Britt Technology Impact Series

Suranga Chandratillake CEO blinkx

Suranga Chandratillake. Founder and CEO, blinkx

A technology entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in next-generation search, Suranga Chandratillake founded blinkx in 2004 and took the company public on the London Stock Exchange in May 2007. A highly regarded expert on the convergence of the Web and TV, including the future of television, interactive TV and online advertising, Suranga is often invited to speak at leading industry events including MIT’s Emerging Technologies Conference, Financial Times’ Digital Media Conference and Monaco Media Forum.  Suranga was named the DEMOgod Winner of DEMO Conference 2007 and one of Digital Media Wire’s “25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment”. Suranga received his MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.