A portrait of Rakitha Perera holding a cricket bat.

The Interview: Rakitha Perera

The multimedia applications developer made a couple of career pivots before finding his focus on the university’s cybersecurity response.

Multimedia applications developer and cricket player Rakitha Perera is helping UNLV strengthen its defenses against cyberthreats. (Original photo by Becca Schwartz; edited effects by Rakitha Perera)

 

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