Dallas holds the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Dip. M) From the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK. He also holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from University of Sri Jayawardanepura (Postgraduate Institute of Management - PIM)

He is a well established practicing marketer with over sixteen years of experience in the areas ranging from Sales Management, Product/Marketing Management, Export Marketing, Service Marketing to Direct Marketing. He has worked in several well known Sri Lankan and Multinational organisations, and has over the years acquired a vast amount of invaluable experience in all areas of Sales and Marketing Management.

As a resource person attached to the National Institute of Business Management (NIBM), SLIM and the University of Colombo( For the MBA Program), he has successfully conducted several programmes on CRM and related areas with much success. He is currently lecturing at the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) for the CIM (UK) offered by the Chartered Institute of marketing (UK). He is a visiting consultant attached to the external faculty of Sri Lankan Airlines, Hatton National Bank and Human Resources Divisions, conducting training programs on Negotiations Skills, personality development, leadership, People management skills, Teamwork, Selling Skills, Decision Making, Selling Skills, Presentation Skills, Customer Relationship Management etc. He has successfully conducted more than three hundred training programs within the last three years.

After having acquired a wealth of experience and having risen to the very top in Sales and Marketing Management while being honoured with a MBA from the most prestigious tertiary level management education institution in Sri Lanka, Dallas finally gave into his entrepreneurial urge, and set up Kaizen Plus SkD (Pvt) Ltd., which essentially specialise in Corporate Training, Management Consultancy and Recruitment with a corporate philosophy of ‘Partnering Continuous Excellence’ within their client organisations.


 


Mario, a well established Finance professional, is a Fellow member of both the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) UK, and the Society of Certified Management Accountants (CMA), Sri Lanka. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK. In addition he also has a MBA from the PIM, University of Sri Jayawardanepura with a Merit Pass.

He has had extensive experience spanning over 13 years in areas of Accounting & Finance, Strategic Planning and General Management in some of the most respected Sri Lankan organizations. His industrial experience spans several companies involved in Accountancy, Manufacturing, Service, Export Marketing, and two of the largest diversified conglomerates in Sri Lanka.

He’s been a very successful lecturer in courses such as CIMA and CIM over the years and at present even conducts revision courses for CIMA students even outside Sri Lanka (Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong).

After having risen to General Management, he decided to venture out and start up Kaizen Plus, with a vision to promote a corporate culture of ‘continuous improvement’. Mario has been involved in carrying out numerous training programmes ranging such as ‘Finance for Non Finance Managers’, ‘How to be a better Manager’, How to get the most of your time’, ‘Building and maintaining a High Performance Team’, Strategic Management in Difficult Times, ‘How to handle customer complaints’ etc. His multi-disciplinary background and wide experience in different industrial settings has enabled him to be highly effective trainer over the years. He himself has even been in charge of the staff training and development function at some of his previous employers.