Graduated from University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka as a B.Sc(Engineer) in the field of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. Joined Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB) in 1986. On Commonwealth scholarship perused higher studies in the field of Computer Science at University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Performance of Distributed Systems. was the topic of the research that earned a PhD, in 1993.

Involved in software development of customer billing application and later headed the Information Technology Branch of CEB. Also directed a project to set up the present National System Control Centre of Sri Lanka.