghe was appointed. […]

Oriental city*. And the coloured gemstone capital of the world. While I registered my SJW Gems business in Hong Kong (mistake, too much to go into here), I ran it from Bangkok, which I thought was a good idea then, and turned out to be a great decision. There is just no better place to […]

As ol’ Blue Eyes once said “Regrets, I’ve had a few, but all in all, too few to mention”. And there is very little I regret about Exetel. But one thing does play on my mind. The year of being CEO after taking over from John was without doubt the toughest year of my professional […]