Ryan Biran

Victor Ryan Biran is the Manager of the Policy, Planning and Research Department at the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT). He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Heriot-Watt University, a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Regulation and Policy (MRP) from the University of the West Indies, a BSc Computing and Information Systems and a Bachelor of Laws degree – both from the University of London. Ryan is also a Fulbright Fellow and a Commonwealth Fellow in the areas of technology management and open data respectively. He has approximately twenty years of professional experience in the Information and Communications Technology sector, ranging from ICT regulation and standardization to policy and strategy.

At TATT, Ryan is responsible for the formulation of ICT policies which guide the regulation of the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in Trinidad and Tobago. Some of the main policy areas have been on net neutrality, over-the-top technology services (OTTs), illicit streaming, amongst others. He is also responsible for TATT’s digital divide/inclusion surveys which are conducted periodically to assess the extent of the digital divide and the conditions that are necessary for digital inclusion in Trinidad and Tobago.