Tuesday, 06 November 2007

The Exceptional Performance by a Young Professional at the 5th Annual SLF Awards Ceremony was awarded to SUSANTHA SISILCHANDRA, a Sri Lankan Entrepreneur based in Dallas, Texas, USA. The gala Award Ceremony was held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California under the patronage of Hon. Jaliya Wickramsuriya, Sri Lankan Consul General in Los Angeles.

Susantha (33) is the CEO/President of Ceyhinz Link International, Inc. He formed and established his US based company with 100% Sri Lankan made products generating millions of dollars annually. Susantha is a proud product of Nalanda College, Colombo, with a career in IT Professional who graduated from the University of Hawaii Pacific in Hawaii and Massey University in New Zealand.

Susantha’s business venture includes introducing Sri Lankan made coir substrate to greenhouses and nurseries in North America and 30 countries across the globe, spanning six continents. Since the inception of Ceyhinz Link, Susantha has managed to acquire world’s top greenhouses over a short period of time. He carefully developed high quality growing media range with the assistance of his international and Sri Lankan product experts. His brand RIOCOCO is one of the well-recognized and accepted growing substrate brands among top greenhouse growers worldwide.

Susantha has also introduced coir fibre based Sri Lankan made ecological restoration products for the project in North America and many other countries. His products are mainly used by the US Army Engineering (Corp) and US National Guard projects in many states in the USA.

Ceyhinz Link International (CLI) processes, manufactures and markets high quality coir (coconut fibre) for use in the production of hydroponically grown greenhouses. His products contributes to vegetables and flowers (specifically tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and cut-flowers); as well as a soil amendment for commercially grown potted flowers and crops, garden centre goods and ecological restoration products. He has invented and introduced products to the Hawaii State that protects its natural coast from COASTAL EROSION. Currently, these exclusive products are being used by the Hawaii State Government to protect its islands’ coastal erosion.

Susantha’s exceptional talents were judged as the Lankan Entrepreneur. The SLF Awards Ceremony is organized by The Sri Lanka Foundation. It is a non-profit organization formed in April 2003 by Walter Jayasinghe, M.D., a well known Sri Lankan-American physician in Los Angeles. The main focus of the foundation is to promote Sri Lankan culture in the United States and globally. In addition, an annual Award Presentation ceremony is held to render recognition to the members of the Sri Lankan Expatriate community who makes a difference in the world.