Daan Jacobs Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

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Canary Wharf, London, Gb

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

Bedfordview, Gauteng, Za

Worked closely with the Executive and Operational team to identify, document, and improve business processes across the organisation.

Illovo, Gauteng, Za

Develop and document Standard Operating Procedures for various departments.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

Project Manager for various projects ranging from CRM implementations and upgrades, and online auction software.

London, Gb

Assisted in implementing a new product roll out within 6 weeks. Worked closely with business to identify problem areas and resolving these as best as possible within the available system environment. Implemented, organised and facilitated full life cycle from requirements gathering to the deployment and initial go live maintenance.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

The role was to identify, document and assist with implementation of various third party integration modules for a new line of business application in the short term insurance side of Hollard.- Determine all integration points and sign off of phased deliverables- Document business requirements, test cases and technical specifications for each integration point- Review and amend of requirements by all parties involved- Interact with various external parties in determining technical solutions for business requirements- Testing of initial integration releases

Johannesburg, Gauteng, Za

Successfully implemented Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Business Analysis within Group IT. Manage a team of Business Analysts as part of the Project Management Office.Worked closely with Group IT and Business divisions across the organisation to plan projects, resource projects, review the quality of project deliverables and drive the successful go-live of projects.

Implement an upgrade to Lion of Africa's line of business application. This included a complete redesign of all underwriting products and the claims management system. The project was completed within 6 months with all new products released and in use from day 1 of go live.

Halifax, West Yorkshire, Gb

I provided training and facilitated system process walk through workshops for a prospective client of a short term insurance line of business application. This was done to assist the client in evaluation of the system as well as provide feedback internally regarding requirements.I also assisted with various other clients in identifying requirements and driving delivery of requirements.

Za

I was part of a small team tasked with implementing a new line of business application for Etana. We achieved our goal of going live within 6 months with our first line of of underwriting products and claim handling functionality. Within the next 18 months we delivered another 2 releases of new underwriting products.This was a great team effort and a personally satisfying project. To see the impact one can make in a dynamic organisation with a dedicated team with a "can do" attitude was one of the highlights of my career.Great friends were made during exciting times.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Management of technical resources focusing on Performance Testing and Automated Regression Testing software.

Houston, Texas, Us

Centurion, Gauteng, Za

Joined a well-established software development team that was tasked with delivering new functionality and maintaining production systems.Worked closely with both internal and external stakeholders to understand, document, develop and deliver new business-critical software solutions.

Midrand, Za

Web developer on various procurement projects.

Management Development Programme, Management Development Programme

B.Is, Multimedia