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Cape Town, ZA

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San Francisco, CA, US

Midrand, Gauteng, ZA

Munich, Bavaria, DE

Spearhead the software engineering department, leading a team of 10 skilled professionals in the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge software products and solutions.Collaborate closely with executive leadership to align software engineering initiatives with overall business objectives, ensuring seamless integration and maximum.

Downtown Redwood City, California, US

Sequoia Capital funded Communication and Fintech business. 4 Offices globally - South Africa, Nigeria, Canada and the US 350+ people (170+ under me) - Global leader of Software Development, QA, Data and BI. Award winning ProductsISO certification team member/auditorChange Management LeaderMember of fund raising team (Raised $91M 2022)Leader and member of.

Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

As part of the executive at Rhino Africa it was my responsibility to deliver the technology strategy and to build a world leading technology foundation upon which the business could continue to thrive and lead the African tourism space. Focus AreasStabilize existing applications and platformsStandardize processes across multiple company business units and.

London, GB

• Worked across the organization to help build Kantars brand development and marketing insight services. Worked with blue-chip companies across all industry sectors, supporting Kantar Consulting’s reputation as a leading.
• WPP Voted #1 Cannes Lions Advertising Group five years running.
• Key contributor to CEM Project – which was awarded a Shine Award - Best New Product 2015 (Innovation and Development).
• Selected as one of eight people on the Los Angeles team to attend Scotwork Negotiation Training.
• Improved product reliability by over 50% to reach 99.9 SLA.
• Chosen as Leader of US-West Change Agent Group for Global Kantar initiative (Ways of Working Project).

• Founded a Bill and Melinda Gates ETA award-nominated Fintech solution provider. Company specialties include: Payment processing, Virtual Currencies, POS integration, Banking platform, Full E-wallet available via mobile.
• Personally setup all corporate structure and IT requirements both locally and internationally according to best practices, developing a global Corporate Strategy that will surpass $20M in annual business within 4 years.
• Designed and developed core products and features, leveraging prior success in payment processing and deep understanding of the challenges in the industry from a global perspective.
• Initiated and signed partnerships with key vendors and partners, such as Amazon, Microsoft and First Data.
• Led contract negotiation, recruitment and hiring of the entire team, both business and technical.
• Raised $500K capital investment (seed).

Silicon Beach, CA, US

• Co-Founded a consumer based mobile payments company, taking advantage of deep understanding of the trends in the mobile and payments markets to become a part of the payment method revolution. Led the technology.
• Established, built and managed the Corporate Structure, bringing in strong team members and serving as a mentor and trainer in an organization ready to change and grow within the market by fostering an environment of.
• Drove Brand and Product Development, conducting industry research into both marketing and technology to understand how to launch into the market and what features to include in the product and how to deliver them.
• Developed all Technology Strategy and Roadmap, sourcing effective and efficient solutions that appealed to our target customer.
• Launched projects including Setup of Payment Processors, Payment Gateway, Merchant/Client Onboarding, Mobile Wallets, and e-gift cards.

SAN Pedro, CA, US

• Responsible for the initial setup and day to day operational management of the studio, including complete corporate structure and business and technology operations build out. Designed, setup and sourced all critical.
• Raised $4M+ in Seed Funding through diverse sources.
• Developed and launched the technology strategy and budget of $2M+.
• Developed 8 x 3D iOS/Android Games, with one game making the top 100 in the Apple App store.
• Managed rapid expansion to 25+ employees (20 onsite, 15 engineers) in less than five months.

Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA

• Directed the daily operations across three parallel building sites with team sizes between 15-70 cross functional staff members. Hired the entire team in my region. Reviewed products from vendors and recommended.
• Maximized team structures with balanced skill sets to improve quality and timeline by 15-25%
• Successfully negotiated with builder’s representative (100+ workers) for 45% reduction in HR costs.
• Setup stock and consumables acquisition and management procedures, reducing daily OPEX by 20% and Shrinkage by 95%

Los Angeles, California, US

• Managed IT operations and personnel as well as three data centers worldwide (2-US, 1–India). Transitioned the company from disc media-based platform to fully web-based MMORPG within three months.
• Improved subscription revenue by 300%, team cohesion and PM practices leading to 50% more productivity and 30% less bugs.
• Migrated the Data Center for improved uptime, performance and monitoring, as well as various other technology improvements leading to increases in network and website performance of 800% and 200% respectively

Dublin, IE

• Planned, designed, setup, managed and operated five data centers globally consisting of 1000+ servers and 50+ racks.
• Supported all critical technology needed to support $1.2B/year revenue web application and managed $50M in Technology and Domain Budget.
• Oversaw cross functional teams of 25 people – Helpdesk, NetEng, DevOps, DBA’s and NOC. Setup automated vendor service management system ensuring SLA adherence.

New York, NY, US

• Supported complete IT operations to four locations, with 80 employees onsite, and ~150 people on the road remotely.
• Updated all systems and processes to ensure AMCI passed Sarbanes–Oxley (SOX) compliance audit.

• Managed all IT staff and initiatives including helpdesk, data center, phone systems (PBX/VOIP) and peripheral systems (AIMS/JDE/Gerber). Developed and implemented technology policies and procedures.
• Managed all budgets, vendor relationships and served as System and Network Administrator.
• Singlehandedly supported 300 Users w 99.9% uptime.

Future Trends is the boutique IT outsourcing company to the leaders of the fashion world. Having had clients such as Earl Jean, Nautica, Liz Claiborne, Juicy Couture, Alpinestars and many more Future Trends is a trusted partner in this industry. Although fashion is their niche Future Trends also does support alternate industries including law firms and.

Bachelor Of Commerce, Information Technology / Computer Science

Matric Exemption, English, Afrikaans, Maths, Physical Science, Geography And Accounting