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Gerald Caissy, FCIPS, I.S.P. (ret.)

My industry experience was as a programmer/analyst for Mutual Life Insurance Company (now SunLife) in the early ‘80s at their corporate head office in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario.  Afterwards, I joined Holland College in 1987 where I have been part of a faculty team, which develops and delivers the Computer Information Systems (CIS) Program, specializing in the Computer Programmer/Analyst Profile curriculum. 

I obtained the following credentials/designations over the years:

  • Bachelor of Computer Science (BCS) with a Specialization in Business Data Processing from Acadia University in 1983.
  • Learning Management (LM) Diploma from Holland College in 1989.
  • CIPS ~ Information Systems Professional (ISP) designation in 2001.
  • Master of Science in Information Systems (MSc. IS) from Athabasca University in 2005. 
  • CIPS ~ Information Technology Certified Professional (ITCP) in 2009.

CIPS highlights since 2001, are:

  • Member of CIPS PEI Board of Directors since 2001.
  • Assisted in the transition from CIPS PEI Section to CIPS PEI Chapter.
  • CIPS PEI Vice-president (2 years), President (2 years), and Past-President (2 years) during my board of directors’ period.
  • Member of CIPS ISTAC in early 2000 for 8 years serving as council chairman for 6 of those years.
  • Participated in CIPS Strategic Planning session in 2012 at CIPS head office in Toronto.
  • Participated in over 20 college program accreditation site audits as both team member and team lead, since 2001.
  • Participate in 4 international ISTAC program accreditation audits (4 in Qatar, 3 in United Arab Emirates), since 2007.
  • CIPS Director of Accreditations since 2021
  • Seoul Accord Deputy-Chair since 2023
  • Speaker at the ASIIN European Informatics Conference in Valentina, Spain – December 2023

Holland College career highlights:

  • College curriculum delivery modality transition/implementation project team member.
  • Member of the Pension Advisory Committee.
  • Travelled to three colleges in China under the ACCC Joint Venture Agreement to assess college technical and faculty ability to deliver Holland College CIS on-line program.
  • Holland College Board of Governors faculty representative (severed two terms).
  • Three-year secondment to the Computer Studies Department Program Manager position.
  • Represented faculty during three collective agreement negotiations rounds.

I reside in a rural community called Lot 16 in Prince Edward Island with my wife Debbie a high school vice-principal, where we have raised our three children (Tyler, Danielle, Mitchell).   In the summer of 2013 all three children married, and 9 months later our grand-children started to arrive.  We have been blessed with nine grand-children to love. Eight are here with us on Earth, and one our grand-daughter Charlotte is watching over all of us from Heaven as “God needed more angels the day she was born.”

*Updated June 11 2021