With more than 29 years of experience in the IT industry, Trevor Forrest’s service in the local ICT Industry has demonstrated a commitment to driving improved standards of ICT adoption across the private and public sector where he has consulted on the design and evaluation of ICT proposals and strategies. He is also well known for evangelizing the adoption and use of Open Source Technology across the public and private sector. After 15 years in the United States where he occupied various management posts in IT, Mr. Forrest returned to Jamaica in 2006 when he founded 876 Technology Solutions a provider of comprehensive open source-based technology solutions serving the Caribbean market. The goal of 876 Solutions is to provide small and medium sized companies with integrated business technology services that will help increase their business productivity and reduce the costs associated with Information Technology. Services include: • Blockchain Solutions and Services • Information and Data Security Consulting. • ICT Business Process Optimization and Intelligence Consulting • Web Application Design Development. • Document Management Solutions & Consulting • Cloud Based Services • E-Commerce Solutions Mr. Forrest has served on numerous ICT groups and committees and as a Director on various ICT related Boards. He currently serves as Chairman, National ICT Advisory Committee (NICTAC) and has served as a Senior advisor at the Ministry of Science and Technology, Chairman of the Spectrum Management Authority, Deputy Chairman eLearning Jamaica Limited, Deputy Chairman at the Universal Service Fund, Chairman, UTECH School of Computing and IT Graduate Studies Advisory Board and is formerly a Director of the IT advocacy group, Jamaica Information Technology and Services Alliance (JITSA). Mr Forrest is currently one of a handful of Certified Blockchain Experts in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Mr. Forrest attended Jamaica College and thereafter Embry Riddle Aeronautical University where he attained a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics. Mr. Forrest is an avid music producer and disk jockey and enjoys downtime with his family. Mr. Forrest is married with 1 son.