Behind every intelligent system stands a team of dedicated individuals who bring vision, expertise, and passion to their work.

Ask Lex is the product of a unique collaboration between legal minds and technology experts, united by a common purpose: to transform how legal research is conducted in Sri Lanka and beyond.

Technology & Development

Our technology team combines expertise in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and software engineering to build a platform that truly understands legal research.

Saman Jayasekara

Technical Team

Saman builds software by day and questions why we build it by night. With years spent inside enterprise systems, he's seen how tools meant to help us often trap us instead — notification badges that hijack attention, dashboards that measure everything except what matters, and productivity theater that keeps everyone busy while nothing gets done.

He believes good technology should make itself invisible. It should solve the problem and get out of the way. No engagement tricks. No artificial urgency. No infinite scroll disguised as work.

His writing cuts through the industry's comfortable lies — exposing the gap between what software promises and what it actually delivers. Not to tear things down, but to build them better.

Code should serve people. Not the other way around.

Kanishka Somaratne

Technical Team

Kanishka believes that great technology disappears into the background — it simply works, quietly solving problems without demanding attention. With over two decades in the industry, he has built his career on one principle: complexity is the enemy of progress. Whether architecting enterprise platforms or fine-tuning a single line of code, his goal remains the same — create solutions that feel effortless to the people who use them.

His journey has taken him across Fortune 100 enterprises, global financial institutions, and high-growth startups — from cloud infrastructure and AI-powered systems to real-time communications and mobile applications. He has seen frameworks rise and fall, trends come and go, but the fundamentals remain constant: understand the problem deeply, design thoughtfully, and build with precision.

Kanishka approaches every challenge with curiosity and patience. He values clean architecture over clever shortcuts, reliability over flashy features, and long-term maintainability over quick fixes. For him, the best code is the code you never have to think about again.

Beyond technical skill, he brings a builder's mindset — someone who finds genuine satisfaction in watching an idea transform into something tangible and useful. Technology, in his view, exists to serve people. When it does that well, it empowers. When it doesn't, it frustrates. His work sits firmly on the side of empowerment.

Award-winning developer. Quiet perfectionist. Two decades of turning complexity into clarity.

Harshan Jayasundara

Growth Team

Harshan believes that great organizations are built on great people — and great people thrive when they're empowered, not managed. With over sixteen years leading cross-functional teams across Fortune 100 clients and high-growth startups, he has learned one truth: process without purpose is just bureaucracy. Culture without trust is just policy.

His journey took him from software engineer to Vice President of Operations — not by chasing titles, but by solving problems others avoided. He has scaled teams from single digits to over a hundred, transformed chaotic startups into disciplined operations, and delivered projects for some of the world's most recognized brands. Through it all, his focus remained constant: build systems that make people better at what they do.

Harshan approaches leadership with a builder's patience and a strategist's clarity. He values empowerment over control, alignment over hierarchy, and sustainable growth over quick wins. For him, the best processes are invisible — they guide without constraining, support without suffocating.

Beyond delivery metrics and operational efficiency, he invests in people. Mentoring future leaders. Removing obstacles so teams can do their best work. Creating environments where accountability feels like ownership, not pressure.

Technology delivers products. People deliver results. His work ensures both move in the same direction.

Certified leader. Strategic operator. Sixteen years of turning teams into engines of growth.

Legal Advisory Circle

Beyond our core team, Ask Lex benefits from the guidance of practising lawyers and legal scholars whose combined experience spans the full breadth of Sri Lankan legal practice.

They test our coverage against real questions, notice gaps a practitioner would notice, and demand the precision the profession requires.

Our Partners

Together, we are building the future of legal research in Sri Lanka — one that honours the profession's traditions while embracing the possibilities of modern technology.

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