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Cape Town, Wc, Za

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sydney, Australia

Today, with over 20 years’ experience and expertise in providing innovative solutions across mission critical applications, Skywire Australia is the preferred enterprise mobility provider for many large organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Skywire specialize in delivering and supporting enterprise mobility solutions across a wide variety of industries including: Warehouse & Distribution, Transport & Logistics, Retail, Field Sales & Services, FMCG and many others. The company has… Show more Today, with over 20 years’ experience and expertise in providing innovative solutions across mission critical applications, Skywire Australia is the preferred enterprise mobility provider for many large organisations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Skywire specialize in delivering and supporting enterprise mobility solutions across a wide variety of industries including: Warehouse & Distribution, Transport & Logistics, Retail, Field Sales & Services, FMCG and many others. The company has been recognized globally by some of the world’s largest mobility, network and wireless solution providers, such as Zebra Technologies, Cisco, Meraki, Google, SAP, Ivanti, Honeywell, Panasonic, HP, Aruba and SOTI.In December 2023, Skywire was acquired by Renovotec UK, one of the UK's largest enterprise mobility solution vendors. Show less

Dubai, Uae

Auto ID Marketing & Consulting is a specialist consulting and advice organization focusing on developing business opportunities in South & Sub Saharan Africa, by way of start-ups, new market entry, joint ventures, capital raising, merger and acquisition or simply expanding existing business operations.

Cape Town, South Africa

Nomadic Verve ran high level (CxO) industry forums in mobile focused enterprise technology, cyber security and smart cities. It focused on highly targeted business and technology executives across both vendor and user communities. It's flagship event, the Enterprise of The Future Forum (EoTF) was recognized as one of Africa's leading technology forums.

Johannesburg, South Africa

I assisted Motorola Solutions in rebuilding and expanding its African business, with a specific mandate to build and grow its indirect channel operations in Sub Saharan, Central, West & East Africa. This included integrating the global acquisition of Psion Teklogix into Motorola Solutions Africa.During this period, I grew the Motorola Solutions presence and business in Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, DRC, Zambia, Mauritius, Cameroon, South Sudan and Senegal via targeted… Show more I assisted Motorola Solutions in rebuilding and expanding its African business, with a specific mandate to build and grow its indirect channel operations in Sub Saharan, Central, West & East Africa. This included integrating the global acquisition of Psion Teklogix into Motorola Solutions Africa.During this period, I grew the Motorola Solutions presence and business in Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, DRC, Zambia, Mauritius, Cameroon, South Sudan and Senegal via targeted business partners and direct investment, in addition to having oversight responsibility for Motorola South Africa. Show less

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

UCS Mobiliti was a joint venture with JSE listed UCS. It was founded to develop a group wide business targeted at supplying enterprise mobile solutions to its core retail customers. The division was merged into UCS Technology Services when BCX acquired the UCS Group.

Paderborn Area, Germany

Diebold Nixdorf is a global leader of retail and financial solutions, based in Paderborn, Germany and listed on the DAX. I assisted the executive team in Germany to develop an investment plan and structure for Sub Sahara Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Go Mobile Technologies was a start up positioned as a systems integrator of mobile and wireless technology solutions partnering principally with Zebra Technologies, Motorola, Honeywell and Datalogic. It specialized in designing, deploying and supporting these solutions into large enterprise customers in South Africa.

Greater Chicago Area

I assisted Motorola executives in Chicago, USA in defining and executing Motorola's global enterprise mobility strategy. During that time I also had sales oversight of Motorola's global markets outside North and South America. This project culminated in the 2006 Motorola acquisition of Symbol Technologies for $3.7Bn. At the time, this was Motorola's largest acquisition by value. The combined business was consolidated as Motorola Solutions Inc. and later sold to Zebra Technologies.

Tel Aviv Area, Israel

I was responsible for assisting in strategy, mentoring and channel development for the Motorola Enterprise Mobile Computing EMEA Group based in Tel-Aviv and Arad, Israel. This group was also the research & manufacturing operation and centre of excellence for Motorola's global enterprise mobility business.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Barcode Works was a bar code technology systems integrator specializing in bar code printers, labels, scanner and mobile computers. It partnered with Symbol Technologies, Intermec and Zebra Technologies in the delivery of bar code technology solutions to retail, transportation, health care and government customers.

London, United Kingdom

I served as Chief Marketing Officer For Symbol Technologies based in London, responsible for all marketing and marketing communication activities across EMEA. This included management and oversight of Symbol University, the Industrial Marketing Group, Marketing Communications, the EMEA Industrial Design Group and the Channel Marketing Group. In addition I also maintained operational business responsibility for the African subsidiary.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Symbol Technologies Africa was responsible for marketing, sales and support of all Symbol products across Africa. This included barcode scanners, mobile devices and wireless networks. It was one of the first subsidiaries to pioneer and deploy Symbol's new channel support model in the EMEA region. In 2001, the South African subsidiary was recognized as Symbol's best operating subsidiary globally.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Smart Visual Systems developed, marketed and sold sophisticated electronic tags together with a Dallas, US based electronic chip manufacturer. These tags incorporated movement and environmental sensors designed to be be applied to high value packages, items and electronic devices. This was a forerunner to the early stage RFID chips. These specialized tags measured forces such as acceleration, tilt, impact, heat and moisture. Its key markets were in military, scientific research, supply chain… Show more Smart Visual Systems developed, marketed and sold sophisticated electronic tags together with a Dallas, US based electronic chip manufacturer. These tags incorporated movement and environmental sensors designed to be be applied to high value packages, items and electronic devices. This was a forerunner to the early stage RFID chips. These specialized tags measured forces such as acceleration, tilt, impact, heat and moisture. Its key markets were in military, scientific research, supply chain and suppliers of sensitive measuring equipment. In 2000, after having helped build the business up to a significant size, I sold my shareholding to the initial investors. Show less

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Skywire Africab was subsidiary of Skywire Australia. The company specialized in barcode systems as well as enterprise mobile and wireless network solutions. In its first year of operation, the new company became the largest supplier of spread spectrum based WWAN solutions in Africa, and as direct result of these early successes, the business was acquired by Symbol Technologies, USA in early 2001.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Symbol Technologies, based in New York and listed on the NYSE, was the worlds premier supplier of bar code scanners, hand held computers and wireless networks. The South African subsidiary was one of its largest international subsidiaries overseeing operations in Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. Besides acting as Managing Director for the regional operation, I was also responsible for integrating the acquisition of Skywire Africa.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Barcodes Services was a subsidiary of Barcodes (Pty) Ltd. and was positioned as a distinct service and support organization for hand held mobile computers, bar code scanners, wireless networks and bar code printers. In addition it supplied specialist installation and professional support services for wireless spread spectrum networks. This business was sold as as an element of the acquisition of Barcodes (Pty) Ltd to Symbol Technologies in 1995

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Barcodes was the first company to introduce automatic identification and bar code technology to South Africa and was one of the first pioneers of bar code technology worldwide.Barcodes helped develop barcode film masters in the packaging industry, installed the first laser based barcode scanners into major retailers as well as introducing rugged mobile data collection terminals and bar code label printing technology. As it migrated into a wireless communication business, it also… Show more Barcodes was the first company to introduce automatic identification and bar code technology to South Africa and was one of the first pioneers of bar code technology worldwide.Barcodes helped develop barcode film masters in the packaging industry, installed the first laser based barcode scanners into major retailers as well as introducing rugged mobile data collection terminals and bar code label printing technology. As it migrated into a wireless communication business, it also installed the first commercial spread spectrum wireless networks into the enterprise market.In 1995, Barcodes was acquired by the world's largest supplier of hand held terminals and wireless networks, Symbol Technologies. The company was renamed Symbol Technologies Africa. Show less

Winchester, United Kingdom

ASAP designed and manufactured bar code film master printing plants and verification equipment to European Article Numbering Standards, and exported laser based barcode master printing machines, barcode quality control verifiers and film masters to Europe, USA and South Africa. The company was based in Winchester, UK, from where it it manufactured and distributed a significant proportion of barcode film masters to the European and South African markets. . This technology was used in the global… Show more ASAP designed and manufactured bar code film master printing plants and verification equipment to European Article Numbering Standards, and exported laser based barcode master printing machines, barcode quality control verifiers and film masters to Europe, USA and South Africa. The company was based in Winchester, UK, from where it it manufactured and distributed a significant proportion of barcode film masters to the European and South African markets. . This technology was used in the global adoption of barcoding in the retail, healthcare, military and logistics industries as they deployed enterprise wide barcode systems in the late 1980's. Show less

Doctoral Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, Dba Candidate

Post Graduate Certificate - Business Research Methods (With Merit), Business Administration And Management, General, Pgcert - Business Research Methods

Executive Mba

Master Of Business Administration (Emba), Executive Mba Program

More than a traditional MBA, the EMBA is the UCT Graduate School of Business flagship MBA and is targeted at senior, experienced.

Btech Electronic Engineering, Electrical And Electronics Engineering