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“Find your passion, learn, experiment, make mistakes and work towards excelling in it.”   We spoke with Rashindrie Perera, a former Sysco LABS intern turned employee and one of the recipients of the prestigious “Migara Ranatunga Trust Award” which recognizes the best achievers in the semester 6 industrial training module offered by the Institute of Engineers, Sri Lanka

To celebrate 2019, another transformative year for the team, Sysco LABS hosted its annual year end party at Water’s Edge Colombo. The event brought together more than 450 employees for a night of celebration and comradery in the spirit of transformation; recognizing the evolution the company has gone through and their roadmap to transform the foodservice industry.

Sysco LABS recently celebrated “Blueprint 2020,” a special event bringing together more than 450 employees at the Hilton Colombo Residences. The organization reflected on the achievements and transformation it has seen over the past few years since its acquisition by foodservice leader Sysco, as well as its plans for the future.

When the US Library of Congress ranked history’s most important innovations, it gave a foremost place to the printing press. While the mechanics behind the printing press weren’t far more sophisticated than the other machines of its era, the consequences of its invention were world changing; finally, mankind had a means for the mass distribution

Speaking on this edition of Sysco LABS Profiles, Shayne Weerakoon – who works with the BT Studio team as a Software Engineer – says the level of quality required by Sysco in the work that is done, has greatly helped him in excelling as a developer as optimal results are always essential. He talks about the continuous learning

Senior Software Engineer from the Sysco LABS’ CAKE Core team – Binujaya Padmakumara – speaks to us about how he has been exposed to a variety of technologies during his time here and how that learning has helped him with tackling the challenges that have come his way. He also elaborates on the work being

Christina Thalayasingam – Senior Quality Engineer for the BT Studio Team – talks to us about her journey at Sysco LABS so far and the different initiatives taken by the company to encourage Quality Engineers to move towards becoming full-stack Quality Engineers.

Roshan Alwis from the Cost Data Management team at Sysco LABS talks about the solutions the team works on and his own experience learning and working with the technologies.

“Kids are born Scientists” – Neil deGrasse Tyson Kids are naturally curious, and this curiosity makes their minds perfect for learning. However, early childhood education rarely includes education in Science, Technology or Engineering, failing to take full advantage of their potential. IgniterSpace on the other hand, is an organization that specializes in teaching STEM subjects

Sysco LABS has joined Educate Lanka on its Mentorship and Skills Development Program in an effort to support the next generation of Sri Lanka’s professionals. This student empowerment program is based on a unique social-private partnership model developed by the Educate Lanka Foundation. It leverages a network of corporate partners and their employees to develop

To mark International Women’s Day, Microsoft launched the #MakeWhatsNext campaign and co-hosted a forum alongside Sysco LABS at the Sysco LABS headquarters in Colombo 7. The event illustrated the changing workplace roles of women, and the importance of young women pursuing careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Over a 100 people—from daughters and

  By: Kavin Ranawella When I was looking at options to complete my internship, I heard about this awesome company called Sysco LABS from a friend of mine who was once an intern there. The company had undergone a re-branding following a buyout from the largest food service distribution network in the world, a US based