EMAIL: TREVORFORREST@876SOLUTIONS.COM
TWITTER: @TREVORFORREST
WEB: HTTP://WWW.876SOLUTIONS.COM
Trevor Forrest is CEO and Founder of 876 Solutions. He has more than 22 years of experience in the ICT industry ranging from advanced network systems design and network security, to web design & development as well as consulting on ecommerce, internet security and internet strategies for clients in the US and across 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.
Before graduating Mr. Forrest was hired by Embry Riddle to become their Senior IT Systems Administrator, having designed and implemented a major part of their campus network which spanned two campuses and 120 teaching sites globally. After working there for 5 years he then became IT Director for the Florida Folder Service Group of Companies. Mr. Forrest returned to Jamaica in 2006 when he founded 876 Solutions.
About 876 Solutions
876 Solutions is a provider of comprehensive open source based technology solutions serving the Caribbean market. Its goal 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:
- Network Security & Internet Security Consulting.
- ICT Business Process Consulting
- Website & Web Application Design Development.
- Mobile Application Development
- Cloud Based Web Application & Email Hosting Services.
- E-Commerce Solutions.
- Internet Marketing and Social Media Management.
Mr. 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. (See his twitter handle, “Mr. Open Source”)
Mr. Forrest is an avid music producer and disk jockey and enjoys downtime with his family. Mr. Forrest is married with 1 son.