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South Africa

I joined Apstory early in its journey as the first hired developer, collaborating closely with the owner and core team to build the company from the ground up. In my role, I played a crucial part in architecting and developing various projects, spanning back-end services, websites, and mobile applications. My work involved using a versatile tech stack of C#, .NET Core, Angular, and Ionic, with specific projects integrating Firebase and Solidity. I also contributed significantly to setting up development processes and supporting the team's growth.Apstory is a company specializing in bespoke software solutions for clients across various industries, including golfing, risk assessment, cryptocurrency, and logistics.Key Roles and Contributions:- Architected and developed multiple projects from the ground up, including back-end services, websites (DNN, PWA & Angular), and mobile apps.- Set up CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps to enable smooth deployments and updates across diverse environments.- Configured and maintained cloud and VM-based environments, ensuring scalable and robust performance for applications.- Mentored and led new team members, fostering a collaborative and efficient development environment.- Developed reusable NPM and NuGet packages to standardize code across projects, enhancing efficiency and consistency.- Created internal development tools for automated code generation (C#, SQL, SQLite, OpenAPI) to streamline project workflows.- Designed and implemented scalable systems utilizing a pub-sub architecture for high-performance message brokering.- Wrote and maintained comprehensive documentation on environment setup and tool usage, supporting smooth deployment and onboarding.

South Africa

At Blocktech Solution, we’re all about tackling real-world problems with smart, practical software. We build projects because we love the challenge and the process of turning ideas into real applications. So far, we've developed trading bots, document version tracking systems, and mobile applications to streamline bridge inspections. Every project is a chance to innovate and make a real impact.

Maintained and enhanced the system responsible for calculating financial instrument sensitivities.

Maintained and later redeveloped an in-house management system used to calculate affiliate payments and manage affiliate access to ad banners through partner websites.

Insurance platform developed for external client.

South Africa

Call Centre Monitoring: Developed a website that monitors the PABX system status, displaying the current call centre metrics in real time.eCash:Created a website and on-premise application for a school tuck shop, enabling parents to plan children's lunches weeks in advance. The system supports online payments via VCS and allows for loading money onto students' cards.AvaLaunch:Developed an internal social media platform, facilitating communication and collaboration among employees within the organization.

Assistant in Computer Science 2 & 3, as well as Informatics 1 & 2.

South Africa

Workshop Loader: Website for managing car loading into a workshop, allowing users to track the progress of repairs and receive notifications upon completion.

Master Of Science (Msc), Information Technlogoy, Nqf 9

Computational Intelligence and Multi-Agent technology for the generation of building layouts

Bachelor Of Science Honours (Bsc Hons), Information Technology, Nqf 8

Subjects: Year Project: Evolutionary Algorithms and Neural Networks Computer Forensics Parallel Programming Artificial Intelligence.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Information Technology, Nqf 7

Activities and Societies: Rock ClimbingMajors: Computer Science and Informatics