Anthony Goonetilleke

Chief Strategy Officer and Group President, Technology Amdocs

Anthony Goonetilleke leads the Amdocs Media, Network and Technology organizations, responsible for formulating their vision and executing on their respective strategies. Under his purview, Amdocs Media is responsible for serving the six largest Hollywood studios, more than 600 independent studios and delivering content on the cloud to more than 1,000 distributors around the world. His three-pillar strategy for Amdocs Media focuses on distribution excellence, insights and analytics and monetization to power the direct-to-consumer experience. In Technology, Anthony concentrates on creating platforms that meet rapidly evolving market needs, scale efficiently and provide immediate business benefits to service providers and their customers. Anthony also heads Amdocs’ Network organization, focused on driving improved customer experiences, through creating orchestration, automation and network virtualization solutions that enable agile service delivery. Previous senior roles at Amdocs include president of the AT&T division, responsible for the relationship with the company’s largest customer; he was also president of Amdocs’ Advertising and Media practice, in which he oversaw Amdocs’ relations with advertising service providers, media publishers and ad agencies. Anthony has also been the driving force behind Inspire, a cross-company women’s leadership program aimed at identifying, encouraging, and creating a career pathway for the next-generation of women leaders. Anthony began his career with Amdocs in 1999 in Melbourne, Australia and was instrumental in building the first managed services outsourced data center for a Telstra subsidiary. His progression through the company included management roles supporting service providers in Australia and the United States. Prior to joining Amdocs, Anthony led the development of one of the first IP-based heterogeneous networks for the University of Melbourne, and was an active developer within the early Linux community during the 90s.Anthony has an MBA from the Van Loan School of Graduate Studies in Boston and a Bachelor of Science from Victoria University in Melbourne.