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Affiliation:

DNT

Country:

The Gambia

Email:

berangillen [at] yahoo.com

Twitter:

@berangillen

	Currently a member of ICANN's ALAC

	Featured in the ICANN 52 - Singapore playing card deck

Beran Gillen is a driven young woman who is passionate about the effects of ICTs and how it can be used to better our lives. Beran returned to her native Gambia after acquiring both her Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Computing Science and her Masters in Computer Networks (Distinction) at Middlesex University in North London, United Kingdom.

As the Deputy Director, ICT at the Directorate of National Treasury (DNT) under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in The Gambia, she oversaw the technical aspect of all ICTs at the ministry. This included the deployment of Gambia’s first automated Government accounting system, the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) of The Gambia Government funded by the World Bank.

In her four-year tenure as the Vice President of the Information Technology Association of The Gambia (ITAG), she has spearheaded various activities in the areas of

ICT in Schools
Girls in ICT Program
Set up of The Gambia IXP
Set up a mentoring program between the association and tertiary institutions in The Gambia

and is currently working on the re-delegation of .gm ccTLD back to The Gambia. She has been re-elected as Vice President of the Association in a recent AGM.

Beran boasts of a diverse work experience ranging from Government and International Relations to the administration of National Passport Systems. She is a two-time ICANN fellow and has hosted several National IGFs for The Gambia. She is the current Secretary of the newly set up Serrekunda Internet Exchange Point in The Gambia. As an advisor to different agencies in the ICT sector including The Gambia Government in the GAC, she is at the forefront in the development of ICT Policy in The Gambia.

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-'''Beran Gillen''' is the Deputy Director, ICT at the Directorate of National Treasury (DNT) under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in The Gambia. She oversees the technical aspect of all ICTs at the ministry including the administration of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) of The Gambia Government. She is involved with the [[ALAC]] and has attended multiple [[ICANN Meetings|ICANN meetings]], including [[ICANN 49]] in Singapore.<ref name="icannwiki">ICANNWiki - ICANN 49 Intake Form, March 2014</ref> She was an [[ICANN Fellow]] for [[ICANN 46]] in Beijing and [[ICANN 44]] in Prague.
+'''Beran Gillen''' is a driven young woman who is passionate about the effects of ICTs and how it can be used to better our lives. Beran returned to her native Gambia after acquiring both her Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Computing Science and her Masters in Computer Networks (Distinction) at Middlesex University in North London, United Kingdom.
-Beran acquired both her Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Computing Science and her Masters in Computer Networks (Distinction) at Middlesex University in North London, United Kingdom.
+As the Deputy Director, ICT at the Directorate of National Treasury (DNT) under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in The Gambia, she oversaw the technical aspect of all ICTs at the ministry. This included the deployment of Gambia’s first automated Government accounting system, the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) of The Gambia Government funded by the World Bank.
-In her two-year tenure as the Vice President of the Information Technology Association of The Gambia (ITAG), Beran spearheaded various activities in the areas of ICT in Schools, Girls in ICT Program and is currently setting up a mentoring program between the association and tertiary institutions in The Gambia.
+In her four-year tenure as the Vice President of the Information Technology Association of The Gambia (ITAG), she has spearheaded various activities in the areas of
+* ICT in Schools
+* Girls in ICT Program
+* Set up of The Gambia IXP
+* Set up a mentoring program     between the association and tertiary institutions in The Gambia
+and is currently working on the re-delegation of .gm ccTLD back to The Gambia. She has been re-elected as Vice President of the Association in a recent AGM.
-Beran also worked as the sole representative for De La Rue Identity Systems in The Gambia. She was in charge of the design, set-up, implementation and administration of The Gambia’s first Machine Readable Passports as System Administrator of The Gambia Passport Office. She worked closely with other De La Rue set-ups in the West African region including the Sierra Leone Passport System.
+Beran boasts of a diverse work experience ranging from Government and International Relations to the administration of National Passport Systems. She is a two-time ICANN fellow and has hosted several National IGFs for The Gambia. She is the current Secretary of the newly set up Serrekunda Internet Exchange Point in The Gambia. As an advisor to different agencies in the ICT sector including The Gambia Government in the GAC, she is at the forefront in the development of ICT Policy in The Gambia.
-As the Secretary on the Internet Exhange Point Committee in The Gambia, Beran is highly involved in the implementation plans of an IXP in The Gambia. She also sits on the Committee involved in the re-delegation of the .gm ccTLD in The Gambia. Beran’s involvement in ICANN began in Prague as a fellow and as a repeat fellow in ICANN 46 Beijing. She is currently a sitting member of the ALAC for the Africa region elected by NomCom in November 2013. <ref name="interview">[[ICANN 46]] Interview. ICANNWiki. Retrieved 2013 May 10.</ref>
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