Andre is a Business Architect/ Business Process Management (BPM) specialist with more than 25 years business and ICT related experience in various industries. He has an in-depth knowledge and extensive experience of Business Process Management, Business Analysis, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Business Process Re-engineering (BPR), Business Process Optimisation and Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma), Supply Chain Management & Logistics, Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP) implementation projects, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Business Architecture. His experience and understanding of architecture, methodologies, frameworks, best practices, technology and systems, data analysis, agile, software development, testing and training, project management, as well as extensive industry experience, delivers value adding solutions to customers.André holds a MBA from North-West University and a B. Eng. (Industrial) degree from the University of Pretoria. He is a strategic and conceptual thinker and has a collaborative perspective. He has a broad, enterprise-wide view of a business, aligning strategy, processes and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance. Experience using model-based representations (architectural artifacts) that can be adjusted as required to collect, aggregate or disaggregate complex and conflicting information about the business. The ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions and the ability to visualize and create high-level models that can be used for ‘what-if’ and ‘to-be’ analysis. Extensive experience in modeling business processes using a variety of tools and techniques. Exceptional communication and relationship building skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations. The ability to operate comfortably at all levels within an organisation and act as liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT and data constraints to the business; applies equal conveyance regarding business strategy and IT strategy, business processes and work flow automation, business initiatives and IT initiatives, and benefit realisation and service delivery.As Management Consultant he has successfully managed and executed numerous business improvement and transformation projects in various industries. Strong situational analysis and decision making abilities and has the ability to lead, motivate and manage his team to ensure the best results.