Enterprise Applications Support Manager

Campus Information Technology Services (CITS)

St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext.83227
Email: daren.dhoray@uwi.edu

 

Daren is the Enterprise Applications Support Manager at Campus IT Services. Prior to this role, Daren held the post of Webmaster for 17 years, from April 2004 – July 2021. During this time, his contribution to the organization has included much more than web related technologies but also along the lines of Cyber Safety, IT Governance and Policy formation at the IT level. He continues to work closely with the University CIO, Campus IT Director and University Marketing & Communications Director on various Digital and Web related initiatives.

Daren is also the founder of CyberSafeTT, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase cyber safety awareness and deliver presentations on social media etiquette, cyber bullying and internet addiction among various stakeholder groups including but not limited to primary, secondary and tertiary institutions as well as various non-profit institutions.

Qualification

• MBA Digital Transformation, UWI Cave Hill, expected completion 2027
• MA Creative Design: Entrepreneurship (Distinction), UWI St. Augustine, 2013
• BSc Computer Science & Management, UWI St. Augustine, 1999
• Certified Internet Webmaster 2007

Fellowships and Training

• Certified Information Systems Security Manager (Udemy) 2023
• Digital Transformation Certificate, Stanford University 2021
• Cyber Security Training for Teachers Certificate, Commonwealth of Learning, 2020
• Foundations for Excellence in Teaching Online Certificate, Arizona State University, 2020
• Data Analysis for Management Certificate, London School of Economics & Politics, 2020

Research Interests

• Internet Addiction
• Digital Anthropology

Professional Experience

• Enterprise Applications Support Manager, UWI St. Augustine, 2021-present
• Webmaster, UWI St. Augustine, 2004-2021
• Web Applications Developer – Blue Chip Technologies, 2000 – 2004
• Software Developer – Florida Logic Corp. 1999-2004
• Lecturer – Institute of Tertiary Tutors – 2000 – 2001

Featured Work

• Transforming university websites: ai-enhanced interactivity for personalized student engagement – UWIFI AI Conference, 2023
• 4 Webmasters and the Drupal Shining Star – DrupalCon International Conference, 2015
• my.uwi.edu – A Single University Portal – Campus EAI International Users Conference, 2011

Honours and Awards

• Cyber Heroes of the Caribbean (inaugural awards Dec2020) Get Safe Online (UK)
  Highly Commended Award Recipient for efforts to keep Trinidad and Tobago citizens safe online.
• CARPIMS Mobility Scholarship to National University of Samoa
• UWI Service Challenge Leadership Team Member – Internal Communications

UWI Service

• Chair, Continued Institutional Accreditation Preparedness for Change Working Group, 2024
• Student Mentor, DSSD Micro-Mentorship Program, 2024
• Social Media & Cyber Awareness, FYE Virtual Session, 2022 – present
• Campus Assessing Committee, SAP Rep, 2016 – 2022

Public Service

• Founder, The CyberSafeTT Foundation, 2010 – present
• Member, The Rotary Club of San Fernando – 2021 – present
• Communications Advisor – The Saidwan Foundation – 2022 – present
• Meta (Facebook) Community Standards Roundtable, Trinidad and Tobago Representative – 2022
• Director, Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago, 2014-2015

Professional Memberships

• Internet Society Of Trinidad and Tobago – ISOCTT (Reg. # 403123)