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Yohan Liyanage

Chief Executive Officer at Altrium

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Overview

Yohan Liyanage serves as Chief Executive Officer at Altrium[1], which Liyanage bootstrapped to $3M ARR within 900 days while scaling the organization from 1 to nearly 100 employees, with Altrium recognized as a Top 10 Best Workplace[2]. Liyanage also founded Sentiva, an AI-native HR platform, in December 2024[3]. Beyond these roles, Liyanage holds membership on the Forbes Technology Council[5] and serves as a member of the Board of Advisors for WOMEN IN TECH® Global[6]. Liyanage's prior experience includes multiple engineering and architecture positions at Limark Technologies spanning from 2013 to 2022, progressing from Principal Software Architect to CTO[7][8][9][10]. Liyanage holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Colombo[12], a BSc (Hons) in Computing from the University of Staffordshire[13], and completed the LEAD Executive Leadership program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business[11].

Profile introduction
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I build companies that break the mold and systems that solve problems in ways that actually matter. As Founder & CEO of Altrium, I bootstrapped from Sri Lanka to $3M ARR in just 900 days, scaling from 1 to almost 100 people — with Altrium recognized as a Top 10 Best Workplace. Along the way, we’ve worked with global organizations to solve tough problems and build technology that helps them leapfrog ahead in their industries. Building on Altrium’s growth, I founded Sentiva, an AI-native HR platform reimagining how organizations hire, engage, and grow their people. It’s built on the belief tha…

Career history

  1. Founder & CEODec 2024 to presentSentiva
  2. Chief Executive OfficerMay 2022 to presentAltrium
  3. Official Council MemberNov 2024 to presentForbes Technology Council
  4. Member of the Board of AdvisorsAug 2025 to presentWOMEN IN TECH ® Global
  5. CTOJul 2021 to Mar 2022Limark Technologies
  6. VP Engineering & Chief Software ArchitectJan 2019 to Jun 2021Limark Technologies
  7. Director - EngineeringJan 2018 to Dec 2018Limark Technologies
  8. Principal Software ArchitectJul 2013 to Dec 2017Limark Technologies

Education

  1. LEAD, Executive LeadershipStanford University Graduate School of Business
  2. Executive Master of Business Administration at University of Colombo
  3. BSc (Hons), ComputingUniversity of Staffordshire

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