Bio

First and foremost, Sri is a devout follower of Jesus and considers His Christian faith to be the foundation of all that he is and does. His prayer is that his love for Jesus will be evident in his everyday life and experienced by all those he interacts with.

Staff Credentials

Sri graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems, from the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston, Texas, United States. Sri worked part-time at the IT department at the Bauer College while studying and since graduating in 2001, has successfully filled a variety of roles spanning many industries in the United States, Middle East, and Australia, totalling over 25 years of industry experience.

Sri started his consulting business Mustard Seed IT in 2015 and positions himself as a Christ-centered solopreneur and educator. Sri is a Volunteer Business Mentor in the Queensland Government Mentoring for Growth Program, a service provided at no cost to small businesses. As a volunteer business mentor, Sri is able to offer small business owners’ insights, options and suggestions on their business challenges relating to growth and innovation.

Sri is a passionate educator, and he brings a lot of energy, whether he is creating modalised interactive lecture videos or running a synchronous tutorial. Sri considers it a privilege to teach and mentor students to prepare them for what God has planned for them.

Besides being a member of the CHC team, Sri has been involved at the School of Information Systems at the Queensland University of Technology since 2015. Sri is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). In 2021, Sri was awarded the QUT Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for his contributions to the Information Systems Learning and Teaching Team. Sri also holds the following certifications: CompTIA Security+, Amazon AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals and Microsoft Certified AI Fundamentals.

Personal Interests

Sri is a husband to Amanda and father to their three children, Judah, Abigail, and Noelle. After Jesus, Sri’s family is most important to him. Sri enjoys working from home because he gets to help his wife around the house and his kids to see him more. Sri enjoys playing basketball (though it doesn’t happen all that much these days) and does his best to stay fit and healthy.

Personal Testimony

Sri was born in a Hindu family and was a practicing Hindu, never having the inclination or desire to investigate any other religions because it was not something that Hindus did or were encouraged to do. This changed while Sri was attending the University of Houston. Through life circumstances, there came a point where Sri was searching for peace and despite prayers and poojas to his Hindu gods, it wasn’t until he was introduced to Christ that he was able to have peace. This was in 2001 and 20+ years later, Sri continues to pray for his parents, siblings and other family members to turn to Christ and be saved. Sri will be the first to admit that he is far from perfect, but his earnest desire is to be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ and reflect his love for the LORD in his words, thoughts, actions and attitude in all areas of life. Sri is always willing and eager to share more details about his faith journey to those who are curious.