Daniel Ward

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Head of Talent Acquisition at Thunes @ Thunes
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates
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About Daniel Ward

Talent Acquisition executive with a successful track record of building and scaling high performing teams globally.Expertise in FinTech, VOD, Telco (VAS) and EdTech I have primarily worked in the B2B Technology space from series A/startup through to globally established highly profitable businesses.Prior to finding my passion in Talent Acquisition I have worked across sales, training and product management.Growing up in South Africa, living in Malaysia and now the UAE I have been fortunate to explore and experience some of what the world has to offer whilst growing my global network.Outside of work I enjoy traveling and scuba diving whenever possible!

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Thunes

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Head of Talent Acquisition at Thunes
Daniel Ward Work Experience Details
  • Thunes
    Head Of Talent Acquisition
    Thunes Aug 2019 - Present
    Singapore, Sg
    Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments across borders. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Become a ThunesterA Thunester is a team player capable of solving the challenges faced by individuals and businesses in cross-border payments. You can find all of our global vacancies at https://www.thunes.com/careers/
  • Dt One
    Head Of Talent Acquisition
    Dt One Aug 2019 - Present
    Singapore, Singapore, Sg
    DT One operates a leading global network for mobile top-up solutions, innovative mobile rewards and airtime credit services. We can help over five billion people across emerging economies to have greater access to digital communications, stay better connected and as a result, participate more actively in the global economy. Our global network interconnects more than 550 mobile operators across 160 countries and delivers smarter data-driven mobile solutions to ensure that no one is left unconnected.I'm leading the global recruitment function ensuring we hire the best talents our markets have to offer as we continue to keep families around the world connected!View our careers here:https://www.dtone.com/careers
  • Iflix
    Global Head Of Recruitment
    Iflix Sep 2017 - Aug 2019
    Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My
    iflix is a video on demand entertainment platform offering the latest local and international movies, series, sports and news to over 17 million users across the globe.I lead a team that recruits across all our business functions in North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and APAC. Using the latest systems, channels and marketing/branding techniques, I have implemented an effective talent acquisition strategy that boosts our employer brand and attracts top talent.I also cover our executive search, bulk hiring, events, diversity, HR systems, ATS management and internal training.https://taoofiflix.com/
  • Iflix
    Recruitment - Africa And Middle East
    Iflix Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
    Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, My
    We're HiringWe’re a standout brand, and we do things a little differently.Every day, we show up to play hard, win more and suck less.So if you’re looking to make a big impact at a revolutionary company and work with a high-performance team, it starts here.What we doImagine being able to access a crazy huge selection of your favourite shows, THOUSANDS of hours of TV and movies from all over the globe. Shows from Hollywood and Hong Kong, Seoul and Shanghai, Thailand and Tokyo… And imagine being able to watch it whenever you want, wherever you want, 24/7 on your phone, laptop, tablet, TV.. whatever
  • Dw Consulting
    Owner
    Dw Consulting Jan 2016 - Aug 2017
    Started my own recruitment gig consulting to a handful of clients hiring across the education and technology sectors.Project Management consultant specialising in the rollout and implementation of educational technology platforms.
  • Coza Cares
    Project Manager
    Coza Cares Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
    CoZa Cares Foundation is an NPO located in Gauteng. Based on over a decade’s experience of ICT implementation projects in the education sector, CoZa Cares Foundation has developed an effective model for enabling sustainable ICT environments at under-resourced schools.I am the lead project manager and chairman of CoZa Care’s software product, Nolwazi. Nolwazi is an online content management system filled with thousands of open educational digital content pieces. It is sold on a user licensing basis and also offered around the country as an offline solution, stored locally on touch screen kiosks and servers.We have implemented this solution in almost every province in South Africa, from private schools to mud schools and libraries in the middle of the Eastern Cape. I've worked with providers in the areas as well as other IT companies to roll out tablets and cheap smart phones to provide more connectivity. I believe strongly in mobile learning due to the fast rising prevalence of smart phones in South Africa.
  • Breadbin Interactive
    Consultant
    Breadbin Interactive Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
    Working in the public sector, Breadbin Interactive specialises in the sourcing and delivery of any type of digital content via the internet to touch screen kiosks, PC's, laptops and smart phones. Through the Nolwazi project we are contributing towards the mapping and distribution of Open Educational Resources (OER) for Schools, Colleges and Universities to enable everybody in South Africa access to the content they need to learn.As a director of a small company I oversaw every department. I was also responsible for engaging with all our suppliers to get the best rates for our hardware solutions, project manage our solutions from sales to training of the system once rolled out.I worked very closely with the developers to ensure that we had the most user friendly system that we could. Implementing a three click system you could navigate to any digital content item in just three clicks.
  • Hunter Drew
    Partner
    Hunter Drew Jan 2014 - Dec 2016
    Hunter Drew is an international and local placement company. Our core expertise is finding the right positions for highly trained professionals both locally in South Africa and internationally across the rest of Africa and in the UK, Middle East and Asia.My recruitment career started when working with SMSweb and Breadbin Interactive. I was responsible for the recruitment for these two companies. During this time I recruited mostly developers but also support staff, technical trainers, IT project managers, both contract and full time. My focus was always on the more technical staff recruiting for multiple development languages and frameworks.My passion as well as my skill set are well aligned for IT recruitment. Helping set up Hunter Drew has allowed me to focus just on technical staff with 90% of my candidates being developers. I now head up the IT arm of Hunter Drew working with a few culture rich companies, together with IT professionals ( with a focus on developers ), to help match our candidates with the correct companies getting both a technical fit as well as the ever important cultural fit.http://www.hunterdrew.com/
  • Juggl
    Product Owner
    Juggl Jun 2014 - Jun 2016
    Juggl is a multi-platform smart phone app offering broadcast communication, real time calendaring, content delivery between schools teachers and parents across all education sectors. Juggl aims to dramatically reduce the cost of communication for schools across South Africa.I worked very closely with all the stakeholders ensuring that the product was following the vision we had for it. This involved working mainly with the business owners, developers and customers.
  • Smsweb
    Education Technology Specialist
    Smsweb Jan 2014 - Jun 2016
    Cape Town, Western Cape, Za
    SMSweb has been working with public sector clients since 2004 providing them with web based communication solutions. The company has worked with thousands of schools and other government organizations across South Africa delivering millions of messages to hundreds of thousands of parents, learners, students and other stakeholders. I helped run the company, the software products and HR. I also assisted the sales team, ran the educational conferences and was involved with a lot of public speaking.As we grew I ensured that the correct technical people were employed.
  • Umoya Networks
    Head Of Training And Customer Support
    Umoya Networks Jan 2011 - Dec 2013
    Tokai, Za
    Umoya Networks is a South African communications network and software solutions provider. Whether you need high speed MPLS, Metro Ethernet, broadband wireless network, satellite earth station or a rural VSAT based solution, Umoya will design, build, operate and maintain it for you. Umoya consult to, and provide solutions for, government departments and private corporations across Southern Africa utilising the most appropriate technology for the application. The need for software to effectively manage and administer resources in the African education sector has seen Umoya add an innovative web2.0 software framework for education in schools to their product portfolio. I led the support and training teams for our software solutions making sure that our software was always implemented correctly and ensured that we maintained a high customer satisfaction record throughout our customers experience with Umoya Networks. I have run a huge amount of training sessions that consisted of mostly IT illiterate people, which forced me to learn how to simplify systems and gain a lot of patience at the same time.I also led the marketing and sales teams of our school admin and assessment package, Staffroom ( http://mystaffroom.net ).
  • Umoya Software
    Customer Support
    Umoya Software Jul 2009 - Dec 2010
    Umoya Software (Pty) Ltd. had its beginnings in Umoya Networks (Pty) Ltd., a licensed I-ECNS (Independent Electronic Communications Network Service) Provider. The decision to form Umoya Software was taken in order to focus attention on its growing software development business and in December 2010 it was constituted as a separate company with its own board. We built, maintained and supported various software products, notably a disaster management system that was implemented by the South African government and used during the 2010 football world cup as well as customized disaster management systems used by centers across the country.Most of my time at Umoya Software involved me working with the customers and developers ensuring that the software was developed to spec; sales of the various software systems, creation of user manuals; training of users on the systems.

Daniel Ward Skills

Training Project Management Management Call Centers Customer Support Microsoft Office Troubleshooting Customer Satisfaction Recruiting Technical Support Customer Experience Technical Training Strategic Planning Telecommunications Service Delivery Sales Sla Coaching Strategy Change Management It Recruitment Business Strategy

Daniel Ward Education Details

  • Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    Project Management
  • Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    General Management
  • Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    Cape Peninsula University Of Technology
    Diagnostic Radiography
  • Fish Hoek Senior High
    Fish Hoek Senior High

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Daniel Ward attended Cape Peninsula University Of Technology, Cape Peninsula University Of Technology, Cape Peninsula University Of Technology, Fish Hoek Senior High.

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