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November 19, 2014
Northern Caribbean University Gymnatorium
Mandeville, Manchester, Jamaica
CONFERENCE
GUIDE
THEME
“Technology...Sustaining the Present,
Shaping the Future.”
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Venue 2
Conference Map 4
Schedule 6
Speaker Biographies 8
Facilitator Profiles 16
SPARK 18
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VENUE
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CONFERENCE MAP
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SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks - Halzen Smith
Prayer - Keron Tooma
Greetings
Trevor Gardner, Ph.D - President, Northern Caribbean University
Michael Reid, Ph.D - VP Technology, Northern Caribbean University
Kenrie Hylton, Ph.D - Chair, Department of Computer & Information
Sciences, Northern Caribbean University
10:00 AM KEYNOTE
Patrick Casserly, President and CEO, PCR Nearshore
10:30 AM MUSICAL ITEM
Brian Willis & Oren Thomas
10:35 AM PRESENTATIONS
“JCS and its impact on ICT legislature in Jamaica ”
Dean Smith, President, Jamaica Computer Society
“Internet Trends”
Carlton Samuels, Adjunct - UWI Mona,
International Consultant
“The Impact of Social Media on Business”
Knolly Moses, CEO, PanMedia
“Continous Delivery”
Shawn McLean, Software Engineer, MC Systems
“Mobile Device & Application Management”
Leroy Bryan, Innovative Corporate Solutions Ltd.
12:10 PM BREAK
12:20 PM PRESENTATIONS
“The Need for Certifications”
Leonard Wadewitz, Regional Manager (Latin America), CompTIA
“The Benefits of Virtualization”
Caray McKenzie, IT Manager, Global Gateway Solutions
“Tech Start-up Scene in Jamaica”
Ingrid Riley, Tech Entrepreneur Evangelist
“Data Security and Business”
Andrew Gordon, Principal Consultant, Gomex Technologies
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1:40 PM BREAK
2:30 PM SPARK
Software development competition
4:00 PM CLOSING
BREAKOUT SESSONS
SESSION 1
TITLE: UX & DESIGN AESTHETICS
FACILITATOR: WENTWORTH KELLY
TIME: 11:00 - 11:50 AM
LOCATION: ISEC
SESSION 2
TITLE: PREPARING FOR DIGITAL EDUCATION:
BEST PRACTICES IN ICT & DIGITAL MEDIA
FACILITATOR: ANDREW SAMUELS
TIME: 12:00 NOON - 12:50 PM
LOCATION: CIS TRAINING LAB
SESSION 3
TITLE: DATA MINING—MAKING SENSE OF BIG
DATA
FACILITATOR: ANDREW HENRY
TIME: 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
LOCATION: ISEC
LEARN-A-THON
TITLE: BASIC WEBSITE DESIGN USING
HTML5+CSS3+JQUERY
FACILITATOR: KEVIN KENNEDY
TIMES
10:45 AM - 12:30 PM
12:40 PM - 2:30 PM
LOCATION: BUSINESS COMPUTER LAB,
ROBINSON HALL
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Patrick Casserly is the
President and CEO of PCR
Nearshore, a Dallas,Texas
based BPO enterprise. He is the
founder of e-Services Group International,
the largest independent nearshore solutions
provider in the Western hemisphere. He is
widely recognized as the industry leader and
authority on nearshore informatics in the
region.
A Jamaican National, Patrick grew up in
Kingston attending Campion College and
spent his college years at the University of
North Carolina graduating with a Bachelor in
Economics and was named the Reiner
Fellow in Political Economics. While still in
school he worked as a salesman with New
Era Computers in Asheville, North Carolina
and upon graduation became the
Operations Manager of the Regional
AutoDesk distributor. This provided him with a
unique viewpoint of American business
practices that he would later bring back to
Jamaica.
Returning home in mid 1995, Patrick became
Marketing Manager at Eagle Information
Systems and was instrumental in the
company receiving two prestigious IBM Blue
Ribbon Awards for its sales performance in
1995 and 1996 respectively. In late 1996 he
took on the additional role as a Technology
Advisor to the Eagle Group Chairman.
In July 1997, Mirand Response Systems, a
Montego bay based Texas back office
processing company, recruited him as an
Account Manager. In April of the following
year, he became Managing Director and
later became the first non-American national
to be named Vice President of National
Processing Company, Louisville, KY based.
NPC is a division of NCC a Fortune 500
company.
In 2000, Patrick, along with three US-based
partners, founded e-Services Group
International, with back office processing for
one client and a staff of 35. This evolved into
the largest English-language Nearshore BPO
solutions company.
With a staff of over 4000 in Montego Bay,
Kingston and St. Lucia, e-Services was one of
the largest employers in Jamaica, the single
largest employer in Western Jamaica and
the employer of choice in Montego Bay.
Patrick was able to negotiate contracts with
US fortune 500 companies such as United
Health Group, Wellpoint, Delta Airlines and
Xerox.
In March 2009, e-Services was purchased by
ACS/Xerox -Affiliated Computer Services, a
US publicly traded company.
Patrick was the founding Chairman of The
Branson Centre for Entrepreneurship, and has
served as Chairman of e-Learning Jamaica,
PATRICK CASSERLY
President and CEO, PCR Nearshore
9 Buckingham All Age School, President of the
Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and
as Deputy Chairman of the Heinz Simonitch
School.
Patrick has also served as a Director on the
Jamaica Free Zone, Montego Bay Chamber
of Commerce, the Jamaica Manufacturer's
Association, The Trade Board Ltd, JAMPRO,
and is the current Ambassador Special Envoy
for the ICT Sector.
Patrick is the youngest person to be named
The Observer Business Leader of Jamaica in
2004 for the year 2003.He received a number
of Gleaner Awards for job creation and was
recognized by the American Chamber of
Commerce for his business innovations.
He resides just outside of Montego Bay, with
his wife, Katrin and son Phillip Josef.
ANDREW GORDON
Principal Consultant, Gomex Technologies
Andrew L.S. Gordon is
currently the Director of
Gomex Institute of
Technology. He holds a
Bachelor of Science in Computing and
Information Technology (with First Class
Honors) from the University of Technology,
Jamaica, a Master of Science in Information
Technology Security (with Distinction) from
the University of Westminster, London. In 2009
Andrew was selected as a Fulbright Scholar
and is currently pursuing a PhD in Computer
Science at the University of Southern Illinois,
Carbondale. His research, under the
supervision of Dr. Shahram Rahimi focuses on
applying soft computing (artificial
intelligence) to Information Security.
Andrew is a Certified Information Security
Manager, an ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, an
EnCase Certified Examiner, a Computer
Hacking Forensics Investigator, a Certified
Technical Trainer and an EC-Council
Certified Instructor. He has completed over
300 hours of Computer Forensics, Electronic
Discovery and Fraud Examination training.
Andrew currently consults with Government
and Law Enforcement agencies in Jamaica
and the English speaking Caribbean as well
as Puerto Rico.
Andrew is an Information Security consultant
and trainer who conducts classes on
Information Security Audits, Information
Security Governance, Ethical Hacking and
Computer Forensics, and Computer Fraud
Examination. He has conducted training in
Curacao, Canada, Trinidad and Tobago as
well as in Jamaica to Law Enforcement
Agencies, Corporate, and Government
departments.
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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Shawn Mclean is a
Software Engineer at
Management Control
Systems, the largest IT
Company in Jamaica with a focus in
Enterprise Software Development Services.
He is a Co-founder of Grikly, a start-up aiming
to fix the pain of planning Events and
providing seamless Networking Services.
Shawn grew up in Jamaica, wrote his first
program at age 9 shortly after receiving his
first computer. Shawn completed his BSc. in
Computer Science at Northern Caribbean
University in 2010. During his time at NCU, he
has won the Gold medal for the World Skills
Jamaica Web Design competition where he
went on to win the Best of Nations Award at
World Skills International in Calgary 2009. In
that same year his team was first place in
Jamaica, Caribbean and the Multi-Country
Americas rounds for the Imagine Cup 2009
Software Design competition, which then
went on to represent Jamaica at the finals in
Egypt.
In 2010, his team Xormis won the Microsoft
Imagine Cup Interoperability Award finals in
Poland.
As a frequent contributor to the Open
Source Community, he coordinates projects
in the area of Password Security,
Transactional Mail services and contributing
to projects such as ASP.NET MVC. If you use
the internet, chances are that you have
executed code written by Shawn.
Shawn published his first book in April, 2013,
“Instant .NET 4.5 Extension Methods How-to”,
which guides .NET developers on using the
C# feature; Extension Methods.
Shawn became a part of the Visual Studio
ALM Rangers, a group made up of people
from the Visual Studio Team and Passionate
Experts from the community to provide
guidance and out of band tooling for the
Visual Studio ALM ecosystem. Most of their
work is improves the Software Development
Processes such as team processes, code,
testing and deployments.
SHAWN MCLEAN
Software Engineer, MC Systems
Knolly Moses is a writer, editor and
media strategist with more than 40
years old and new experience in
the Caribbean and New York. He
has particular expertise in digital
media, online marketing strategy,
KNOLLY MOSES
CEO, PanMedia
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Ingrid Riley is a Tech
Entrepreneur, Super
Connector, Tech
Entrepreneurship Evangelist,
Startup Advisor and Blogger.
As a Caribbean Tech Community leader,
she’s a highly respected and sought after
Industry pioneer who started ConnectiMass
in 2007 with the now highly respected and
replicated tech community meetup
Kingston BETA.
Over the last 7 years, she evolved
ConnectiMass into a Caribbean Innovation
Hub. focused on Technology.
Entrepreneurship. Community that
empowers the next generation of
Caribbean technology and business leaders.
The ultimate mission being to increase the
number of successful tech entrepreneurs
and startups in the region and help take
Caribbean Tech Ideas Global. She is driven
by the Belief that Tech Entrepreneurship can
create Social and Economic Change in the
Caribbean!
Ingrid sits on creative industry and
government boards, university committees;
works with corporate entities, other non-
profits and international development
agencies in Jamaica and across the region.
As an entrepreneur, Ingrid is a highly
respected Digital Strategist As an
entrepreneur in technology for over 15 years
experience, her current successful
consultancy GetConnectid helps SME’s in
the Caribbean, African and European
INGRID RILEY
Tech Entrepreneurship Evangelist
and content development. As CEO of
Panmedia, he leads a group of young
professionals who have become market
leaders in social media marketing, web and
mobile app development, and Facebook
games.
Knolly has worked as an editor at Black
Enterprise and Newsweek magazines. His
articles have appeared in the New York
Times, the Washington Post, New York
Newsday, and the following magazines: Elle,
Family Circle, Essence, Emerge, the Nature
Conservancy and The Root, an online
magazine owned by the Washington Post.
Locally, he has written for the Gleaner, the
Observer and Jamaica Journal.
He has a Bachelors Degree from the City
University of New York and a Masters from
Syracuse University.
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Markets leverage Digital Platforms to grow
their business. She is also anaward-winning
blogger who has started or invested in 4
startups ranging from a web development
agency, an online advertising network and
niche social networks. Additionally, she has
written over 1,000 articles on Caribbean
Internet Trends, Digital Marketing and
Caribbean Startups. She developed
Jamaica’s and the Caribbean’s first Internet
Guide in 1999 which won a National Press
Association of Jamaica award for Innovation
in Media.
For her work with ConnectiMass (cHub),
Ingrid was named a Private Sector
Organisation of Jamaica/Jamaica Gleaner
50 Under 50 "Game Changer" Business
Leader Awardee in 2012; TechLink Game
Changer’s Award for Social Entrepreneurship
and her contribution to transforming the
region’s approach to tech business start-ups
and listed by CaribJournal.com. The
Caribbean News Magazine as one the
Caribbean’s 25 Most Interesting people
based on those who were considered
newsmakers for the year as well as those who
made a difference in the region.
Carlton is an adjunct in
the Department of Library
and Information Studies, the
Faculty of Humanities and
Education at the UWI, Mona and works
principally as an international consultant in
the areas of governance and information
and communication technologies in
development focused on business strategy
development, ICT policy development,
business process re-engineering and ICTs in
education. He’s formerly the Chief
Information Officer & University Director of IT
at The University of the West Indies.
Carlton has an extensive portfolio of work in
the areas of Organizational Transformation
by governance reform harnessing
knowledge, information and
communications, regulatory reform, ICTs in
education and Internet Governance. He is
heavily involved in Internet Names and
Numbers policy development, serving
concurrently as Chair of the WHOIS Working
Group and was appointed member of the
Expert Working Group (EWG) charged by the
Board of the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to
advise a next generation registration data
services for the Internet. He is serving his
CARLTON SAMUELS
International Consultant
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
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LEONARD WADEWITZ
Regional Manager (Latin America), CompTIA
Leonard Wadewitz is the
Regional Manager,
Business Development,
Latin America and the
Caribbean for CompTIA, the voice of the
world's information technology industry. As a
non-profit trade association advancing the
global interests of IT professionals and
companies, CompTIA focuses its programs
on four main areas: education, certification,
advocacy and philanthropy. Leonard is
responsible for leading strategy,
development, and growth efforts for the
association in the region.
Prior to joining CompTIA, Leonard spent more
than 20 years with leading IT and
communication manufacturing companies
including 5 Silicon Valley startup ventures.
These companies offered an array of
communication solutions for Fortune 500
companies and communication service
providers. He worked with a breadth of
technologies including packet switching,
broadband multi-media multiplexers, ATM
switching, core routing, DSL access, optical
networking, optical switching, and software
as a service.
Leonard’s career in IT began at his first
employer, a bank, where, as the Operations
Manager he coordinated the migration of
the bank operations to the first in-house
computer systems in the bank. Leonard also
designed and managed the installation of
the first commercially viable DSL service in
North America, as well as the first optical
networks in 12 cities around the United
second term as Vice-Chair of the At-Large
Advisory Committee (ALAC) of ICANN, is a
foundation member and the inaugural
Secretary for the Latin America and
Caribbean Regional At-Large Advisory
Organization (LACRALO) of ICANN and an
Advisory Board member for the Microsoft
Partners in Learning initiative. He is a member
of the Advisory Committee for the Jamaica
Library and Information Network (JAMLIN) in
Jamaica, a member of ICT4D Jamaica and
the Board Committee for ICT Governance
for both HEART/NTA and the Scientific
Research Council (SRC).
Carlton has undergraduate and graduate
degrees and diplomas from The University of
the West Indies, George Mason University,
MIT and UC Berkeley, respectively. His
industry experience covers
telecommunications, financial services,
strategic management consulting, higher
education and technology service delivery.
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CARAY MCKENZIE
IT Manager, Global Gateway Solutions
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
States.
Leonard is a graduate of DePauw University
in Greencastle, Indiana with a Bachelor of
Arts, majoring in “Russian Area Studies”. He
received his Master’s in Business
Administration from Thunderbird School of
Global Management in Glendale, Arizona,
majoring in Finance and Portuguese.
Caray McKenzie is a
Microsoft Certified
Systems Engineer
(Security), Cisco Certified
Network Associate, and is CompTIA Security+
certified. Additionally, he has a wealth of
experience gained from through years of
working in the field of computing.
Caray has worked with a wide range of
technologies in the various positions he has
held both locally and abroad. Throughout his
career, that started as early as 1999, he has
served as a Lab Technician, a Systems
Administrator, an IT consultant, and a
Network Administrator in charge of
Infrastructure Security. He is currently the IT
Manager for Global Gateway Solutions.
While a student in the Department of
Computer & Information Sciences, Northern
Caribbean University, he was a member of
Team EDUC8 which competed in the 2010
Microsoft Imagine Cup. As the back-end
developer, Caray was instrumental in
developing the software that outperformed
the other teams from the Caribbean and
Latin America in the regional finals. After
being crowned regionals champions, his
team had the distinguished honour of
representing Jamaica and the Caribbean in
the Software Design category at the World
Finals which took place in Warsaw, Poland
(2010).
Caray has made, and is continuing to make,
significant contributions to Jamaica’s IT
sector. He has high standards for himself and
for those with whom he works. Caray aims for
excellence, and is a role model for other
aspiring computer technologists.
LEROY BRYAN
Technical Services Manager, Innovative Corporate Solutions
Leroy Bryan is a
technologically savvy and
innovative engineering
manager who puts the fun in
learning ICT and delivering service
excellence to his customers. Leroy holds a
BSc in Management Information Systems
from Excelsior Community College and has
over ten years’ experience in the ICT industry
working with a wide variety of software
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solutions. Leroy has worked on a number of
major projects implementing Voice over IP
Solutions, and IBM Based Solutions, Microsoft
Active Directory, Exchange Messaging
Infrastructure and being MCSA certified,
Leroy has in depth knowledge on these
platforms. He is also A+ certified and has
extensive experience in LAN Networking,
Wireless and Wired. He has been involved in
many large PC migration and roll out projects
across the island with the most recent being
the ongoing eLearning Tablet in School
Project.
An integral member of the Management
Team of Innovative Corporate Solutions
Limited (ICSL), he has responsibility for the
Services Department to include recruitment,
performance management, project
management oversight, troubleshooting,
solution design and implementation. His level
of expertise continues to grow the technical
side of the business providing team members
with knowledge and experience in designing
and implementing technology solutions to
improve business processes of their clients.
Leroy lives the Mission & Vision of ICSL “To
provide clients with strategic Information and
Communication Technology solutions to help
them meet their business objectives, while
becoming their trusted IT partner” with the
vision “To be the preferred Information and
Communication Technology Solutions Partner
for corporate companies in the Caribbean”.
Leroy is also a father to a wonderful and
happy son who is also finds fun with
technology.
DEAN SMITH
President, Jamaica Computer Society
Dean M Smith is the
current President (2012-
2014) of the
Jamaica Computer Society
(JCS) and has held senior positions in both
the Private and Public sectors over the 30
years he has been in the ICT Industry.
Dean holds Bachelor’s degrees in
Engineering as well as Computing and a
Master’s degree in Business Administration.
He is currently a PhD student (PhD in Business
Education) as well as a lecturer and IT
Consultant.
His main professional and research interests
include data mining and metrics on the
impact of IT in enterprises. Dean holds
several professional awards
and certifications.
He is married and is father to three.
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FACILITATOR PROFILES
WENTWORTH KELLY
Graphic Artist, NCU Media Group
Wentworth Kelly, Jr. was
born in the parish of St. Ann,
where he attended the
Moneague Primary school,
Ferncourt High School, and Moneague
College, where he studied Management
Information Systems.
In 2006 he began his studies at Northern
Caribbean University where he pursued a
degree in Mass Communication. Three years
later he was hired as a full time Graphic Artist
for the NCU Media Group where he currently
works.
He is a freelance web developer/interface
designer and who also does interface and
graphic consultation for several websites
including the NCU Media Group’s website.
He is also the co-founder of a multimedia
production company named iKon Media
Group, where he practices his other skills as a
filmmaker, colorist, and photographer.
ANDREW HENRY
Director, Smart Data Automation Ltd.
Andrew Henry is currently
a Business Intelligence
Consultant at LIME,
Jamaica, who has over
fourteen (14) years’ experience in
Programming, Automation and Business
Intelligence. An ambitious enterpriser, he is
the Director and Founder of Smart Data
Automation Limited and Linkup for Christ
Ministries.
Andrew grew up in Mandeville, Manchester
and proudly accredits a great deal of his
success to his fundamental Alma Maters,
Mandeville All-Age School and Holmwood
Technical High. He has completed his BSc.
Degree in Computing and Management
Studies at the University of Technology and a
Graduate Degree in Computer Based
Management Information Systems (MSc.
CBMIS) at the University Of the West Indies.
Andrew has always been desirous of being a
devoted family man and this desire came to
fruition when he married Sabena Duncan-
Henry. The union produced their two
wonderful children, Jaiden and Jonathon
Henry. In addition to being family oriented,
Andrew likes to play football and youth
development.
Over the years, Andrew has embraced the
core values of honour and service as taught
to him by his Great Grandmother. These
values continue to positively influence his
spiritual growth in Christianity, educational
and secular achievements.
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A graduate from the
University of Technology,
Jamaica, Andrew has for
the last 17 years made
significant contribution to the development
of Information Technology education in
Jamaica at the secondary level. The
Moderator of the Information Technology
School Initiative (ITSI), teachers share
materials and resources as well as contribute
to personal and professional development
seminars/workshops geared at improving
examination performance by students in
CXC.
Currently, the Senior Information Technology
Specialist Trainer at Mona High School,
Andrew worked tirelessly to introduce CXC
CAPE Digital Media for 2013/14 and created
quite a stir in using a different modality of
learning in delivery of this new next
generation course. Personal mantra, “If at
first you don’t succeed, never give up on
your dreams as hard work reaps success”.
He is currently the President of the Kiwanis
Club of CyberConnect Jamaica where he
donates countless hours to improve the
quality of life for the children of Jamaica and
the wider community.
Andrew received training in Japan under the
Bilateral Agreement with Jamaica in Japan
International Cooperation Programme for
Information Technology Engineering where
he majored in Online/E-Education and
Digital Graphics. He is currently a resource
trainer in Moodle ® Learning Management
System which allows many courses to be
delivered at the secondary level using
blended learning educational strategies.
ANDREW SAMUELS
Senior IT Specialist Trainer, Mona High School
The logo for
CISCON was
designed by
Craig
Campbell.
Craig is
pursuing a BSc. degree in Computer
Information Science and a minor in Visual Art
at Northern Caribbean University.
Craig is a talented and skilled designer, that
loves simple, clean and expressive design.
He believes that almost anything can
be portrayed with the use of design and its
central elements.
Craig hopes to impact the lives of all I
interact with, through my personality and
Christ centered attributes. I believe, passion
drives success and possibilities are only
limited by what you can perceive.
CISCON Logo
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SPARK is a Software/Application Design
Competition. The objective of this
competition is to have young developers
enrolled in high-school and tertiary level
institutions; create innovative and original
software applications; to address different
areas of Vision 2030 Jamaica. As stated in
the Vision 2030 plan, Information &
Communications Technology is seen as an
enabler of all other sectors, including
economic, social, environmental, and
governance sectors.
Competitors will focus on any of the following
areas:
Education
Health
Crime Management
Environment
FINALISTS
C2G, Team AXIS
C2G is an application that has the potential
of helping Jamaica achieve its goals for
Vision 2030. It seeks to solve the problem that
has lead Jamaica to its current situation—
lack of communication. It is geared at
providing a central communication
connection between the government and
the people. C2G will be able to distribute
incessant information in Crime, Health,
Education and Environmental issues. One of
the primary concerns of the application is to
provide information to the people and also
to collect views, concerns and suggestions
from the people.
APPYLEARNING, Team Wimeki
AppyLearning is a
mobile software/
application that
encourages students to learn in school. Firstly,
the application will assist visually impaired
students to receive notes and questions from
their teachers through document sharing,
text to speech and voice recognition. This
software would appeal mostly to teachers
and students. With AppyLearning, a teacher
can simply type a exercise whether it be in
class or outside; send it to every student in
the class and then students (especially the
visually impaired) has the option to have the
exercise read to him/her. The student may
just speak the answer, have it recorded, and
then sent back to the teacher for checking
or correction.
AWARE, Team Madjua
AWARE is an android phone and
web-based application that
provides the user with real-time
information related to non-
communicable diseases and
factors which may impact or trigger their
disease. This will include information about
areas where they may be living, planning to
visit, or driving through; provide a brief history
of the area; use location services to find
places such as health centres, hospitals or
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other businesses; and relevant authorities or
citizens will be able to provide updates on
environmental conditions, weather, disaster
or accidents.
MYJAMAICA, Team AFIX
‘MyJamaica’ is a web-based and
mobile application that will give the
people of Jamaica not only a
louder voice, but a pair of ears so
they know that the government has
heard their requests and they also know the
steps that are in place for a solution.
Specifically choose the person you’d like to
see your issue and get a reply within 2 days.
JUDGES
Rickardo Ebanks, Vice President, Group
Information Communication Technology,
Victoria Mutual
Damion Mitchell, Asst. Professor, Dept. of
Computer & Information Sciences,
Northern Caribbean University
Trevoir Williams, Software Engineer, KCT
Services
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The Department of Computer and
Information Sciences at Northern
Caribbean University in Jamaica,
has, over the years, demonstrated
its technical prowess through its
continued success in local and
international information
technology competitions.
Additionally, the department has been
involved with serving our community through
a number of initiatives including the offering
of computer literacy training to selected
groups. We are committed to advancing
Jamaica and training students to serve in the
dynamic field of computing and information
technology.
Northern Caribbean University has been
contributing significantly to the development
of Jamaica and the wider Caribbean region.
Our graduates have served in a number of
sectors and continue to make a positive
impact in society. The Computer &
Information Sciences department has been
a leader in the computing and information
technology landscape. Our local and
international achievements continually
highlight our standing in this domain. It is our
desire and goal to continually work towards
the progression and improvement of our
nation through the services we offer and the
graduates we produce.
Programs Offered Bachelor of Science
Computer Science
(concentrations available in
Software Engineering, Information
Security, and Data
Communications and Networks)
Computer Information Systems
(concentrations available in Networking,
Data Management, Information Security,
Technology Management, and Digital
Design)
Information Technology
Associate of Science
Information Technology
Master of Science
Information Systems
Graduate Certificates
Information Technology
Information Security
Technology Management
Data Mining & Applications
Network Administration
CIS@NCU
PARTNERSHIPS
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AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
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Computer & Information Sciences
Northern Caribbean University
Manchester Road, Mandeville, Jamaica, W.I.
Tel: (876) 963-7276
Fax: (876) 962-0075
Email: [email protected]