| Manchester Business School, Executive MBA | 2005 |
| Brighton University, B.Eng (Hons) | 1992 |
| Electronics Engineering |
Having entered the digital world in 2004 from a Multinational’s background (Parsons Brinckerhoff and Parsons Corporation on roles in engineering, project management, business development, channel development and operational management) with over 3 years in the Middle East, Manoj soon realised that he needed to build a strong on-line presence in order to make an impact within the UK’s digital community.
Manoj achieved thought leadership through his blog at www.manojranaweera.com, and building significant business networks on www.facebook.com, www.linkedin.com, www.plaxo.com, etc with participation in multitude of on-line networks. In addition, Manoj set-up www.nwstartup20.co.uk to bring together the digital community of the North by providing a monthly environment for entrepreneurs, investors, deal makers and service providers to meet and share experiences in an informal setting.
Being a heavy social networker, Manoj founded www.edocr.com in April 2007 to build a global brand by bringing social interactivity to business documents (dubbed iTunes for business documents). edocr has recently been recognised as one of the 20 most promising UK digital startups to attend the Webmission08 organised with UK Trade & Investment.
Today, Manoj offers his expertise through evigon Ltd, a niche management consultancy helping startups to large corporates by providing business advisory services in the areas of financial automation, on-line marketing strategies and rapid development of software products. In addition to managing Northern StartUp 2.0 events, eveo Ltd offers one-stop-shop for event management.
