I'm a Business Development Lead for SAP Managed Services, Including Cloud, Hosting and Security Solutions within Vodacom Business Enterprise Unit. My responsibilities include: • Direct and indirect Sales planning and delivery against targets• Development of a business development strategy for SAP and driving growth • End-to-end management of the sales pipeline and all associated opportunities• Professionally present SAP, Cloud, Hosting & Security solutions and negotiate… Show more I'm a Business Development Lead for SAP Managed Services, Including Cloud, Hosting and Security Solutions within Vodacom Business Enterprise Unit. My responsibilities include: • Direct and indirect Sales planning and delivery against targets• Development of a business development strategy for SAP and driving growth • End-to-end management of the sales pipeline and all associated opportunities• Professionally present SAP, Cloud, Hosting & Security solutions and negotiate contract deals• Align with Global, Regional and National Account Managers to drive and execute sales into strategic accounts• Provide thought leadership to engage new clients and exceed expectations based on constructing and delivering a winning proposition and customer cases for enterprise business customers Show less

I'm a Business Development Lead for Cloud and Security Solutions within Vodacom. I focus on the Retail, FMCG, Logistics, Transportation, and Aviation Sectors.

I provide solution focused consultancy to corporate clients as well as sales and presales support. Some of my roles include:• Analysing Complex Customer Requirements• Solution Design• Solution Implementation Support• Build and maintained relationships (clients, internal groups, suppliers and partners) • Business Opportunity Identification within Client Environments• Provide Input for new Product Development• Technical Leadership during Tender responses• Conduct… Show more I provide solution focused consultancy to corporate clients as well as sales and presales support. Some of my roles include:• Analysing Complex Customer Requirements• Solution Design• Solution Implementation Support• Build and maintained relationships (clients, internal groups, suppliers and partners) • Business Opportunity Identification within Client Environments• Provide Input for new Product Development• Technical Leadership during Tender responses• Conduct Research, Tracking ICT trends and identifying new product opportunities • Provide Input to technology and product strategies and roadmaps Show less

Responsible for Areas of Technical Product Development and Support within Telkom's Broadband Suite of Products (Mainly ADSL products). Some Involvement includes; Technical Product Development, Technical Product Support, Project management, Product life cycle management, Service Delivery Management and Support, Business Case Management

Responsible for providing leadership for technology strategies that gives Telkom a competitive advantage. Technology exposure and areas of experience gained included; SDH, ATM, Metro Ethernet, IP, WDM, ASTN, Mobile Networks (2G/3G), VoIP networks and architectures, Network security, IP Architectural Design principles, Operating Systems, Network Storage Architectures, Virtualization Strategies, Cisco Unified Communications...My involvement included; Conduct Research and drive innovation,… Show more Responsible for providing leadership for technology strategies that gives Telkom a competitive advantage. Technology exposure and areas of experience gained included; SDH, ATM, Metro Ethernet, IP, WDM, ASTN, Mobile Networks (2G/3G), VoIP networks and architectures, Network security, IP Architectural Design principles, Operating Systems, Network Storage Architectures, Virtualization Strategies, Cisco Unified Communications...My involvement included; Conduct Research and drive innovation, Approve any new technologies based on standards, Provide subject matter expertise for product development, IP Network Design (Including VoIP/IPT Architectures) and Technology Integration. Show less

Some involvement included; Tutoring/Mentoring undergraduate students, Provide IT support for research labs and facilities, Research and Development in ICT.Areas of research included; Access networks, Wireless LANs (WLANs), Quality of Service (QoS), Admission Control, IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS), Service Delivery Platforms (SDP), IP Telephony, Security