Founder of new startup company Ocelli (Pty) Ltd. Ocelli aims to provide customers with Online Shopping access to Smart Video-centric Surveillance, Access Control and IoT Solutions (manufactured by Dahua Technology) to enable customers and DIY enthusiasts to add “simple eyes” to their infrastructure to monitor and securely manage access to such assets.For more info visit www.ocelli.co.za

With the Broadcom acquisition of Brocade, Ruckus Networks was acquired by Arris and my job focus continued on working with ICT Resellers and End Customers in SA Coastal and assigned SADC countries to promote Ruckus Networks Wireless and Ethernet Switching products and related services to meet set Sales and Services targets and assisting in Growth and Strengthening of Ruckus Networks channel partners across the territory.

With the Brocade acquisition of Ruckus Wireless, I continued working with ICT Resellers and End Customers in SA Coastal and assigned SADC countries to promote Ruckus Networks Wireless and now Ethernet Switching products and related services to meet set Sales and Services targets and assisting in Growth and Strengthening of Ruckus Networks channel partners across the territory.

Working with ICT Resellers and End Customers in SA Coastal and assigned SADC countries to promote Ruckus Wireless products and services to meet set Sales and Services targets and assisting in Growth and Strengthening of Ruckus Wireless channel partners across the territory.

Successfully engaging with key ICT Resellers and End Customers in the various SADC countries, to promote primarily Polycom products and services to meet set Sales and Services targetsEstablish, Grow and Strengthen Polycom channel partners across the SADC region

2009 - 2014, Account Manager - ESA Public Sector, Wireline and Mobile Service Providers, Namibia & Botswana2007 - 2009, Account Manager - ESA Public Sector, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia & MalawiAs account manager at Cisco Systems, I was particularly successful in selling the company’s IT products and services to key government ministries in Southern African countries, as well as to mobile and wireline operators, Cisco integrators, resellers and distributors, thus… Show more 2009 - 2014, Account Manager - ESA Public Sector, Wireline and Mobile Service Providers, Namibia & Botswana2007 - 2009, Account Manager - ESA Public Sector, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia & MalawiAs account manager at Cisco Systems, I was particularly successful in selling the company’s IT products and services to key government ministries in Southern African countries, as well as to mobile and wireline operators, Cisco integrators, resellers and distributors, thus meeting and surpassing set sales and service targets. Initially, in the period between 2007 and 2009, I focused mainly on the Public Sector in Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho and Swaziland. From 2009 onwards, Service Providers also became part of my territory and my initial focus shifted to only Botswana and Namibia as these territories required more attention at the time.From then on the bulk of the Cisco business orders collected were from the governments of Namibia and Botswana, Telecom Namibia, Mobile Telecommunications Limited and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation for Enterprise networking solutions and Service Provider network infrastructure.* Key achievementsRegularly overachieving target sales by margins, e.g. averaging 115% for the sale of product, and 121% for the sale of services for the last 3 completed financial years. Promoted from Account Manager Level II to Level III in 2011 Show less

1999 - 2007, Senior Sales Specialist, IBM GTS 1998 – 1999, Senior Technical Sales Specialist, IBM NHDDuring this productive phase of my career, I was a Senior Technical Sales Specialist with IBM, reporting to the Manager: Networking Systems Sales and Solutions. I was mainly accountable for technical consulting and selling of IBM’s LAN and WAN hardware for Network stations and printers to my clients. This required a particular focus on the IBM Network brand and evaluating… Show more 1999 - 2007, Senior Sales Specialist, IBM GTS 1998 – 1999, Senior Technical Sales Specialist, IBM NHDDuring this productive phase of my career, I was a Senior Technical Sales Specialist with IBM, reporting to the Manager: Networking Systems Sales and Solutions. I was mainly accountable for technical consulting and selling of IBM’s LAN and WAN hardware for Network stations and printers to my clients. This required a particular focus on the IBM Network brand and evaluating customers’ networking design and business requirements. It also involved the drafting IBM networking product based solutions/proposals to meet those requirements and working closely with IBM's channel partners selling IBM branded solutions.As a result of an IBM/Cisco alliance at the end of 1999, I moved across to IBM Global Services to further my career in networking sales, with the initial focus on selling Cisco networking solutions. However, my portfolio was broadened in the sense that I became the account manager within ITS for a given account set and ultimately responsible for selling IT solutions and services into my customer base, irrespective of which IBM products were involved From 2001 onwards, I moved across to the Network and Connectivity (NCS) division within IGS, taking responsibility for selling Cisco networking solutions within a territory comprising the SA coastal region and Namibia. I worked closely with the manager of NCS and assisted in preparing Cisco product and pricing models, whilst working as sales person in my territory. This meant close interactions with clients; identification of and taking ownership of opportunities; designing and pricing IT solutions; preparing proposals; closing sales; managing the implementation of signed business, followed by continued involvement to grow such accounts. * Key achievementsI received the IBM sales person of the month award in 2001; sales person of the quarter in 2004 and attended IBM 100 percent club in 2005 Show less

I was successfully sub-contracted by Cephas Computer Services as consultant to the SA Revenue Services in 1996 to take responsibility as section manager of the Network and Micro Systems Architecture and Design team for various projects and investigations. Duties and responsibilities involved, among others: • The drafting of a new SARS network strategy report, which was presented to SARS EXCO.• I investigated GOVNET OPEnet as possible SARS WAN provider in the new SARS network strategy… Show more I was successfully sub-contracted by Cephas Computer Services as consultant to the SA Revenue Services in 1996 to take responsibility as section manager of the Network and Micro Systems Architecture and Design team for various projects and investigations. Duties and responsibilities involved, among others: • The drafting of a new SARS network strategy report, which was presented to SARS EXCO.• I investigated GOVNET OPEnet as possible SARS WAN provider in the new SARS network strategy and reported my findings to IT management• I utilised particular skills and expertise to draft technology plans and the budget for total LAN infrastructure refurbishing in SARS offices countrywide, at the same time drafting the budget and tender specifications for a private WAN for SARS. While the project was 99% completed, the tender was not published due to new statutory government regulations • I headed a team drafting Network and Micro Systems architecture and design specifications, as well as the installation procedures for SARS sites onto OPEnet - comprising the rollout of entry level Ethernet LAN’s and connecting them onto the OPEnet network, using CISCO routers, 3Com hubs and the Microsoft master domain model architecture • I drafted contract tender specifications (SARS99) for LAN Cabling, Hubs and Switches, also term contract tender (SARS105) specifications for 1998 for SARS Micro Systems and Delivery Platforms and peripherals and software • My team and I successfully conducted technology investigations, including Campus LAN technologies, Thin Client & Network Computers, TELKOM VSAT and WAN technologies• I participated in the establishment of standards and procedures within the network department with my team developing the applications to do the publishing of these on the local SARS Web server • I established excellent cooperation with major vendors, including IBM, Persetel, Qdata, ICL, Di Data, Datagenics, Datacentrics and others during this period. Show less

1995 - 1996, Senior Performance Specialist1992 - 1995, Senior Capacity Planner1992 - 1992, Telecoms Analyst With the rationalization between United Bank, Allied Bank and Volkskas Bank & Bankorp Data, I was part of the Network and Micro Systems Capacity Planning and Performance Measurement team for ABSA. My involvements with the team were:• Design, Code and Implement all the required user programs to process and save collected statistics to suite our requirements for… Show more 1995 - 1996, Senior Performance Specialist1992 - 1995, Senior Capacity Planner1992 - 1992, Telecoms Analyst With the rationalization between United Bank, Allied Bank and Volkskas Bank & Bankorp Data, I was part of the Network and Micro Systems Capacity Planning and Performance Measurement team for ABSA. My involvements with the team were:• Design, Code and Implement all the required user programs to process and save collected statistics to suite our requirements for short and long term reporting purposes.• Tailoring of SLR tables to ensure that useflil and valid statistics are produced.• Drafting of the necessary reports to ABSA management and the timely initialization of the appropriate actions to effectively manage and address the Capacity and Performance issues regarding Network resources (VTAM, Channels, NCP's, Data Lines, LAN's etc.) and Unix platforms (SCO & Solaris)• Evaluation and Implementation of Software products that can assist ABSA with Performance Monitoring and Measurement.• Advise Network and Micro Systems Planners concerning design and capacity requirements.• Assist System Programmers in performance tuning and related problems.Software used to process the various ranges of statistics is SLR, SAS and MXG. I also gained a sound knowledge of Netview, VTAM, NCP, OS/2, NPM etc. as these are the products which were playing a crucial part in providing the statistics and I also obtained a good understanding of SNA WAN and LAN and UNIX principles of operation, as this is an important ore-requisite for performance analysis. I was also sent as a key member of the official ABSA Network Snapshot team to the IBM labs in La Gaude, France, to be involved in the snapshot network modelling exercise for the ABSA2 conversion for the design and sizing of the new ABSA network at the time of the merge. Show less

1990 - 1991, Facilities Planner1989 - 1990, Systems Programmer1988 - 1989, Junior Network PlannerAs a Facilities Planner my primary responsibilities were:• Project leader for evaluation of Networking System Software. Software evaluations done were NETSPY, NETDA and XCOM6.2.• Project leader for certain network implementations as assigned by Management. Some of the projects I was involved in were:* Determining a LAN policy for Volkskas Bank Limited*… Show more 1990 - 1991, Facilities Planner1989 - 1990, Systems Programmer1988 - 1989, Junior Network PlannerAs a Facilities Planner my primary responsibilities were:• Project leader for evaluation of Networking System Software. Software evaluations done were NETSPY, NETDA and XCOM6.2.• Project leader for certain network implementations as assigned by Management. Some of the projects I was involved in were:* Determining a LAN policy for Volkskas Bank Limited* Planning a Test Token-Ring LAN for Volkskas Management Services* Recommendations to Management with regard to connecting Volkskas users onto the Volkskas network.All the above-mentioned projects consist of technical research, cost analysis and feasibility studies presented with recommendations for the approval of Volkskas Management and implementation by the different sections within Volkskas Management Services.As a Systems Programmer my primary responsibility was to install and maintain Networking Software used for the Volkskas SNA Network and to solve SOFTWARE problems connecting users and new applications.As a Network Planner my primary responsibility was to plan the infrastructure required to accommodate the different Volkskas users onto the Volkskas Network (within the User Service Level Agreements). This post description was later changed to Facilities Planner. Show less

Govnet falls under the Commission for Administration and was responsible for running three networks used by the different government departments, giving access to a wide variety of computer mainframes and minis. My work at Govnet mainly involved software development, for the Govnet Transparent Protocol Network (GTPN), which consisted mainly of the software coding and implementation of network protocols. Certification of equipment and software for connecting onto the GTPN was another major part… Show more Govnet falls under the Commission for Administration and was responsible for running three networks used by the different government departments, giving access to a wide variety of computer mainframes and minis. My work at Govnet mainly involved software development, for the Govnet Transparent Protocol Network (GTPN), which consisted mainly of the software coding and implementation of network protocols. Certification of equipment and software for connecting onto the GTPN was another major part of my responsibility at Govnet.Here I have gained experience of and exposure to the following network protocols:• Saponet-P X.25• ICL Co3• Beltel Prestel protocols for terminals• Govnet Bisync Link level protocol• Govnet File-Transfer protocolSoftware Experience: Protocol implementations were done in Z80 Assembler and Pascal/MT Plus. ADA and C were used in university projects. Show less

As data technologist I was accountable for the design, coding, testing and implementation of a database system for the cataloguing of the entire image data received from the Landsat series of satellites as well as those archived at the Satellite Remote Sensing Center (SRSC). This is an online query system which operates within the environment of the Perkin Elmer database management system DMS/32. I coded all the application software required for this system, which also included all the… Show more As data technologist I was accountable for the design, coding, testing and implementation of a database system for the cataloguing of the entire image data received from the Landsat series of satellites as well as those archived at the Satellite Remote Sensing Center (SRSC). This is an online query system which operates within the environment of the Perkin Elmer database management system DMS/32. I coded all the application software required for this system, which also included all the maintenance functions such as a section for changes, additions, deletions and an automated daily update of all new acquisitions on the day. I've also worked on the image processing system used by the SRSC Show less

I entered the Defense Force as a national serviceman and completed the first three months of basic training before enrolling for an officer's course and obtained the rank of lieutenant. The remaining 13 months of my compulsory two years of national service were spent as a research officer at the CSIR in Pretoria. During this period I worked as an operator in a computer room, working on a specialized satellite-imaging project.