Manage the day to day running of the Estuary Solutions software development team. The software development team supports and extends the Swordfish Trading Platform that is used by stock traders to trade on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Various Financial institutions in South Africa makes use of this platform for their trading needs.

Leading of a dynamic software development team, focusing primarily on the enhancement and support of MasterCard’s Gatekeeper 2.0 Fraud Prevention system. The system is used by various blue chip international enterprises encompassing industries which range from banking, travel, retail, telephony and online gaming. The system is a combination of various components coded primarily in C# and Java with a SQL Server Database. I am experienced in Agile and Waterfall software methodologies. The Product… Show more Leading of a dynamic software development team, focusing primarily on the enhancement and support of MasterCard’s Gatekeeper 2.0 Fraud Prevention system. The system is used by various blue chip international enterprises encompassing industries which range from banking, travel, retail, telephony and online gaming. The system is a combination of various components coded primarily in C# and Java with a SQL Server Database. I am experienced in Agile and Waterfall software methodologies. The Product Software Development Team follow a Scrum methodology with two week sprints within an Enterprise Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Program Increment (PI) of 10 weeks. Show less

Leading of the Processing and Payments Development teams. The Processing team focused on the creation and support of financial systems tied to online transaction processing. The main focus was the creation of an Alternative Payments Gateway, processing non- traditional payment methods including products like Moneybookers, WebMoney, OneClick and various other wallet products. The Payouts Development team focused on the creation and extension of refund systems, including ACH, BACS and Cheque… Show more Leading of the Processing and Payments Development teams. The Processing team focused on the creation and support of financial systems tied to online transaction processing. The main focus was the creation of an Alternative Payments Gateway, processing non- traditional payment methods including products like Moneybookers, WebMoney, OneClick and various other wallet products. The Payouts Development team focused on the creation and extension of refund systems, including ACH, BACS and Cheque Generation systems. Show less

Supporting and enhancing various Payout back office systems. Integrating various alternate payment providers, as well as, creating modules to handle payment back to Credit and Debit cards.

Technical Lead for Risk Systems. Worked on various projects, with the most prominent being the creation of the Mercantrade Risk Management System (RMS) which included the development of Fraud Control and Protection modules geared towards online gaming fraud management. These included chargeback management, as well as, pattern and fuzzy logic features to identify linked fraudsters in live transactional account data. The system was very successful being used internally, as well as by various… Show more Technical Lead for Risk Systems. Worked on various projects, with the most prominent being the creation of the Mercantrade Risk Management System (RMS) which included the development of Fraud Control and Protection modules geared towards online gaming fraud management. These included chargeback management, as well as, pattern and fuzzy logic features to identify linked fraudsters in live transactional account data. The system was very successful being used internally, as well as by various international Online Casino operators. I implemented the system at Gaming operators in Australia and South Africa. Show less

Worked as Technical Consultant at various clients, with the most time spent at the City of Cape Town, supporting existing MIMS implementations, as well as, further enhancing the MIMS offering. Time also spent in Zambia at the Konkola Copper Mines assisting the Mincom Australia and Anglo American teams with important system migration work.

Worked as Technical Consultant at the Electricity Department of the City of Cape Town implementing the MIMS system at Steenbras Pump Storage Power station, as well as, at the Electrical Distribution department. Assisted the Australian Mincom Project with the implementation of an University Management System called Honours, at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

Worked in the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS). Worked on various projects implementing an Australian Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system, called MIMS(Mincom Information Management System) at the various departments of the City of Cape Town. Managed the implementation of the system in the Electricity Distribution department. This included the writing of a system that managed the information of all substation protection gear, which interfaced with the MIMS system. I… Show more Worked in the Department of Information Technology Services (DITS). Worked on various projects implementing an Australian Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system, called MIMS(Mincom Information Management System) at the various departments of the City of Cape Town. Managed the implementation of the system in the Electricity Distribution department. This included the writing of a system that managed the information of all substation protection gear, which interfaced with the MIMS system. I also acted as Project Manager for a couple of implementations, creating project plans, monthly progress reports, project budgets tied to resource costs on Project plans, using the PRINCE project management methodology. Show less