ITD staff on Nevis honoured at 2ndannual Delta Awards Dinner

Photo caption: Jevon Claxton receiving the Field Technician of the Year Award from Mrs. Verni Amory, wife of the Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, at the 2^nd Annual Information Technology Department Delta Awards Dinner at the Nisbet Plantation Beach Hotel on February 18, 2017

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 21, 2017) — Three staff technicians in the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) Information Technology Department (IDT), walked away with honours at the 2^nd Annual Information Technology Department Delta Awards Dinner. The event was held at the Nisbet Plantation Beach Hotel on February 18, 2017.

Jevon Claxton won the Field Technician of the Year Award, Ezekiel Parris won an award for Above and beyond the Call of Duty and the Innovator Award while Vanessa Tyson won the Ticketeer Award. They were all presented on behalf of the Department by the wife of Premier of Nevis Mrs. Verni Amory.

Photo caption: Ezekiel Parris receiving the Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Award from Mrs. Verni Amory, wife of the Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, at the 2^nd Annual Information Technology Department Delta Awards Dinner at the Nisbet Plantation Beach Hotel on February 18, 2017. Mrs. Amory also presented him with the Innovator Award

The Innovator Award is given to one who comes up with innovative solutions to problems that the department deals with on a daily basis.

Photo caption: Craig David, Assistant Director at the Information Technology Department in the Nevis Island Administration, receiving the Ticketeer Award on behalf of Vanessa Tyson from Mrs. Verni Amory, wife of the Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, at the 2^ndAnnual Information Technology Department Delta Awards Dinner at the Nisbet Plantation Beach Hotel on February 18, 2017

The Above and Beyond Award was given to the technician who exemplifies a high level of customer service, while the Field Technician of the Year Award is given to the one who embodies good customer service, good technical abilities and the ability to come up with innovative solutions on a day-to-day basis.

However, the Ticketeer Award is given to the one who completed the most tickets in the calendar year 2016.

Awardees were selected at the end of a survey circulated among staff of the Nevis Island Administration.  They were asked to make their selections based on the day-to-day impact the work of each technician had on their work operations for 2016.

The award ceremony was the culmination of a week of activities hosted by the department. They included visits to the schools in an effort to seek to build awareness and also to entice students to seek to develop a career in Information Technology, a talk show on VON Radio and an Open Day.

Photo caption: Jevon Claxton (front row extreme right) and Ezekiel Parris (front row second from left) showing off their awards with other members of staff of the Information Technology Department at the 2^nd Annual Information Technology Department Delta Awards Dinner, at the Nisbet Plantation Beach Hotel on February 18, 2017

During the Open Day, a number of resource persons both in and out of the department delivered presentations on a range of topics related to IT. It was meant to demonstrate to the public, how one could utilise IT in various aspects of their day-to-day operations.

Also present at the ceremony were Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) Embert Charles and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance Colin Dore.

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