Ian Clayton

Ian Clayton, Director of AXSES INC, was born in Trinidad and has worked and lived in various Caribbean states including Jamaica, Trinidad, Guiana and Barbados. He graduated with Honours in Commerce (System) from Concordia University of Montreal Canada, and has completed the core requirements of a Masters in Computer Science at the same university (ABT). Mr. Clayton has many years experience in systems design, analysis and implementation of information projects for business, resource management, coastal zone management and tourism.

Ian Clayton has specialised in developing and implementing decision support systems for environmentally related activities using cost effective Communications and network systems, Spatial analysis techniques, Image Analysis, Multimedia, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Desk Top Mapping. He is a pioneer in the development of Internet Database systems and MultiMEDIA Mapping technology for use in strategic Planning, in Land Information Systems and Tourism.

His current activities are related to Internet and Multimedia applications in tourism including; website planning, development and Internet marketing. He is founder of Axses Inc, Axses Systems Caribbean and RealHolidays and has considerable knowledge of technology in tourism and its growing impact on the tourism market channels

His accomplishments cover a wide range of interests and experience:

• Established and managed several government and private sector R&D projects relating to Strategic Technology and Decision Support Systems, GIS and Land Records management.
• Systems and business consultant for the FMG (Bay of Fundy, the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank) marine environmental information system (FMG EcoATLAS), designed for coastal zone management (1991-92).
• Wins Atlantic Alliance Award for innovation (1992-1994).
• Architect of the Distributed Environmental Information System (DEIS) developed by AXSES and MacLAREN Plansearch with collaboration from the Gulf of Main Council on the Marine Environment. (1992-1994).
• Project leader for the preliminary study of information technology for the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in Nova Scotia (1993).
• Coordinator of a Canada Government funded research on Technology in Tourism (1992) 
• Systems analyst with the "tourism and coastal zone planning study" of North Sulawesie (1994).
• Creator of the MultiMedia Mapping (MultiMap) and EcoATLAS systems displayed at the Sustainable Technology for Small Islands States (Susteck - 1994).
• Conducted workshops for CIDA and UNDP on the use of Geographic Information Systems for resource planning and tourism within the OECS states (1993).
• First spatial database of the Barbados tourism resource including; hotels, guest houses, apartments, restaurants, fishing villages and markets etc (1995).
• Established AXSES Systems Caribbean, an Internet-Multimedia Company offering creative services (video photography, script writing, html, programming), strategic planning, management and marketing for tourism destinations (1996).
• First to Publish Barbados on the Internet with the award winning "Barbados Tourism Encyclopedia", the official website of the Barbados Tourism Authority (1997).
• Created several strategic Websites including; Caribislands.net, Divefree.net, Surfseekers.net, Coralisle.net.

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