Randima (Randy) Fernando

Social Impact Leader, Meditator, Technologist
Ethical solutions to complex problems

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I help leading tech companies, NGOs, policymakers, and others understand and act on the intersections between technology, ethics, mindfulness, and social good. I emphasize how mindsets, conditioning, and incentives drive outcomes in complex systems.

I'm a Co-Founder and former Executive Director of Center for Humane Technology (CHT), which has helped shape global understanding of extractive technology and humane alternatives. CHT's work was central to The Social Dilemma, an Emmy-winning documentary seen by over 100 million people in 190 countries.

My career began at NVIDIA, where I managed many award-winning projects and authored three #1-ranked books on 3D graphics over seven years. I was also a founding Board Member of the NVIDIA Foundation.

Next, I served for seven years as founding Executive Director at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit that taught mindfulness to millions of kids and over 70,000 educators worldwide. Mindful Schools was featured in TIME magazine's 2014 cover story "The Mindful Revolution."

Born in Sri Lanka, I'm grateful to have been introduced to both meditation (by my mother) and programming (by my father) as a child. A lifelong Buddhist student and practitioner, I was formerly a board member at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.