The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Kim Mallalieu is a long-standing senior lecturer and leader of the Communication Systems Group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine Campus. She teaches telecommunications courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels; and is the chairman of the UWI St. Augustine Campus ICT (Information and Communications Technology) Steering Committee. She conceived and developed the Master’s degree in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy, MRP (Telecommunications) and delivered it to participants from over thirty developing countries around the world.  She has also lectured in Carnegie Mellon University’s Centre for Executive Education in Technology Policy.

Dr. Mallalieu has led national, regional and international initiatives variously designed to build capacity in ICT policy, regulation, development, application and use. Her rich service portfolio has included membership on several boards, commissions, committees and technical working groups at institutional, national and regional levels in operational as well as advisory roles. She frequently sits on panels of judges for technical competitions, internships and prestigious programmes; and has served as a mentor including for the Socio-political Advocacy for Community Networks Engagement programme led by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) and Rhizomatica.

As Principal Investigator of the Caribbean ICT Research Programme (CIRP), Dr. Mallalieu is engaged in multidisciplinary action research with an emphasis on building the resilience of underserved populations. She has led many CIRP teams in the execution of projects for international agencies including but not limited to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), often alongside partner action research teams. As a precursor to CIRP, Dr. Mallalieu was a member of the inaugural Diálogo Regional sobre Sociedad de la Información (DIRSI), a research network that generates evidence-based outputs to inform public policy aimed at protecting and promoting democracy, social inclusion and economic opportunities through the use of ICT.

Dr. Mallalieu is deputy chairman of the Board of the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) and chairman of the Authority’s Board Review Committee. She is an active participant at statutory meetings of the ITU and its regional preparatory meetings, and chaired the ad hoc working group on digital inclusion at the World Telecommunication Development Conference in 2022, steering consensus among all Member States on several ITU Resolutions. She is pro bono technical supervisor for the Smart Seas Project, a collaborative of the ITU, TATT and the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU); and a member of the Caribbean Spectrum Management Task Force.

As a keen advocate for gender equality for development, Dr. Mallalieu is Chair of the Network of Women in the Permanent Consultative Committee I of the Inter‑American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) and Vice Chair of the Advisory Board for the Network of Women (NOW) in the Development Sector of the ITU (ITU-D). She is also a member of the Caribbean Association of National Telecommunications Organizations (CANTO) Women in ICT (WICT) Committee. Her related works include the ITU/ETC report on Women, ICT and emergency telecommunications.

Among other credentials she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University College London. She is a licensed amateur radio and GMDSS short range operator, and a member of Radio Emergency Associated Communication Teams (REACT). She is also a Fulbright Fellow and the recipient of local, regional and international teaching and research awards, and other awards of distinction.

Dr. Mallalieu is married with three amazing sons; and spends much of her spare time as Schutzhund handler for her working dog, Jax Vom Haus Compton.