SURINA piyadasa
CEO & FOUNDER, DYNAMICALLY SPEAKING
CEO COMMUNICATION STRATEGIST, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINER & EXECUTIVE COACH
Surina Piyadasa brings a broad breath of experience working with leaders across diverse industries in different work settings. Her joy is empowering technology innovators to reach new heights as communicators.
Clients include thought leaders as main stage Keynote Speakers at:
- Career Builder
- Deutsche Bank Leveraged Finance Conference
- Cisco Global Sales Meeting
- Hoover Institution
- LexisNexis
- LinkedIn Sales Connect Conference
Clients are frequent guests interviewed on:
- Bloomberg Technology
- CNBC
- MSNBC
- Nightly Business Report
- WealthTrack
Before launching Dynamically Speaking, Surina held Vice President positions in Corporate Finance, Structured Finance and Institutional Sales. Employers include The Brenner Group, Coast Partners Securities and Union Bank Capital Markets Group.
Present and Past Affiliations include:
- Commercial print model, professional actor and SAG-AFTRA member since 2004
- 100 Women in Finance, member since 2017
- Pitch Mentor, LexisNexis/Lex Machina Legal Tech Accelerator since inception (2017)
- Ambassador (since 2011) and Board member (from 2008 through 2011) to Water for People (four-star rating by Charity Navigator)
- Financial Supporter, Otinoa Village Children's Orphanage, Uganda since 2015
- Business Advisor/Mentor Eden Area Recreational Occupational Program (Hayward, CA) since 2016
- Co-Chair, Executive Committee, Business Forums International (San Jose and San Francisco Chapters, 2005 - 2012)
- Mentor, The Founder Institute (Palo Alto Chapter, 2011)
Keynote/Workshop Presentations include:
- "Ten Best Practices for Crafting a Compelling Pitch", LexisNexis - Lex Machina Tech Accelerator
- "Present with Focus, Relevance and Results" , SF CFA Society
- "Think and Speak Like an Inspired Leader" , Cisco Global Supply Chain
- "Think Like a Champion to Soar as an Eagle" , Eden Area ROP
- "The Entrepreneur's Journey: What You'll Need to Succeed", Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- "From Setback to Opportunity" , Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- "Create a First Impression to WOW Your Audience", Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
- "Communicate to Influence" , Office of the CIO
- "Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch", Vistage International
- "Clients X and Y Boardroom-style Presentations to Retail Store Executives" , StorePoint Retail
Surina earned an MBA in Finance from Golden Gate University while working full-time as a Unit Manager in Bank of America's Corporate Trust Division. An undergraduate degree in Finance was 100% funded through speech competitions, scholarships, grants and part-time work at Macy's.
PASSION. CURIOSITY. EMPATHY.