Mr. Daren Dhoray
Enterprise Applications Support Manager
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 Cyber Safe Trinidad and Tobago, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase cyber safety awareness and social media etiquette among various stakeholder groups including but not limited to primary, secondary and tertiary institutions as well as various non-profit institutions.
Qualification
- MA Creative Design: Entrepreneurship (Distinction), UWI St. Augustine, 2013
- BSc Computer Science & Management, UWI St. Augustine, 1999
- Certified Internet Webmaster 2007
Fellowships and Training
- 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
- Design, Digital Anthropology, Cyber Safety
- Green Spaces, Plant Walls
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
- 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
- CARPIMS Mobility Scholarship to National University of Samoa
- UWI Service Challenge Leadership Team Member – Internal Communications
UWI Service
- ACHEA Web Site Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (2004 – 2015)
- Faculty of Food & Agriculture, Associate Web Developer Interview Panel (2016)
- UWI 60 Under 60 Commemorative Website http://www2.sta.uwi.edu/pelican/60under60/
Public Service
- Voluntary Webmaster for schools using the edu.tt domain
- DIRECTOR, CyberSafeTT
- DIRECTOR, Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago
Professional Memberships
- Internet Society Of Trinidad and Tobago – ISOCTT (Reg. # 403123)
