Summary
Bertland Hope is an experienced information systems manager and web developer with over eight years in formal MIS leadership and decades of hands-on technical work dating back to the early 2000s. He currently serves as Manager Information Systems and Co-Director at Dancehallarchive, where he blends WordPress/MySQL development, systems administration, and live event production to drive audience engagement and digital preservation. His background spans public-sector IT at JIPO—where he deployed open-source firewalls, VPNs, and asset tracking for hundreds of devices—and private practice as a sole-proprietor offering 24/7 technical support and bespoke web projects. Comfortable across server virtualization, Windows Server, PHP/JavaScript, OBS broadcasting and Adobe post-production, he repeatedly delivers low-cost, resilient solutions that reduced downtime and enabled remote work. A musician-trained creative with formal computer science graduate study, he brings both technical rigor and event-focused design sensibilities to digital initiatives. Based in Saint Andrew, Jamaica, he champions open-source tooling and community-oriented repositories as part of his mission to make code and cultural heritage broadly accessible.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Website Design and Software Programming, Diploma, Website Design and Software Programming at CIT/EXCED
Certificate, Music Grade 3, Pass, Certificate, Music Grade 3, Pass at Royal School of Music
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at The University of the West Indies, Mona
English