After a long hiatus from full time IT projects I have taken on the challenge to assist EMGuidance with key projects. Looking forward to work with Yaseen, Mohamed and the EMG team. Responsibilities include:- Business Case Development and Evaluation- Engagement & acquisition of customers to obtain product/market fit and financial feasibility- Establish new business lines - Product & Technical evaluation of solutions (custom and off the shelf)

Start-up product developer/founder:1. Buzzdex - Internet business directory and index -1998 - bootstrapped. 2. Insurance portal for retirement fund trustees - 1998 - Old Mutual project.3. Real estate listing engine - 19994. Suite of web/intranet tools - 2000. Emailbot, Content management system, PDF tools.5. Mobile community platform - 20116. Various other products/portals since 1998 covering ecommerce, content management, intranets.Tech product… Show more Start-up product developer/founder:1. Buzzdex - Internet business directory and index -1998 - bootstrapped. 2. Insurance portal for retirement fund trustees - 1998 - Old Mutual project.3. Real estate listing engine - 19994. Suite of web/intranet tools - 2000. Emailbot, Content management system, PDF tools.5. Mobile community platform - 20116. Various other products/portals since 1998 covering ecommerce, content management, intranets.Tech product Investor/Mentor1. SMS tool from outlook software - 2000. Exited. 2. Mobile Messaging and surveying business - 20073. Health Tech Startup (Pharma) - 20164. Fibre Infrastructure Startup - 20175. Health Tech Startup (Lifestyle) - 20206. LP in 2 prominent African funds - 2022 Show less

- Founder of a digital platform that pays users for their attention. - Bootstrapped Startup Launched during Covid Period.- Conceptualised the product. App built on IOS, Android, PWA platforms.- Perform organic and performance marketing activities to increase app downloads- Identify and contract influencers to produce content used on Tiktok, IG, Facebook- B2B Sales to get businesses to use and pay for the service - App gained 10K users over 3 monthsProject was put on… Show more - Founder of a digital platform that pays users for their attention. - Bootstrapped Startup Launched during Covid Period.- Conceptualised the product. App built on IOS, Android, PWA platforms.- Perform organic and performance marketing activities to increase app downloads- Identify and contract influencers to produce content used on Tiktok, IG, Facebook- B2B Sales to get businesses to use and pay for the service - App gained 10K users over 3 monthsProject was put on hold after 6 month live trial period. Show less

Responsible for leading and growing the portfolio of SAP offerings in the Western Cape region.Major Achievements:1. Grew revenue 10 times during tenure2. Directly secured 2 major new SAP projects for EOH - greater than R100m in revenue.- World first emergency management system product developed on SAP- First S4 HANA ERP implementation in Africa3. Grew the SAP team from 10 people to 100 in the region4. Created 20 new SAP graduate jobs 5. Close working… Show more Responsible for leading and growing the portfolio of SAP offerings in the Western Cape region.Major Achievements:1. Grew revenue 10 times during tenure2. Directly secured 2 major new SAP projects for EOH - greater than R100m in revenue.- World first emergency management system product developed on SAP- First S4 HANA ERP implementation in Africa3. Grew the SAP team from 10 people to 100 in the region4. Created 20 new SAP graduate jobs 5. Close working relationship with SAP Show less

- SharePoint Consulting and Solution Design. www.sharepointkonsult.net- A division of SMC Enterprise - Established and built the business to 30 people- Branches in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Raleigh, NC (USA)

- Corporate strategy and planning- Coaching and mentoring management team to execute the business plan- Business & Opportunity Development- Conceived the SAP, Microsoft and Professional Services units of SMC- Grew the staff compliment to 65 people- Projects at City of Cape Town, Woolworths, Santam, City of Tshwane, Labcorp (USA) and many others- Close working partnerships with Accenture, Microsoft and SAP on projects- Exit to EOH

- Founder of software development startup- Overall responsibility for solution design and delivery.- Manage & Mentor a team of developers- Customer Pre-Sales and Proposal development- Succesful delivery of various custom development projects for Old Mutual, Vodacom, City of Cape Town, PGWC, and other SA corporates.- Partnered with BluechipIT - designed and taught a 3 month 6 module web development course- Merged with another entity to form SMC Enterprise.

Duties Include:• Systems Analysis - Created/Updated Technical Specifications • Systems Development (Microsoft Technologies)• Lead development of projects • Trained Users• Design operations standardsAchievements: • Planned and Implemented the first business critical Intranet system

Duties Include:• IT Infrastructure Architect • Business Analysis – JAD sessions• Research new technologies for business use• Systems Development • Devise Technology standards Achievements: • Developed search solution for the first business critical Intranet for distribution of fund documents• Promoted the use of a new IT platform leading to substantial cost savings in the organisation • Pioneered the scripting of deployments of OS, Office and standard… Show more Duties Include:• IT Infrastructure Architect • Business Analysis – JAD sessions• Research new technologies for business use• Systems Development • Devise Technology standards Achievements: • Developed search solution for the first business critical Intranet for distribution of fund documents• Promoted the use of a new IT platform leading to substantial cost savings in the organisation • Pioneered the scripting of deployments of OS, Office and standard desktop builds. Show less

Duties Include:• Business Analysis – Preparation of functional specifications• Designed/Coded windows based systems• Various IT assignments for clients of Datavia, including Portnet, PX, Spoornet and Petronet.Achievements: • Won the vision and mission competition. Devised the vision statement “ Datavia: We make your vision a reality”• Exposed to various facets of IT across various locations