•Upgrade Standard Banks Alarm Panels firmware to allow for GPRS communication and telemetry messages. The solution included a Visual Verification component based on IP Camera Technology•Re-development of the monitoring software used by CellSecures Monitoring Personnel. Maintain applications and databases to configure, maintain, and verify the distributed systems•SQL Server applications included Synchronizing data/events with a secondary real-time monitoring environment and a tertiary… Show more •Upgrade Standard Banks Alarm Panels firmware to allow for GPRS communication and telemetry messages. The solution included a Visual Verification component based on IP Camera Technology•Re-development of the monitoring software used by CellSecures Monitoring Personnel. Maintain applications and databases to configure, maintain, and verify the distributed systems•SQL Server applications included Synchronizing data/events with a secondary real-time monitoring environment and a tertiary Disaster Recovery capability•Awarded the most innovative Technical Security Solution of Standard Bank South Africa for 2016/2017•Protects Standard Bank ATMs (10 Billion Rand daily) against break-ins/malicious attacks•10+ year development on the CURA Video Management System, Integration into 87 POS systems in FMCG, 4600 IVMS Systems sold in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Mozambique (https://youtu.be/-3r0vQ577BQ)Application and Server Software:•Monitoring software (Telemetry and Alarm system communications)•GPS Positioning systems•Video Management Systems as big as 3000+ cameras•Implementation of SQL Server solutions for Operation Centre’s•Distributed Real-Time Databases for Secondary and Tertiary Disaster Centre’sTechnology UsedPC Based Applications:•Processors: PC based; Visual C++ and C# Applications utilizing 3 rd. party SDKs and APIs•Communications Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, RS232, RS485•Development Languages used: Visual C++/.NET, embedded C, C#, SQL Server•Embedded Solutions (GPS Positioning systems)•Processors: Texas Instruments ultra-low-power MSP 430, 8086 and 8051processors, GSM, GPS, Low power inertia devices such as Accelerometers, Gyros, Compass, Flash recording devicesCommunication protocols: SPI, I2C, UART/RS232, RS485•Embedded Software: Bare Metal Embedded software•Development, with Shlaer Mellor OOP development•Event kernel and all software components written in C•Integration of Event Kernel and TI RTOS•Integration with Linux OS Show less

•1991 appointment by Grintek Avitronics as the Field Establishment Engineer of the Cheetah-C fighter aircraft's Electronic Warfare system•Responsible for all hardware and software engineering Became the Cheetah-C, D, and E Electronic Warfare System Engineer in 1995changes to Electronic Warfare Systems used by the South African Defense Force•Became the Cheetah-C, D, and E Electronic Warfare System Engineer in 1995. Responsible for all hardware and software engineering changes to… Show more •1991 appointment by Grintek Avitronics as the Field Establishment Engineer of the Cheetah-C fighter aircraft's Electronic Warfare system•Responsible for all hardware and software engineering Became the Cheetah-C, D, and E Electronic Warfare System Engineer in 1995changes to Electronic Warfare Systems used by the South African Defense Force•Became the Cheetah-C, D, and E Electronic Warfare System Engineer in 1995. Responsible for all hardware and software engineering changes to Electronic Warfare Systems used by the South African Defense Force•Was Appointed in 1996 as Principal System Software Engineer at Grintek Avitronics Development Laboratory. Tasked with the development of Grintek Avitronics Multi-Sensor Warning System (MSWS) and an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) system sold to prestigious clients such as Euro Copter (subsequent buy-out by SAAB and is now known as SAAB Avitronics)•https://www.saab.com/markets/south-africa https://www.saab.com/newsroom/pressreleases/2005/sa abtech-of-sweden-and-avitronics-ofsouth-africa-form-a- joint-business-unit--saabavitronics? t_id=LfCKfz3CawsZkHJ6F1D6Aw%3d%3d&_t_uuid=ziRX98 ZoQXqcW5LMlSlbKQ&_t_q=avitronics&_t_tags=language% 3aen%2csiteid%3a672656d7-173c-400d-bb94- 81534fc5e3e9%2candquerymatch&_t_hit.id=Corporate_We b_Cms_ContentTypes_Pages_PressReleasePage/_5bee1070- 1570-4241-a35c-f4334a20586c_en&_t_hit.pos=1 Show less