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Pretoria, Gp, Za

South Africa

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Manager of the Managed Services department and support contracts at EPI-USE Africa, HCM Managed Services.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Implementation and support consultant for SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and Time-off.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Marketing consultant for Farmworld South Africa and InFin Software Solutions, improving online reach and AdWords ROI.Key Activities:- Website SEO- AdWords campaign optimization (improving CTR and CPC)- advanced AdWords campaign implementation- implementing conversion tracking

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Independent Contractor on a Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 implementation with Immix.Key Activities:- Functional design of a critical component- Functional design of supporting interfaces- End-to-end testing of the complete solution- Trainer-training/User-training- Go-live support (on-site and off-site)

Samrand, South Africa

I was awarded the opportunity to design a large component critical to sales process within big multi-national conglomerate.I became involved in delivering trainer-training, whereby we would give training to the client’s super users with the intent that they would then give training to the day-to-day users.After the end-to-end testing had completed, we performed the on-site implementation and go-live support for the complete ERP solution. The go-live of each client site was staggered, with 2 months lead in between them, and a total implementation phase of 8 months.Key Activities:- Functional design of a critical component- Functional design of supporting interfaces- End-to-end testing of the complete solution- Trainer-training/User-training- Go-live support (on-site and off-site)

Samrand, South Africa

I formed part of a small team, comprised of Microsoft Dynamics AX functional consultants, with the aim of providing detailed functional designs based on the provided Functional Requirements. The vision of the project: "Supporting the future direction of the De Beers Midstream through flexible systems, insightful data and unified business processes." The project comprised of 4 client sites, spread across southern Africa.Our functional designs needed to included interaction with peripheral components, like barcode scanners and precision scales, as well as interfacing with 3rd party software and warehouse management systems.Key Activities:- Process and information flow documentation- System use case design- Review of functional designs for consistency- Security roles design- Training documentation

Pretoria Area, South Africa

As an independent consultant to a client of Sunfork, I performed a complete root cause analysis and proposed solutions report on a major issue between the client's 2 key systems. The project included:- Setup of a local environment to replicate the production environment, based on the clients repositories- Implementation of trace and error logging functionality- Reproduce fatal error using SUCCESS and FAILURE payloads- Formulate detailed findings report and proposed solution

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Co-Founder of CleanUps, day-to-day problem connoisseur and product development minister. www.cleanups.co.za

24 Victoria Link, R21 Office Park, Irene, Centurion, 0178

I was one of 2 industrial engineers who were employed to do the project administration and help manage the Medupi Wage Bureau Project, as this was the largest project that the company had done to date.My key responsibility is to assist in establishing a Project Management Office department, with the purpose of instituting a central governing body over all projects within the company. Activities required included the documentation of current processes and implementing new processes to improve certification of work completed, resource scheduling, monthly invoicing, and project progress feedback.Key Activities:- Generate a weekly project progress feedback report on all areas of the project- Manage and update a project schedule- Administration of all required project deliverables- Generate a project invoice schedule for the project life-time every month, updated with actual invoices- Generate Completion Certificates for all work completed- Generate invoices per month based on Completion Certificates- Administration of a migration to a SharePoint and Office365 environment, including Chage Control and Training

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

I assisted as product development engineer in the design and building of a 3D printer as a research project at Stellenbosch University. The design of the 3D printer was adapted from an American design that suited the products available within South Africa. The aim of the project was to create a design that could make 3D printing accessible to the local market.My responsibility within the project was to coordinate a 2 person team to adapt the American-based design using parts that could be sourced locally, design and manufacture of major components, and final assembly. The major components had to be printed using a commercially bought 3D printer, I was tasked to create digital representations of the components needed and then to overview the production of said parts.Key Activities:- Cost vs Benefit analysis on different designs- Translation of design into South African standards- Production of all specialized parts through 3D printing- Acquiring all electronic and structural components that are not fabricated- Assembly

Paarl, South Africa

Fabrinox specializes in sheet metal fabrication, as well as custom fabrication solutions. Quality Assurance is applied to physical products in pre-production to verify what will be made meets specifications and requirements, and during manufacturing production runs by validating lot samples meet specified quality controls.My primary responsibility was to inspect all of the parts produced during the previous 24hour shift, to ensure every part conforms to design specifications as determined by the client and 0% defectives delivered to the client. Secondly, I was tasked with inspection of custom tailored fabrications that required more in depth inspection records.Key Activities:- Measurement and quality inspection of all parts produced to ensure conformance to designs- Measurement and quality inspection on boilers to ensure sufficient welding- Quality checks on water pipes through dye penetrant inspection- Quality inspection of all special order projects- Quality inspection on all raw materials supplied- Documentation of all quality assurance activities

Stellenbosch, South Africa

During my vacation work I participated as a software developer at the Industrial Engineering department at Stellenbosch University on a 3-dimensionsal micron gripper project. The project involve creating a C# Graphical User Interface for controlling a micron gripper that would be used a retrieve objects within 1000th of a cm. My role was to investigate possible methods that could be used to control the micron gripper, as well as full development and implementation of the software used.Key Activities:- Complete design and development of the GUI- Complete development of software and hardware interface- Testing and documentation of design and development process

Stellenbosch, Western Cape

During my vacation work I participated as a software developer at the Industrial Engineering department at Stellenbosch University on the Motoman Control project. The Motoman Robot was controlled through the use a web-based framework using force sensors to control individual components. The aim of the project was to determine whether the use of web-based frameworks could be a viable option for medical operations, using robots.My role in the project was to determine possible web-based frameworks that could provide a software solutions in order to control the Motoman robot through a network communication protocol.Key Activities:- Complete design and development of the GUI- Complete development of software and hardware interface- Testing and documentation of design and development process

Pretoria Area, South Africa

My role was to map the AS-IS position of a major clients production line through the use of Data Flow Diagrams and Activity Diagrams. I made on-site observations at the plant, situated in the North Cape region, and conducted interviews will personnel to facilitate an accurate documentation of the current position.Key Activities:- Document AS-IS position of the client's production process and data flow- Create Data Flow and Activity Diagrams of production process- Facilitate planning of future projects

Designing and maintaining of EHS and partner websites.Customer service manager and design team member.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: Aurora PSO, Maties Underwater Club, Maties Rock-climbing The industrial engineering programme aims at improving.

Developing Innovative Ideas For New Companies: The First Step In Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, With Distinction

This course assists aspiring entrepreneurs in developing great ideas into great companies. With strong economies presenting rich.

Matric, Distinction In It

Activities and Societies: School Band, Swimming, Computer Club, Community Outreach Camps, Class Representatives