Beran Gillen
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| Country: | The Gambia |
| Email: | berangillen [at] yahoo.com |
| Twitter: |  @berangillen
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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, including ICANN 49 in Singapore.[1] She was an ICANN Fellow for ICANN 46 in Beijing and ICANN 44 in Prague.
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.
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.
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.
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. [2][3]
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