Sysco LABS Managing Director Joins SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast Panel on Cybersecurity and Business Resilience

As Strategic Partner of the SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast Forum series, Sysco LABS continues to support conversations that drive the future of Sri Lanka's technology industry. 

Reinforcing its commitment to advancing industry dialogue, Sysco LABS recently participated in the latest SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast Forum, where Managing Director Thushera Kawdawatta joined a distinguished panel of business and technology leaders to discuss the evolving role of cybersecurity in building organizational resilience.

Held under the theme “Transforming Cyber Security into Business Resilience,” the forum brought together respected voices from across the corporate, technology, and cybersecurity sectors, including Aditi Sawhney, Senior Vice President – Security Solutions Product Management, Mastercard Asia Pacific; Jayantha Fernando, Partner, Heritage Partners; Madu Ratnayake, President, SCYBERS; and Thushera Kawdawatta, Managing Director, Sysco LABS Sri Lanka. The discussion was moderated by cybersecurity strategist and policy advisor Asela Waidyalankara.

As Strategic Partner of the SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast Forum series, Sysco LABS is proud to support platforms that foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and meaningful conversations around the opportunities and challenges shaping the future of business and technology. As Sri Lanka's leading ICT exporter, the company remains committed to contributing to the advancement of the country's technology industry by helping bring together leaders, ideas, and perspectives that drive growth, resilience, and innovation.

About Sysco LABS

Sysco LABS is the Global In-House Center of Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY), the world’s largest foodservice company. Sysco ranks 56th in the Fortune 500 list and is the global leader in the trillion-dollar foodservice industry. 

Sysco employs over 75,000 associates, has 337 smart distribution facilities worldwide and over 14,000 IoT-enabled trucks serving 730,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2025 that ended June 29, 2025, the company generated sales of more than $81.4 billion. 

Sysco LABS Sri Lanka delivers the technology that powers Sysco’s end-to-end operations.   

Sysco LABS’ enterprise technology is present in the end-to-end foodservice journey, enabling the sourcing of food products, merchandising, storage and warehouse operations, order placement and pricing algorithms, the delivery of food and supplies to Sysco’s global network and the in-restaurant dining experience of the end-customer.