Chike Farrell is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  He is the IT expert on Leve Global team of consultants.

Chike is passionate about creating a more connected Caribbean world and seeing Caribbean people and businesses make an ever-greater impact on the world stage.  He co-founded Caribbean Ideas

Ltd. to use the power of web and mobile technologies to better connect businesses to their customers, and to help Caribbean people worldwide connect more easily to the rest of the world. 

Chike’s philosophy goes against the popular global perception that the Caribbean is just about sun, sand, rum and slow-paced people.  His aim is to help drive a greater presence on the world stage for Caribbean brands, and that to create the personal connections that move Caribbean people forward.

He has global-level IT industry experience, after six and a half years as the Group Product Manager at Microsoft Inc. in Seattle, USA. He applies that experience to the unique Caribbean environment and market-place. 

He is a Trinidad & Tobago National Open Scholar, and holds an MBA in High Tech Marketing from MIT, alongside a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto.

Chike Farrell is described as:

• A Leader who has directly and indirectly managed and motivated team members to deliver results in settings from corporate work teams and start-ups to student and sporting clubs
• An Online marketer with experience managing both client and agency relationships, and who has successfully launched award-winning projects in over 10 countries
• Skilled collaborator with an ability to work across organizational boundaries, build productive partnerships, and successfully lead virtual teams to business results
• Strategic problem solver, with a solid foundation at Microsoft Inc., Chike possesses the ability to define and structure business problems, and to develop execution and turnaround plans that increase operational efficiency
• Product strategist and manager who has architected and driven web and software projects, with experience defining product requirements and managing development teams

Business and brand builder who has successfully built new organizations and brands in the Caribbean, and led new teams in both large corporate and entrepreneurial start-up environments