Co-Founder and Managing Director, Mitra Innovation, Dammika Ganegama spoke at the Malaysia Social Media Week 2019 which took place last week at MITEC, Kuala Lumpur recently.
The event focussed on new trends in social and mobile media. Minister Dr. Anwar Ibrahim, and Steven Sim Chee Keong, the current Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Cabinet of Malaysia were some of the notable attendees at this event, among many international guest speakers and panelists. Communications and Multimedia Minister of Malaysia, Gobind Singh Deo introduced Mitra Innovation as one of the five UK technology firms to invest in Malaysia this year. Mitra has made its investments and are looking at building solid partnerships in Malaysia and Singapore and have recently opened a new regional office in Singapore to serve the APAC region, while continuing to grow their established ANZ Business.
“With the signing of new contracts with large Telcos and banks in the region, our expansion shall be a strategic hub that fuels talent and employment in the region, bringing new opportunities for business partnerships, bringing new revenue into the region, and providing the best practices and tools, elevating their innovation efficiencies to its next levels,” said Dammika Ganegama.
Ganegama drove the discussion around integration and effective use of data streaming and insights with unified user experience to bring powerful efficiencies through digital media. He elaborated on how some of the Open source integration, middleware capabilities, and evolution of APIs with powerful data insights and analytics can create a positive impact on businesses.
“Successful companies of today delight and connect with customers through powerful apps, and convenient, super-fast digital experiences — APIs are the standard,” he said.