Quinn Sutton

Quinn Sutton is an American business professional. He is the Executive Director of the Digital Alliance Foundation and is known for his work in the private technology education sector[1] and his work on a variety of UN-related and humanitarian projects.[2] In 2007, he co-founded the Digital Alliance Foundation which provides capacity-building Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) skills to marginalized populations[3] and serves as a High-Level Advisor for the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UNGAID).[4]

Quinn Sutton
Sutton on UN Panel at RIO+20, 2012
EducationB.A. International Relations, Brigham Young University
MBA, Pepperdine University
Master International Business, L'institut de Gestion Sociale - Paris
Known forICTEFA, ICT4D, PPP, Education Policy, Educational Technologies, TVET, Training & Certification

International work
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Committee on Development Information, Fifth Session (CODI V), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. May, 2007.[5]
  • “Bridging the Digital Divide: Successful Innovations in Private-Public Sector Partnerships”, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Learning International Networks Consortium, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan – Patron, Amman, Jordan and Dubai, UAE, October, 2007.[6]
  • Panel on Volunteerism in the Digital Age, Global Knowledge Partnership Foundation, Third Global Knowledge Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 2007.[7]
  • Third Joint Facilitation Meeting for Action Lines C2 (Information and Communication Infrastructure), C6 (Enabling Environment) and C4 (Capacity Building), World Summit on the Information Society, International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, May, 2008.[8]
  • UNGAID Annual Global Forum, Monterrey, Mexico, September, 2009.[9]
  • IT Training Project at School for Leprosy-affected Children, Chennai, India, November, 2011.[10]
  • Panel: ICT and New Strategic Alliances to Achieve the Millennium Goals, Infopoverty World Conference, OCCAM, UN Headquarters, New York, March, 2012.[11]
  • Panel: The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[12]
  • United Nations-sponsored Education Policy Paper: “Framework on Education for All in the Digital Age”, 2009.[13]

References
  1. "Executive Profile at Bloomberg Businessweek.com". Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  2. "Projects at ICTEFA.org". Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  3. "Digital Alliance Foundation to Bring Computer Skills to the Marginalised". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  4. "UNGAID High-level Panel of Advisors". Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  5. Baird, Derek (April 22, 2007). "The Digital Alliance: ICT Education for All". Barking Robot. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  6. "Conference Program". Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  7. "GK3 Fostering Partnership". Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  8. "Strategic Partners". Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  9. "GAID ANNUAL Global Forum 2009" (PDF). Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  10. "Digital Alliance to Provide IT Training At Leprosy Colony". Certification Magazine. November 11, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  11. "ICT and New Strategic Alliances to Achieve the Millennium Goals". Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  12. "The Impact of New Technologies and ICTs on Sustainable Development". Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  13. "Framework on Education for All in the Digital Age" (PDF). Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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