About Ingrid

Ingrid Riley is the founder of ConnectiMass- a Company that Connects People, Ideas and Technology in the Caribbean and Emerging Markets.  We’re one part Digital Marketing Agency and one part Tech Evangelist. She’s an entrepreneur, digital marketing strategist, blogger and tech evangelist,Traveler, Voracious Reader and HGTV Addict.

In essence Ingrid is pretty obsessed with Social Media and Startups…and putting the Caribbean on the World’s Tech Map.

As a Caribbean Internet pioneer, she been in the industry for over ten years, and has worked with more than thirty companies on successful Digital Marketing projects; has helped over promote 70 Caribbean Tech Startups as well as connect them with opportunities via tech media and tech events . She has also been directly active in the development of 5 Caribbean Startups with her role as mentor, marketer and investor.

She also developed Jamaica’s first Internet Guide in 1999 which won a National Press Association of Jamaica award for Innovation in Media;  has written over 900 articles on Caribbean Internet Trends, Internet marketing and Internet Startups; has been a Dow Jones syndicated technology columnist; lectured on Social Media Marketing and Digital Communications at the the University of West Indies ( Carimac) and University of Technology Jamaica. She also served on the executive board of C.I.T.O- the State owned, Central Information Technology Office.

Ingrid is an unapologetic tech evangelist on a mission to drive tech entrepreneurship in the Caribbean.  She’s also a blogger and a speaker with a fast growing roster of gigs across the Caribbean and is a rabid Seth Godin, Oprah Winfrey,Steve Jobs and Gary Vaynerchuk fan girl.

She is available for speaking engagements, customised training gigs and short courses- lecturing on social media, internet marketing, Internet Trends and Tech entrepreneurship.

Connect with me
My Caribbean Tech Blog:
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Here is a collection of Ingrid’s writing and articles on her:

My Caribbean Technology Blog

SiliconCaribe.com

Video Interviews:

Socialingua: What is Kingston Beta

CVMTV: Social Media and it’s role in Caribbean business

Articles

Jamaicans.com: Jamaica’s Tech Queen