Dr. Paul Gaynor is a Lecturer in the Department of Computing, Faculty of Science and Technology, UWI, Mona. He is a software engineer with a passion for building resilient database systems, and has a research interest of deriving computer vision functionality from machines with limited capability. His soft skill base emanating from his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, is bolstered by hard skills that are signalled by his Microsoft Solutions Associate certification in SQL Server, the Tensorflow and Data Engineer certifications offered by Google, as well as certificate courses in machine learning from the Massachusettes Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto. Dr. Gaynor earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2016 from the University of the West Indies. His M.Sc. in Digital Technology (Telecommunications) and BSc Computer Science and Electronics are also from The UWI, earned in 2001 and 1995 respectively. He joined the Department of Computing in 2006 with several years in the IT industry. This included leading a team that developed financial and logistics systems as the Chief Operations Officer of PeopleCorp Technologies between 2001 and 2007. He has also lectured at the community college and vocational training levels between 1996 and 2001. Dr. Gaynor currently serves as an undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Computing, and chairs the ICT committee for the Faculty of Science and technology. Previous appointments include being an examinations coordinator for the department, as well as an outreach coordinator. Outside of the campus, Dr Gaynor serves as the 1st Vice Chair of the Kingston YMCA, and the chair of it's Community Management Committee. He is also a part of the Stella Maris Street feeding ministry. Past civic service includes three years as a Chief Examiner for CAPE Computer science (and 1 year as Assistant Chief). He has also served for approximately six months as an Emergency Medical Technician assisting the University Hospital of the West Indies, and three years as a member of the Third Jamaica Regiment (National Reserve).