Brad Driver Email & Phone Number

Gauteng, South Africa

South Africa

Principal architect in the design, implementation and development of Governance Risk & Compliance solutions on IBM OpenPages with AI as well as a principal architect in data & analytics solutions on various technologies.

Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa

Responsible for the ETL and SQL support & development in a large data warehouse implementation for a manufacturing & Distribution client in the FMCG industry. Ensured the financial month-end processes and quarterly forecasts were processed through the data warehouse. Performed the role of technical team lead and client liason for the BI & DW team.

Bryanston, Gauteng, South Africa

Responsible for the design and development of ETL routines in Informatica for a public sector client in the health sector.

South Africa

As the technical director of Third-i Intelligent Marketing, I take the crazy, innovative ideas Third-i produces and architect them into technical reality through partnerships and development.

South Africa

I started SD Analytics as affiliate to Sainsbury Design (Pty) Ltd in 2019. Sainsbury Design, established in 1975, is a marketing and branding agency.I recognised the need to enhance the offerings of Sainsbury Design to include digital components such as app development, analytics and social media solutions.I take a hands-on approach to all tasks as the lead architect for all solutions.My philosophy at SD Analytics South Africa is to break requirements down to their most basic components, perform research, select the most appropriate cost effective technology and deliver the solution with the best skills in the market.

South Africa

Built the requirements for an IT Financial Management system according to the Technology Business Management (TBM) taxonomy. This allowed for the transparency of costs, consumption, and performance of IT related assets and the ability to allocate a particular cost allocation driver to each business unit.Performed stakeholder interviews with the CFO, COO and the Procurement Officer to understand their requirements and conducted workshops with the financial accountants as well as the IT service area managers.

South Africa

Achieved 2015 Q4 worldwide Analytics Architect award for multiple deals resulting in software license revenue in excess of $10M.3 X Top Gun Award winner for being top of the class in technical solution's integration selling in Software, Systems and Cloud. 100% club award winner.Key-Note Speaker at the annual HR Institute of Professionals conference. Topic of the presentation was "How will Analytics change the face of HR." Audience consisted of 600 delegates many of them C-Level executives.Information Architect in the areas of Information Management, Analytics, Cloud and Cognitive solutions. Specialised in integrating multiple disparate solutions into a single cohesive offering. Facilitated workshops based on Design Thinking Methodology to gain requirements frombusiness and IT, architect solutions, highlight gaps and compile project plans and business/technical requirements documentation.

Worldwide Role

I was the EMEA technical lead on any data warehousing project in the region built off the JDEdwards ERP system.I led teams in numerous countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa delivering data and analytics solutions in a multitude of industrial sectors with multiple technologies.This role included being the primary contact between clients and the technical teams, taking the business requirements, architecting the solution, project management and lead developer.I achieved a 100 % success rate on delivering the projects on time and on budget.

South Africa

I was a Product Specialist responsible for becoming technically proficient on all of Cognos products and present, demo and run workshops on these products to drive sales.I over achieved financial targets in all years I was there.I received certification on the Cognos products.I attended and passed the Ralf Kimball Data Warehousing Bootcamp.

South Africa

Product Specialist responsible for becoming technically proficient on all of Microstrategy products and present, demo and run workshops on these products to drive sales.Attended the Microstrategy Bootcamp in Washington DC and received my Microstrategy certification.

South Africa

I was a Product Specialist responsible for becoming technically proficient on Computer Associates products in the data warehousing, analytics and application life cycle areas.I was part of the technical team that closed a $20 million deal for a large telecommunications company in South Africa

South Africa

I developed multimedia applications for banking and education clients in HTML, Java and C++.I was the lead developer for the first interactive, multimedia, information kiosk in South Africa, featuring virtual navigation, interacting with virtual actors, in a simulated banking environment.

South Africa

I developed retail applications for various clients across South Africa in Natural Adabas.

Technical Diploma, Computer Programming

I received top of class honours with a Diploma in Design and Programming

Technical Diploma, Computer Programming

Achieved national diploma in computer programming and design

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Economics

I studied correspondence at UNISA and achieved 30 credits towards my degree including Economics III and Information Systems II.