Sam Goundar

Sam Goundar is an academic in information technology at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic in Tauranga, New Zealand. Prior to this, he was a Lecturer at the University of Fiji and the University of the South Pacific. He has worked as an IT Manager for the Office of the Attorney General of Fiji and held other IT Management positions.
He was recently selected as an Emerging Leader of the Digital World by Diplo Foundation.
His research interest includes cloud computing, specifically the potential opportunities and issues for developing countries and using mobile devices in education, again its impact on education for developing countries.
Awards received, books published, or any other outstanding achievement:
Publications
#What is the Potential Impact of Using Mobile Devices in Education? SIG GlobDev Workshop at the Association for Information Systems - Americas Conference on Information Systems. To be published after December 2011 Conference.
#Deregulation in New Zealand Education. 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (5APCEI) to be held in Perth at The University of Western Australia "26-28 September 2011"
#Cloud Computing: Opportunities and Issues for Developing Countries - Published by Diplo Foundation on Internet Governance - May 2011 http://www.diplomacy.edu/poolbin.asp?IDPool=1335
#Cloud Computing - Understanding the Technology Before Getting Clouded - Paper Accepted after Review - Published in DEIT 2011 - IEEE Conference Proceedings ISBN: 978-1-4244-8581-9/11 ©2011 IEEE - March 2011
#An Evaluation of Fiji’s e-Government Status: Assessed According to UN Report on Benchmarking e-Government Progress - Paper Accepted after Review - Published in SIG GlobDev Conference Proceedings - 2009
#Using ICT in Disaster Management for Fiji - Paper Accepted after Review - Published in Global Digital Business Association Conference Proceedings - 2009
#The Adoption of ICT in Revising and Disseminating the Laws of Fiji - Paper Accepted after Review - Published in Springer Journal of Computer Science - 2008
#The Role of ICT in Revising and Disseminating the Laws of Fiji - Journal of Global Digital Business Review , Vol. 3, No. 1, 2008, pp. 152-161 - 2008
#E-Governance: Fiji’s Law Revision Project Case Study - Cook Islands - 2008
#Using the Internet to Disseminate the Laws of Fiji - APNG Conference - 2008
#Knowledge Discovery in Demographics - Global Development Network - 2007
#Management of IT for Law Revision - Law Journal of AG of Fiji - 2006
Conferences
*Presented Paper on “The Technical and Vocational Education in Fiji” at the Fiji Education Institute Conference at USP - December 2006.
*Presented Paper on “The Impact of IT and Internet on the Laws of Fiji “at the PacINET Conference in the Solomon Islands - August 2007.
*Presented Paper on “The Role of IT in Revising and Disseminating the Laws of Fiji” at the ODN Conference in Samoa - October 2007.
*Participated in Internet Policy Formulation and Regulation for Fiji at the ICANN 2008 Conference in New Delhi, India - February 2008
* Presented Paper on “Using the Internet to Disseminate the Laws of Fiji” at the APNG Conference in Bangkok, Thailand - August 2008
*Presented Paper on “E-Governance: Fiji’s Law Revision Project” at the PacINET Conference in Cook Islands - September 2008
* Presented Paper on my PhD Research titled “Adoption of ICT into the Laws of Fiji” at the ACIS Conference in NZ - December 2008
*Paper Accepted for Presentation at IFIP Conference on “Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries” in Dubai - May 2009
* Presented Paper on “Cloud Computing - Opportunities and Issues for Developing Countries” at the 13th APNG Conference in Hong Kong - February 2011
*Presented Paper on “Cloud Computing - Understanding the Technology before Getting Clouded” at the DEIT 2011 Conference in Indonesia - March 2011
Research Papers Review
*Reviewed and edited research papers for acceptance at DEIT 2011 Conference
Conference Panellist
*Invited to be a panellist on m-Education at CITRENZ 2011 Conference in NZ
Professional Certifications
*GCTT
*CST
*ICDL
*Project Management Certification
*MCP
*Network Security and Forensics Certification
Professional Affiliations
*President - South Pacific Computer Society
*Education Officer - Fiji Computer Society
*Professional Member - Pacific Internet Society
*Professional Member - New Zealand Computer Society
*Professional Member - Electronics Technicians Association
*Certification Manager - Computer Service Technician
*Advisory Member - Sangam Schools Educations Boards
*Director International - [http://www.rotary.org.nz/club.cfm?ID38&District5 Rotary Club of Suva East - D9920]

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