NightsBridge manages and publishes the booking calendar for guest houses and B&Bs, and links them across global channels such as Booking.com, Expedia, TripAdvisor, and others. Through using the NightsBridge system, establishments can publish their rates and availability more widely, and take bookings from all these sources, with minimal risk of booking conflicts across all these channels.As a Senior Developer, my role is primarily to enhance and optimise the back-end systems that drive… Show more NightsBridge manages and publishes the booking calendar for guest houses and B&Bs, and links them across global channels such as Booking.com, Expedia, TripAdvisor, and others. Through using the NightsBridge system, establishments can publish their rates and availability more widely, and take bookings from all these sources, with minimal risk of booking conflicts across all these channels.As a Senior Developer, my role is primarily to enhance and optimise the back-end systems that drive the company's solution, as well as to periodically contribute input to the efficient running of the system from a DevOps point of view. Show less

Senior Java Developer on the FNB eBucks Rewards programme.Busii have been responsible for the development of the eBucks solution for more than 5 years, and have recently been rewriting the system in Java with Web Services, to allow more flexible rules implementation with shorter delivery cycle times.My role was to bring Java experience into a primarily non-Java development team, and advise on system architecture and deployment.Tech stack:• Java 7 EE, with… Show more Senior Java Developer on the FNB eBucks Rewards programme.Busii have been responsible for the development of the eBucks solution for more than 5 years, and have recently been rewriting the system in Java with Web Services, to allow more flexible rules implementation with shorter delivery cycle times.My role was to bring Java experience into a primarily non-Java development team, and advise on system architecture and deployment.Tech stack:• Java 7 EE, with EJBs• SOAP for Web Services• Postgres and Sybase for databases Show less

Member of the team developing the PayU e-payment/e-wallet system, to add individual customer-focussed functionality to the existing merchant-focussed functionality. This project was delivered on-time and on-budget, despite some major changes to the scope and goals during the project.Part of this project included refactoring major portions of their existing monolithic app into separate focussed components.Technology stack in use:• Java 7 EE, with :-- RESTful… Show more Member of the team developing the PayU e-payment/e-wallet system, to add individual customer-focussed functionality to the existing merchant-focussed functionality. This project was delivered on-time and on-budget, despite some major changes to the scope and goals during the project.Part of this project included refactoring major portions of their existing monolithic app into separate focussed components.Technology stack in use:• Java 7 EE, with :-- RESTful APIs-- Spring-- Hibernate framework• Tomcat• MySQL• Eclipse IDE Show less

Senior Java Developer at various client assignments, contracting through DVT.The different environments at the various clients have required adaptability, and the ability to become familiar with the appropriate technologies quickly, in order to deliver productively on the project assignments.

Further enhancements to their BudgetManager application, including adding a new module, and integrating to their newly-upgraded Pastel Evolution financial system.Also part of the small tight team that rolled out automated generation of school reports for the learners at all the Curro schools, in time for the learners to get reports before the end of Term 1 of 2015.

Building integration services between different platforms. For both projects, there were minimal written specs, so this involved liasing with other teams within the organisation to achieve the project goals:- Integrating between 1) a mobile iOS app built for use by Santam's Relationship Managers when they're out of the office, 2) the Santam in-house instance of Microsoft's CRM system, and 3) the Santam identity management/authorisation platform.- A proof-of-concept to confirm… Show more Building integration services between different platforms. For both projects, there were minimal written specs, so this involved liasing with other teams within the organisation to achieve the project goals:- Integrating between 1) a mobile iOS app built for use by Santam's Relationship Managers when they're out of the office, 2) the Santam in-house instance of Microsoft's CRM system, and 3) the Santam identity management/authorisation platform.- A proof-of-concept to confirm integration between separate time tracking and project tracking systems, feeding projects and tasks one way, and booked hours the other way. This required analysing the data entities provided by the separate individual systems, and reconciling them. Applications integrated: 1) CA UniCentre, 2) PPO Live, and 3) Santam internal time tracking/capture.Main technologies used were:- Java EE- JBoss 4 and JBoss/WildFly 8.0- MS SQL Server 2008 Show less

During the extremely tight timeframe of this 12-week assignment at Curro, I was able to refactor both their database structure and the application code of their BudgetManager application, to make the system more functional and more reliable, as well as introducing several user interface improvements.The Curro BudgetManager application is a web-based system which allows their directors, regional managers and school principals to plan their budgets for all the schools in Curro's… Show more During the extremely tight timeframe of this 12-week assignment at Curro, I was able to refactor both their database structure and the application code of their BudgetManager application, to make the system more functional and more reliable, as well as introducing several user interface improvements.The Curro BudgetManager application is a web-based system which allows their directors, regional managers and school principals to plan their budgets for all the schools in Curro's portfolio. The previous developer employed by Curro had left the system in a poor state, almost unusable for the purpose, so I was contracted through DVT to get the system up to standard in time for the start of the annual budgeting process.On completion of my assignment, Curro deployed the enhanced application to production, and the feedback was:"Our deployment to production went very smooth. So I just wanted to thank you again for the quality work you delivered here at Curro." Show less

I spent time in both:- the Platform & Technology division, as part of a scrum team developing new features for upcoming versions of the product,- as well as in the Professional Services division, analysing and resolving issues for live production banking clients.The Fundamo product is a complex, scalable, high-performance suite that enables clients such as banks and mobile networks to provide mobile banking services and cash transfers to the “unbanked”, particularly in… Show more I spent time in both:- the Platform & Technology division, as part of a scrum team developing new features for upcoming versions of the product,- as well as in the Professional Services division, analysing and resolving issues for live production banking clients.The Fundamo product is a complex, scalable, high-performance suite that enables clients such as banks and mobile networks to provide mobile banking services and cash transfers to the “unbanked”, particularly in developing countries. Show less

Architect and Technical Lead for the Mobilitrix suite of applications and hosted data-centre infrastructure: • High-level view and technical strategy of the Java, MySQL and Linux platforms for Mobilitrix • Specification and design of system requirements • Lead design sessions with Agile/Scrum development team • Review architecture of proposed designs • Conduct Java and MySQL code reviews; mentor junior developers • Integration strategy with third-parties and service… Show more Architect and Technical Lead for the Mobilitrix suite of applications and hosted data-centre infrastructure: • High-level view and technical strategy of the Java, MySQL and Linux platforms for Mobilitrix • Specification and design of system requirements • Lead design sessions with Agile/Scrum development team • Review architecture of proposed designs • Conduct Java and MySQL code reviews; mentor junior developers • Integration strategy with third-parties and service providersHighlights: • Integrated Mobilitrix’s voucher-issuing system with Shoprite’s POS system. • Designed a load-balanced high-availability runtime architecture, for selected critical modules.Operations Manager (October 2010 – June 2011):Set up the Operations / System Administration department, including: • the hosted Production infrastructure and systems • the in-house Development and Testing infrastructure • the SysAdmin teamSenior Developer (November 2007 – September 2010):Lead Developer of the core Billing and Reporting Subsystem • Java development, using SVN for version control • MySQL database with stored procedures • Running on Ubuntu Linux • Co-designer of REST-like API interface between subsystems Show less

Designed and developed systems to analyse and report on call records from large corporate PABXes.Developed in C#, ASP.Net and Delphi, with MS-SQL database queries and T-SQL stored procedures, Highlight: • Cisco-certified call billing interface into their CallManager VOIP PABX - the first in SA