Sysco’s Lise Monahan Highlights People and Purpose at SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast Event

Senior technology leaders convened recently at a SLASSCOM CEO Breakfast for a fireside conversation with Lise Monahan, VP Technology – Enterprise Solutions, Global Centers & OCIDO at Sysco.

Speaking to an audience of CEOs from leading tech companies, Monahan shared a global perspective on unlocking scale through people and purpose. She emphasised Sri Lanka’s evolution from a delivery hub to a value creation partner, noting the depth of talent and ability of local teams to operate complex, mission-critical systems at global scale.

Drawing on her experiences from Sysco and Sysco LABS, she outlined how aligning people, purpose, and platforms enables sustained innovation, and highlighted inclusion as a strategic growth driver. The session reinforced Sri Lanka’s opportunity to move further up the value chain through ownership, leadership maturity, and global thinking. 

01 Image - Lise Monahan, VP Technology – Enterprise Solutions, Global Centers & OCIDO at Sysco (middle) pictured here with SLASSCOM Chairperson Shehani Seneviratne (extreme left) and session moderator Shamindra Kulamannage (extreme right)

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.