Badges
Certifications
Work Experience
Head of Education and Information
Government of St Kitts• February 2010 - February 2015
• Supervised Senior Public Education and Information Department officials • Designed TORs for senior job positions • Vetted and approved senior job applicants for employment, transfer and promotion (salary increases) • Evaluated the performance of senior department employees • Developed budgetary plans and wrote expenditure reports • Held responsibility for the CFB College, appointed members to its Board of Directors and oversaw its transition from a state-run entity to a corporate entity • Vetted and appointed members to the Educational Institutions Accreditation Board of Colleges and Universities; • Spearheaded the development and implementation of a national plan of action for the development of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) • Implemented the One-2-One Laptop distribution programme for secondary students and teachers • Established the SKNNEF – the St. Kitts-Nevis National Education Foundation • Planned and managed Department budgets with senior team members
Head of Information and Technology
Government of St Kitts and Nevis• November 2004 - February 2010
• Head of Department of Information and Technology • Supervised senior public servants in the Department of Information and Technology • Developed budgetary plans and wrote expenditure reports • Designed TORs for senior job positions • Vetted/interviewed and approved senior job applicants for employment, transfer and promotion (salary increases) • Evaluated the performance of senior employees • Developed the first written St. Kitts-Nevis ICT Policy • Negotiated an MOU with the Government of Taiwan for the development of a National ICT Centre in St. Kitts; and built the first National ICT Centre in St. Kitts and Nevis • Interacted with a variety of stakeholders: public, private, NGOs (local and international) for the purpose of policy development • Represented the government on a variety of matters abroad (Singapore, Taiwan, South Africa, Germany, Guyana, at the World Bank and other institutions) relating to ICTs • Chairman of the ECTEL – Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority – (2005 – 2006)
Director of MIS
Department of Education, St. Kitts• August 1998 - July 2004
Director of the Education Management Information System (EMIS) • Oversaw the development and implementation of a management information system for the Department of Education • Developed TORs for staff • Developed technical (hardware and software) requirements • Managed Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware Networks • Managed hardware and software systems and performed system configuration • Coordinated and delivered workshops for the training of Education Officials in the use of IT systems and statistical analysis • Developed software tools for information management • Planned yearly budget and activities • Engaged in Project Management and Change Management • Produced periodic statistical reports
Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Computer Science & Engineering, MS• August 2002 - July 2004
I took courses in Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Information Retrieval, Multimedia Networking, Numerical Analysis, among other things.
University of the West Indies, Mona
Computer Science, BS• August 1995 - July 1998
I took courses in Java, C++, Pascal, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Parallel Programming, Operating Systems. Databases, Mathematics, among others. I graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the University prize for Mathematics and Private Sector award in Computer Science.