CISCON 2018 Guide

Northern Caribbean University, Mandeville, Manchester November 21, 2018

“Technology, the Driver for Growth and Development.�

CISCON is a technology conference geared towards providing vendor-prospect interaction, educational presentations, professional networking, and business pitches. CISCON seeks to put the business community in touch with technologies and providers that would prove beneficial as well as educate students on current and emerging technologies.

CISCON is organized and executed by the Department of Computer and Information Sciences of Northern Caribbean University.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Venue

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Conference Map

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Agenda

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Speaker Biographies

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VENUE

NCU Gymnatorium

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CONFERENCE MAP

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AGENDA 9:00 AM

Registration

9:30 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks - Denesha Blake Prayer - Keron Tooma Greetings

10:00 AM

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Vivienne Quarrie, Ph.D. - VP of Academics, Northern Caribbean University

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Damion Mitchell - Chair, Department of Computer & Information Sciences, Northern Caribbean University

PRESENTATIONS “Practical use cases for new/emerging technology.”

Sheldon Powe CEO, InnovateX10

“Local cyber-incidents, our response, and preparation.”

Moniphia Hewling, Ph.D. Head, Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology

“The role of the Jamaica Computer Society in shaping the ICT landscape.”

Sean Thorpe, Ph.D. President, Jamaica Computer Society

12:00 PM

BREAK

12:15 PM

PRESENTATIONS “The 4th Industrial Revolution: Jamaica's opportunities for advancement.”

Erica Simmons Executive Director, The Dr. Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing, Caribbean Maritime University

“The four pillars needed for technology to enable growth.”

Ryan Sterling CEO, Vertis Technologies

1:45 PM

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SPEAKERS Dr. Moniphia Hewling Head, Cyber Incident Response Team (CIRT), Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology Moniphia O. Hewling (PhD) is a Cyber Crimes and Security Consultant, often referred to as a cyber-warrior. She is one of the few females in the field of “Cyber”. Dr Hewling, a Jamaican, holds a MAEd in International Leadership and Administration from Western Carolina University, USA, a MSc in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Bedfordshire both in the UK where she also worked and studied for a number of years before returning to Jamaica in 2014.

In 2014 after returning to Jamaica she started working at the Ministry with responsibility for Technology with the objective of driving the creation of a robust cyber security framework for Jamaica. She is member of Jamaica’s National Cyber Security Task Force that developed Jamaica’s National Cyber Security Strategy and accompanying implementation plan.

Dr Hewling has presented at a number of international conferences both academic and organisational, on topics related to cyber crimes, security, intelligence and forensics. These include The WDFIA ’11, Workshop on Digital Forensics and Incident Analysis, Kingston, London where she presented an academic paper as well as, the UNODC Forum on Cyber Security Public Education and Awareness in February 2017.

In 2016 Dr. Hewling was tasked with the challenge of building out and heading Jamaica’s first Cyber Incident Response Team, a division in the Ministry of Science Energy and Technology. In addition to fulfilling that role Dr. Hewling also leads the Public Education and Awareness campaign to heighten the awareness of Jamaican citizens to cybercrimes.

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SPEAKERS Sheldon Powe CEO and Director, Innovate10X Sheldon a serial entrepreneur with many successful businesses to his credit is the CEO and Director of Markets and Commercialisation at Innovate 1ox. As the former Group Chief Information Officer of Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB), Sheldon has over two decades in his position as Head of the Technology Unit creating and maintaining a highly professional, customer-oriented and innovative IT function while ensuring that the introduction of new IT solutions are delivered in alignment with the company’s corporate strategy and delivers on the benefits Sheldon’s responsibilities encompass ideation, concept development & optimization, development of launch plans and working with local markets to launch innovation. Sheldon will also be providing oversight on 10XBigthinker© suite of services, setting the 10XBigthinker© agenda and providing all customer related diligence on potential new ventures.

Sheldon holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the West Indies, Mona and a Masters degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. His expertise is supported by various certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Scrum Master and ITIL V certified.

Ryan M. Sterling Co-founder, CEO, Vertis Technology Ryan Sterling is the CEO of Vertis Technology and serves on its Board of Directors. Ryan is responsible for all of the company’s worldwide sales and operations, including end-to-end management of Vertis’ sales activities along with service and support in all markets and countries. He also headed Vertis’ Operations Department and played a key role in the continued development of strategic reseller and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace.

Ryan has over 7 years in Sales and the IT industry. He has earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology from The University of The West Indies and numerous Sales and IT certifications.

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SPEAKERS Erica Simmons Executive Director, The Dr. Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing, Caribbean Maritime University

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Background in Brief  Jamaican Born in Mandeville, Manchester.

Social Sciences Degree from the University of North Texas and Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, The University of Texas at Austin – Red McCombs School of Business  Global multi-national sales and marketing executive with Fortune 100 experience in American, European, Asian and African Markets Master networker and relationship builder with executives, management and partners Patented inventor who is skilled at the product innovation cycle bringing ideas to real products Avid supporter of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, nd Mathematics (STEAM) programs to youth in USA, Jamaica, the Caribbean and Africa Founder of the Siemens PLM Software Women’s Technology Network, a global organization of women and creator of numerous programs targeted at diverse populations Creative communicator that possesses the unique ability to go from high level strategy to program execution

The Centre’s first Executive Director has spent 2 decades in the enterprise software industry focused on innovative software technologies. A patented inventor and creative, Mrs. Simmons spent over a decade at Siemens AG’s Digital Factory Software Division where she led business development and marketing of product lifecycle management technology globally for the company in roles of strategy as well as in the energy and high tech & electronics industries.

Global business strategy, sales and marketing executive with Fortune 100 experience in American, European, Asian and African Markets, Mrs. Simmons' career has included strategic roles for Siemens AG, Oracle Corporation and Expedia. Her experience as a master relationship builder with executives, management, colleagues and partners led her to explore many interesting business ventures in the renewable energy, manufacturing, technology and philanthropy industries. While at (Continued on page 10)

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Siemens AG, a Fortune 50 German Global conglomerate, she accomplished patents for using software to simulate radiation in Nuclear environments and for simulating multi-echelon industrial manufacturing processes.

In addition, whilst at Siemens, she led business development and marketing of product lifecycle management technology globally for the company in roles of corporate strategy as well as in the energy and high tech & electronics industries. She is a leader in diversity & inclusion and Gender Equality Strategies and founded the Women’s Network at Siemens Digital Factory. She developed a training program offering for Siemens that received recognition by the Office of the Vice President of the United States of America Joe Biden. Her philanthropic ventures include developing STEM Education programs for primary and secondary school children in Jamaica, the Caribbean and Africa through her charitable organization the Digital Yard Foundation.

Today Mrs. Simmons is the Executive Director for the Andrew Wheatley Centre for Digital Innovation & Advanced Manufacturing (CDIAM) at the Caribbean Maritime University, where she is researching digital transformation using innovative software and hardware platforms. Areas of research alongside industry, includes manufacturing processes related to Additive Manufacturing, CyberPhysical Systems, Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), Big Data, 3D Modeling, Simulation and Test.

Sean Thorpe, PhD President, Jamaica Computer Society Sean Thorpe is an Associate Professor and Head of School of Computing and Information Technology in the School of Computing and Information Technology at the University of Technology, Jamaica. As of February 2018, Dr Thorpe was appointed President of the Jamaica Computer Society. Dr Thorpe also served as the Director of Graduate Studies within the school of Computing and Information Technology.

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CIS@NCU 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.

improvement of our nation through the services we offer and the graduates we produce.

PROGRAMS OFFERED Bachelor of Science  Computer Science  Computer Information Systems  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

Diploma Northern Caribbean University has been contributing significantly to  Information Technology 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 11

PARTNERSHIPS

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Computer & Information Sciences Northern Caribbean University Manchester Road, Mandeville, Jamaica, W.I.

Tel: (876) 963-7276 Email: cis@ncu.edu.jm Web: cis.ncu.edu.jm