Ravi Ramkeesoon Ravi Ramkeesoon serves as the head of technology at Rauch Foundation. In this capacity he provides oversight over hardware and software assessment and implementation as well as technical support to staff. As a member of the Long Island Index Technical Committee he performs various research initiatives for the project. He is also the Vice President for Strategic Development and Long Term Planning for RCL (also known as Rasur Constrution Limited), an industrial trade and development company based in Trinidad & Tobago. Mr. Ramkeesoon is linked closely with various Diaspora groups in New York City and the surrounding area and has played a key role in connecting the Diaspora with both regional and national initiatives and investors–such as the World Bank’s Investment Survey and CARIRI’s Business Incubator Clients in T&T; and has consulted for the Rockefeller-Aspen Diaspora Program, a pilot program to facilitate the strategic investment of financial and human capital from diasporas to their home countries. He is also on the planning team for the Go! Caribbean International Trade & Business Expo, an initiative aimed at linking the US and Caribbean business markets. Mr. Ramkeesoon is a volunteer consultant with the Indo-Caribbean Alliance and has worked with regional and world leaders in business and philanthropy for the past 10 years. Mr. Ramkeesoon holds a B.S. in Management and has attended educational institutions such as St. John’s and Harvard University.