Alain Nkoyock, Ph.D
Disclaimer:
The views expressed herein are those of the author; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations.
RECENT APPOINTMENTS
1. Chief, Strategic Technology Solutions, Policy Strategy & Governance Division, UN Office of Information and Communication Technology (OICT) & Focal Point Pillar IV (Countering Terrorist Travel Programme)
2. Chief, Software Products for Member States, Enterprise Application Centre, Vienna, Austria, Since 2014;
3. Member of INTERPOL Working Group on Darknet and Cryptocurrency, INTERPOL Innovation Centre, Singapore, 2018: Part of the UN's Cryptocurrency (goBlockChain) Project.
VOLUNTEERING ASSIGNMENTS
1. Member of the Expert Group on Digital Economy Strategy, Arab Economic Unity Council, Arab Federation for Digital Economy, League of Arab States, 2018;
2. Programme committee member of the Intergovernmental Expert Committee (ICE) on Digital Transformations and Economic Diversification in Central Africa (2019, Malabo), UNECA Central Africa Subregional Office;
EDUCATION
A - ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
1. Ph.D in Management of Organizational Leadership with a Specialization in Information Systems and Technology, School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix, Phoenix/Arizona, USA;
2. Master's Degree, Computer Science (Software Engineering), University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon;
3. Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), University of Yaoundé I, Cameroon.
B- BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE CERTIFICATES
1. Certificate in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), Miami, Florida, U.S.
2. Certificate in Public Procurement from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Geneva, Switzerland.
EXPERIENCES
A. UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMISSIONS (RECs):
1. Office of Information and Communications Technology (OICT), U.N. Headquarters, New York, USA
2. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, Austria
3. United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC), Geneva, Switzerland
4. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
5. UNECA East Africa Subregional Office, Kigali, Rwanda
6. UNECA Central Africa Subregional Office, Yaounde, Cameroon
7. UNECA West Africa Subregional Office, Niger, Niamey
8. UNECA Southern Africa Subregional Office, Lusaka, Zambia
9. UNECA Northern Africa Subregional Office, Tangier/Rabat, Morocco
10. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Libreville, Gabon
11. Multisectoral Subregional Institute for Applied Technology, Project Planning and Evaluation (ISTA), Libreville, Gabon
12. Golf Centre for Criminal Intelligence, Doha, Qatar
13. Africa Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
14. African Development Bank, Tunis, Tunisia