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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Conducting business requirement workshops to set the strategy for a Farm Activity Management solution for MyFarmWeb.Collaborated with UX designer to conduct farmer interviews to gain a better understanding of their needs, developing personas, value proposition canvas and design of wireframes.Presentation of wireframes and providing development updates to stakeholders on Product Forum and Exco meetings.Management of development team (4 backend & 2 front end devs). Lead stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives. Performed quarterly performance reviews.Managing the integration of IoT services via APIs.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Providing Data Management consulting services regarding Data Science and AI. We’ve developed a sales forecasting model for a South African based container sales and rentals company. The sales forecast model predicts sales for 6-months. It’s enabling the CFO to better budget as well as benchmarking Sales KPIs.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Liaised and advised with urban development city specialists (from Cape Town, Durban, Bangkok, Cebu City, Recife and Ho Chi Minh) regarding intervention projects that involved big data solutions;• Developed a Big Data framework that detailed the establishment of a Data Science Platform for municipalities to overcome the challenges of data silos within the organisation;• Advised on the insourcing of Data Science resources and the building of big data development capacity within municipalities;• Provides technical assistance for the development of project proposals of the Global Future Cities Program that had a strong data component;• Assisted in identifying critical aspects that should be addressed in the project proposals where there was a strong data component;• Reviewed the project proposals of the Global Future Cities Program• Attended meetings in the Nairobi office with the relevant focal points of the UNH Lab that have a strong data component;

Nairobi, Kenya

Responsible for overseeing the integration of an internally developed Sales app with various SAAS solutions. Inventory Management Software (Unleashed), PayG Loan Management Software and Accounting Software (Xero).Worked closely with SunCulture developers as well as Catalyst (Zurich) development teams.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Short-term consulting contract as PM. Facilitated Storyboarding workshops to identify a MVP. Liaised between client, design and developer teams to define features and functionality.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Worked with Head of Product to understand business requirements for new features and develop user stories.Collaborated with UX designer to design wireframes & prototypes in Axure. Was responsible for adding annotations and notes to clearly identify functional requirements for specific elements on wire frames.Presented wireframes and any supporting technical documentation to development team during sprint planning sessions. Engaged with developers on business context of features during sprints.Engaged with QA Team to help their development detail test cases, scenario-based test scripts and develop test data in support of Acceptance Testing

Cape Town

City Soirée crowdfunded music and creative events. As founder and product manager I played a pivotal role in establishing the business model, developing the crowdfunding website and setting up the operational software to manage multiple project managers across various cities in South Africa.

The project I worked on was for Construction Computer Software's project to rewrite their existing software solution.Analysed existing software and did a complete functional breakdown Then conducted requirements elicitation workshops and documented a functional requirement specification for the new software design.Collaborated with UX designer to create prototypes and wireframes for a MVP.Worked closely with System Architects and Head Developers regarding new software architecture and database design.Presented user stories and wireframes to development team during sprint planning sessions.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Client consulting, requirement gathering and documentation of business requirement specifications. Documentation includes context diagrams, process modeling, use case design, user centric design, wire-framing.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Main responsibilities:API integrations specialist. Developed wiGroup business processes for managing API integrations.Advised clients on wiGroup’s API integration process.Assisting wiGroup account managers on integrations by liasing with client's technical teamSupporting clients with UAT testing and optimizing integration of the wiGroup technologyActivities:Reviewing client Business requirements documentation for integration into wiGroup APIs.Complete integration testing and provide feedback to client's developers.Finished Projectssabarter.com (iOS & Android app) for www.ikineo.com unileverdeals.mobi (mobi-site) for thumbtribe.co.zaCaste Lite Braai Nation app (iOS & Android) for gloo.co.zahungrylion.co.za (website & mobi-site) for quirk.co.zaProjects in ProgressGive That Man a Bells (iOS, Android, BB & mobi-site) for kingjames.co.zaLive Like the Captain (iOS & Android) for urbian.co.zaEngen app (iOS & Android) for engen.co.zaGeoVoucher app (Android & BB) for 4imobile.co.za

Client interaction, business analysis, database design, CMS website design, project management.Projects:Maintenance and upgrading of www.hysasystems.org (2013)User Experience testing for www.2stroke.co.za on National Benchmark Testing Application (nbt.co.za) (2012)Developing and implementing a Digital Archive (http://bafokeng.com/archive/) for the Bafokeng (2012). Consulting, Requirements Generation, Design and Development and maintenance for StellenboschEerste website (offline since June 2011) & social media campaign via Twitter (@stellenbosch1st) & Facebook for local government elections (2011) Development, design and implementation of www.royalbafokeng.com (2009) and www.bafokenginstitute.org (2010) for the Municipality of the Royal Bafokeng.

Developed a daily timesheet system to reduce turn-around time for overtime calculation from 1 week to 24hrs. Increased the accuracy of over-time budgeting for the Line Producer and Head Accountant.Worked with and reported directly to Line Producer and Head Accountant.Excellent time management skills by processing weekly payroll of +/-150 employees with strict deadlines.Developed excellent communication and people management skills whilst working with international crew members from USA, Australia, France, UK and Germany on projects in South Africa and Botswana.Completed 6 film projects, each time receiving promotion.

Msc Information Management

This programme offered advanced non-technical training in information management, with an emphasis on the efficient and effective.

Msc Industrial Engineering, Knowledge Management

Thesis Title: A pragmatic approach to knowledge management - Understanding the dynamics of knowledge sharing. Researched how online.

Knowledge Management

Awarded Erasmus Mundus scholarship for 6 month exchange program to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Completed a Knowledge Scan report.

B.Eng Industrial Engineering, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tutoring assistant for Engineering Mathematics, 2005 Pulp Film Society Commitee Member, 2005 Helshoogte Amateur.

Matric, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accounting, Afrikaans, English

Best Written English, 1999 Member of Drama Department Played Cricket and Hockey