About the Author
Amit Uttamchandani is a Barbados-based technology executive with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations across the Caribbean use technology to solve real business problems. His work has spanned industries including insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications and IT, hospitality, construction, education, the public sector. He has been involved in strategic and operational IT, as well as commercial and business oriented roles.
He founded caribbeansignal.com originally to explore the data (or numbers) side of interesting and important topics in Caribbean society. For example, fuel prices, fast food prices and murder rates. Over time, the blog has expanded in scope and covers other topics, including technology, business, government, and society in the Caribbean and beyond. Through clear explanations, real-world examples, and practical analysis, he aims to make complex topics, or hard to find information, accessible to business leaders, professionals, policymakers, and anyone interested in how data and technology is shaping the region.
Amit is also the creator of the spin-off website, the Barbados Homicide Database and founder of BarbadosCrimeBlog.com, where he applies data-driven analysis to better understand long-term crime trends.