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Bevil Wooding

Bevil Wooding

Bevil Wooding is an Executive Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of Congress WBN, an international non-profit with headquarters in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. He assists organisations in the public, private and non-profit sectors to leverage the power of ICTs and is a strong advocate in developing countries for the adoption of Internet and Internet-based technologies as a tool for corporate, economic and social transformation.  In 2011, he was named as one of The University of the West Indies' 50 Distinguished Alumni for his work in international technology arena. In 2010 he was appointed by ICANN, the global body responsible for managing Internet domain names, as one of its 21 Trusted Community Representatives.

Contributed to

  • Friday, 01 July 2011

    Rise of the Caribbean Mobile Market

    The wave of smart phones flooding regional markets presents exciting prospects both for operators and consumers. The time is now and the window is open for the Caribbean to position itself to take advantage of this new mobile revolution.

  • Friday, 01 July 2011

    The Global Internet Through a Local Lens

    The internet landscape remains unevenly dominated by the cultural and economic powerhouses. But Internet access should firstly be a portal to a domestic network that gives access to local content, empowering local communities and developing local economy.