Isaac Douglas Rankine was born on the 18 September 1967, to Isaac Jeralow Rankine and Rita Emelda Rankine. His grandfather was Burnell Dixon whose father was Captain George Dixon after whom the park in East End is named.
Education
Isaac attended school in Jamaica until approximately age 7, before returning to Cayman with his family thereafter attending the East End Primary School. He went on to receive his high school diploma from the Cayman Islands High School. He attended the Cable & Wireless (C&W) College in UK and completed the B-TEC Technician National Diploma. Mr Rankine also attended various industry related training and seminars in the areas of business and project management. Currently Mr Rankine is completing his Bachelors of Arts in Business Management.
Career
After completing high school Mr. Rankine worked for a year at the Cayman Islands Public Works Department where he was a Surveyor’s Assistant. He then went on to work at Cable and Wireless in the Stores Department as an Assistant Shipping Clerk. He was promoted a year later to Shipping Clerk. Mr Rankine later transferred to the Engineering Department dealing primarily with the business and banking sector. He attended the C&W College in the early 90’s and through hard work and dedication progressed through the Business Unit from Technician to Technical Supervisor, and then into Customer Engineering Manager roles. In the late 90’s Mr. Rankine was transferred into the C&W Regional Office as the Technical Support Manager to International Account Managers. This was by the request of a Senior International Account Manager, who saw his work ethic and interaction to resolving customer issues. In July 2003, Mr. Rankine left C&W and with a few friends started Business Solutions Technologies Group Ltd., a telecoms consulting and contracting company to the telecommunications industry on island and the Caribbean region.
Mr. Rankine is married with three children and two grandchildren.