Nisal Chandrasekara
Chief Executive Officer at CeyPay
Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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Top SchoolNisal Chandrasekara is a Sri Lankan entrepreneur and technology leader with a decade of experience building practical crypto and payment infrastructure for emerging markets. As CEO of CeyPay and founder of CeylonCash, he has pioneered Sri Lanka’s first crypto-to-LKR merchant settlement layer and led the country’s largest on-ground Web3 merchant adoption efforts. He blends hands-on engineering roots from MillenniumIT ESP with product and community-led growth, running initiatives like Bitcoin Deepa, CeyLabs and nationwide Web3 tours and hackathons. His approach prioritizes real-world transactions, regulatory compliance and system-level partnerships with global exchanges to make crypto usable for everyday businesses. Holding an MBA focused on business statistics and a background in cybersecurity and web development, he combines analytical rigor with technical execution. Less obvious: he pairs product-building with grassroots education and automation in Telegram ecosystems to drive measurable merchant onboarding at scale.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Web Development Web Development, Web Development Web Development at Open University of Sri LankaG.C.E. Advanced Level Mathematics, G.C.E. Advanced Level Mathematics at Ananda CollegeMaster of Business Administration - MBA Business Statistics, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Statistics at Cardiff Metropolitan UniversityBSc in Information Technology Specialized in Cyber Security Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, BSc in Information Technology Specialized in Cyber Security Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at SLIIT
English, Sinhala
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Github Skills (49)
microsoft-cognitive-services10
sdk10
azure-bot-service10
bot-framework10
conversation9
javascript9
java9
python9
bots9
csharp9
nodejs9
azure9
whatsapp8
chatbot8
api8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
CeyLabs/BitcoinDeepaBot
Mar 2023 - Sep 2024
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 6 pushes in 1 year 6 months
cmnisal/FnSS
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:50 PRs, 59 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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