Chike (pronounced chee-kay) has built a track record of achievement in both academic and professional pursuits. As Chief Executive and co-founder of Caribbean Ideas Limited, Chike will apply his unique combination of entrepreneurial spirit, Internet industry experience and deep passion for technology and advancing the Caribbean via youth development.
Chike`s professional experience includes time on the global frontlines of the online and online advertising industry with Microsoft, where he has launched global consumer marketing, product management, business development and online advertising strategy.
Prior to that he has managed global marketing campaigns and launches within Microsoft`s MSN division, and has worked as a regional marketing manager for a broad range of MSN subsidiaries including Asia Pacific Markets like Australia, Korea and India as well as Latin American markets like Mexico and Brazil. Chike has also worked in marketing and consulting with Ernst & Young Caribbean alongside stints in banking and customer service.
Chike is a former Trinidad & Tobago National Scholar and currently holds an MBA degree from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His undergraduate studies were completed at the University of Toronto, Canada, where he graduated Summa cum Laude from the University of Toronto`s undergraduate business program.
Brevard Nelson, Chief Operating Officer
Brevard Nelson is a co-founder and like the rest of us does a bunch of stuff within the business, ranging from helping clients understand how our digital media solutions can help them, to working on customer acquisition and loyalty activities for online services.
Brevard brings a unique combination of marketing and corporate communications talent, web development and information technology expertise and entrepreneurial spirit.
He loves to play an active part in regional community development, and he has spent time as a past president of the Rotaract club of St. Augustine West, and as an active member of the Rotaract and Rotary organizations. He is also particularly interested in helping the Caribbean entertainment industry develop its presence on the world stage by embracing technology solutions.
Brevard is particularly in touch with the challenges faced by marketers at large pan-Caribbean companies since his experience includes working in a range of roles for one of the Caribbean’s most respected pan-regional Financial Services companies.
He has driven marketing and corporate communications efforts regionally, driven the evolution of corporate Internet strategy and managed advertising across a range of media types. Brevard has also previously managed his own web development business.
He currently holds a Masters in International Marketing communications from the London Metropolitan University and ESCEM Business School in France, after spending time in both countries. He also holds an undergraduate business degree from the University of the West Indies.
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