Commercial Affairs Manager with a passion for turning ideas into impact. With 7+ years of experience in business development and strategy, I’ve helped companies grow, built lasting partnerships, and driven initiatives that spark innovation and create new opportunities. I thrive on connecting people, shaping creative solutions, and building strategies that deliver real value.
Always curious, always learning, and always ready to create what’s next.
Vanisha Somai is a finance professional with a strong focus on strategic financial management and process optimization. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and is currently completing her MBA in Innovation & Technology.
As the Financial Affairs Manager at Datasur, she leads the finance department and works on ensuring the efficient and effective use of resources.
She firmly believes that digitalization is not just a trend but a necessary evolution in how organizations operate. By integrating technology into financial processes, resources can be utilized optimally, costs can be reduced, and the quality of services can be improved. Her approach combines innovation and strategic insight to make Datasur future-proof.
Whitney de Rijp, MBA in Innovation and Technology.
Whitney de Rijp is a young driven Surinamese woman. She has been working at Datasur for over 6 years. Together with her top team, they ensure that customer data is stored securely all over the world which helps them focus on their core business.
Integrity, authenticity and just being herself is the mode for success as a Commercial Affairs Manager. Furthermore, she finds it very important to maximize effectiveness and of course lead by example. For both the internal and the external organization she is very transparent, which also fosters loyalty and engagement with the company goals.
Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.
At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.
Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.
On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022
Sheetal Ganput is a strategically strong and socially engaged professional with a Ph.D. in Leadership & Management and an M.Sc. in Business Management. She currently serves as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur, where she is responsible for HR, legal affairs, office management, supply chain, strategy, governance, risk & compliance (GRC), and contributes to organization-wide policy development.
In addition to her role at Datasur, Sheetal is active as a thesis supervisor, sharing her knowledge with future professionals. She also holds board positions at the American Chamber of Commerce in Suriname (AmCham) and the Center for Communication & PR (CCPR), further emphasizing her commitment to both the business sector and social development.
Her style is characterized by vision, decisiveness, and a strong dedication to growth—both on a personal, organizational, and national level.
Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.
Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.
He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.
Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.
In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.
