Leading our Government Identity business serving industries in Safety, Security, Efficiency and Equality. Responsible for setting and execution of our strategy and alignment to our pupose/values while ensuring we deliver shareholder value. Augment the way customers consume our technology and experience the delivery of these services. End to end transformation from on prem or hosted applications to a Cloud Consumption model. Enriching services to solve real world problems that delivers the social values to help keep our communities safe.

Contribute to NECAM ARS's expansion through deployments of new technology overseas while bringing NEC global technologies to the US and building relationships that help effectively accelerate digital transformation while helping customers protect the personal privacy of information.

NEC XON is the African business arm for NEC Corporation in Japan, born from the acquisition of XON Systems and subsequent merger with NEC Africa. NEC XON Holdings Group is responsible for the sub-Sahara Africa territory and this role served on the board and exco for the company.Initially, responsibilities included the post-merger integration of NEC Africa and XON Systems across all the different business streams. Post integration the role had responsibility for all the business units in the group which included strategy, planning and operational management. This role is concurrent to the original NEC Africa responsibility which heads business development in Africa.The company focus revolves around three pillars namely Smart Infrastructure (Data Center, Alternative Energy, Electronic Shelf Labels), Smart Communications (End to End Service Provider portfolio: IP/Optical, Microwave, 2G - 5G Open Ran Solutions, SD-WAN, SDN/NFV, OSS/BSS) and Smart Safety (Surveillance and video analytics which include Behaviour Detection and Facial Recognition, Identity Management and Cyber Security)

The role at NEC Africa established and managed the NEC operations in Sub-Sahara Africa including South, East and West Africa. NEC Africa, a South African company acts as the Sub Regional headquarters with Branch Offices in Nairobi, Zambia and a subsidiary in Lagos and presence in over 16 countries through partnerships. The company focusses on Telecommunications and Public Safety solution in Africa.http://za.nec.com

Care Take Leading and developing a Microsoft Dynamics ERP practice.

Optipro Solutions was a professional services organization focusing on technology and consulting services to the manufacturing industry. The role as Managing Director was to establish the practice and develop a sustainable business that provides shareholder value within 2 years. Optipro employed 20 consultants and had offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town.The role was responsible for Financial Modeling and Cash Management, HR Functions,Marketing, Development of corporate identity, industry vertical messaging, Project Delivery and Programme Management including earned value management, Ongoing maintenance and support including Service definitions.Member of Exco (Board of Directors) and AGM.

ProActive Integrators was an ERP and CRM value added reselle. The focus was around SYSPRO ERP, Maximizer- and Microsoft CRM implementations in Africa. As Operations Director and shareholder of the business was responsible for the operational management of the business as well as driving the growth strategy.My responsibilities extended to the following:Deliver a Marketing Strategy and execution plan for our products and services. Development of marketing collateral. Brochures, Website, White Papers and Case Studies.Vertical industry classifications and development of message per market segment.New Business development: Added a CRM practice to our ERP practice and managed the acquisition of Cyberwiz, a small CRM practice.Sales Management: Managed a team of 5 Sales People. Mentoring on solution selling. Was also responsible for pipeline management and tactical decision making around pipeline acceleration and business developmentOperations Management: Managed a team of over 50 consultants. Was involved in the acquisition of two smaller SYSPRO practices in order to boost our capacity. Performance management, mentorship and development of the employees.Pre-Sales: Was involved in the pre-sales process by architecting solutions and defining the customer business case and crafting our value propositions. Employed solution selling techniques in collaboration with the sales people.Programme Management: Managing all projects in a project office environment in order to establish the risk and estimated vs. actual revenue and yields of each projectBusiness Consulting lead on customer business processes, operational efficiencies and technology strategiesHigh Level Solution architecture for the larger projectsMember of the Board of Directors and Shareholder of the organization.

Managing of ERP implementations in Distribution intensive organisations

ERP consultant and consulting manager. Responsible for the consulting team as well as implementation of Macola ERP systems with a focus around diverse manufacturing organisations.

The role was that of an internal consultant and leading project initiatives to eliminate various forms of waste. Was involved in Lean manufacturing projects likeMaterial Flow Design, Production Planning Scheduling, Factory and process design, Supply Chain Optimisation. Used principals of JIT and TOC extensively in reducing cash locked up in inventory while increasing factory throughput. Lead systems and technology adoption to solve some of the complex problems to boost productivity.