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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

EduVision 2014

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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: cis@ncu.edu.jm