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CEO of Digicel Turks and Caicos Islands E. Jay Saunders delivered two presentations Wednesday (May 4) at the prestigious BlackBerry World 2011 held at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida.

Saunders was nominated by Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of the popular BlackBerry smart phones and the PlayBook Tablet PC, to speak on the topics of “Driving Value in Key Small to Medium Sized Vertical Markets” and “Storefronts that Sell.”

The first Digicel representative to present at BlackBerry World, Saunders stated “when an invitation comes to speak at a prestigious event such as BlackBerry World, you can’t turn it down.”

Speaking on two topics to an estimated 6,000 attendees, Saunders said the experience was very humbling.

“This opportunity gave me the chance to publicly present the mobile solution that I’ve been working on in my spare time over the last couple of months,” he said. “The solution was designed to greatly enhance the retail customer experience but at a price point that any small businesses can afford. I’m honored that RIM felt that it merit a presentation at its annual conference.”

Presenting at BlackBerry World also gave Saunders the chance to showcase some of the work being done on retail stores by Digicel Group and Digicel TCI Retail Sales teams, which he is convinced are some of the best in the industry. “I must thank Digicel’s senior management team for allowing and encouraging me to take up this offer.”

Some of the other speakers at the three day conference included Mike Lazaridis, president and Co-CEO of RIM; Carolyn Everson, vice president, Global Advertising Sales, Facebook; Dean Kamen, founder and president, DEKA Research and Development Corp. (inventor of the Segway); Malcolm Gladwell, author of What the Dog Saw and Outliers; Kevin Cavanaugh, vice president, Business and Technical Strategy, Collaboration Solutions, IBM Software Group; Tom Kelley, general manager, IDEO; Steven Berlin Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From and The Invention of Air; and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who announced their new partnership with RIM.