Key strengths: ICT4D, information management, implementation, programming

Thelonius Cook is the sole proprietor and manager of a small-scale organic farm. He holds an MSc in Practicing Sustainable Development with ICT4D specialism from Royal Holloway, University of London, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Integrated Science and Technology (ISAT) with a dual concentration in Telecommunications and Information Knowledge Management (IKM) from James Madison University. He has a strong IT background and more than a decade of experience researching, designing and implementing ICT projects. His expertise ranges from programming to hardware networking, and Thelonius has experience living and working in East Africa. There, he has implemented and supported ICT projects in a range of sectors, including agriculture and education, for governments, community-based organizations, schools and hospitals.