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Tauranga, Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand

Auckland, New Zealand

- Responsible for the planning of testing for various software development projects.- Responsible for the testing of various software development projects.- Responsible for the management of testing for various software development projects.- Responsible for the management of the testers and testing resources for various software development projects.- Resposible for the general administration around the testing of various software development projects- Working in both traditional software development environments as well as Agile software development environments.Achievements: Successful implementation of two high priority projects with limited production defects.

Pretoria

● Responsible for teaching - Grade 10 Information Technology (IT). - Grade 11 Information Technology (IT). - Grade 12 Information Technology (IT). - Grade 8 Computer Applications Technology. - Grade 9 Computer Applications Technology. - Grade 8 Technology. - Grade 9 Economic Management Sciences. - Grade 10 Life Orientation. - Grade 11 Life Orientation. - Grade 12 Life Orientation.● Maintenance of the computer laboratories.Achievements: 100% pass rate in all senior phase subjects.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

● Responsible for teaching - Grade 9 Computer Applications Technology (CAT) - Grade 10 Computer Applications Technology (CAT) - Grade 11 Computer Applications Technology (CAT) - Grade 10 Information Technology (IT) - Grade 11 Information Technology (IT) - Grade 12Information Technology (IT)● Partly responsible for the maintenance of the computer laboratories.Achievements: 100% pass rate in all senior phase subjects.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

● Responsible for training various courses with regards to software testing.- Practical Software Testing- Business Analysis and Requirements Engineering- Basic Practical SQL for Testers- ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing- ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst- ISTQB Advanced Test Manager● Training the Software Testing Academy.● Updating current courses● Developing new training material and courses.● Handling the administration regarding the training.Achievements: Ran a Software Testing Academy; Rewrote various courses to adhere to current standards; Qualified as an ISTQB Foundation, Advanced Test Analyst and Advanced Test Manager Trainer.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

● Software Implementation Specialist / Systems Administrator:- Responsible for the full SDLC of the various ICT systems, including Altiris Client Management Suite (Notification and Deployment Server), Microsoft Operations Manager and K2.net suite. This includes the following:- Installation and implementation of the systems in both testing and production environments.- Full testing life cycle. - Training users on the systems.- Full documentation of the systems.- Administration and maintenance of the systems.- Assisted in the ABSA Corporate and Merchant Bank (ACMB) Information Security Office with the following:- Setting up, implementing and auditing Standards, Policies and Procedures. - Patch Management and Security Audits within ACMB.- Maintenance of users on the domain (creating, modifying, deleting).- Maintenance of Group Policies on the domain.- Maintenance of users on Exchange (creating, modifying, deleting).- Migration onto the Windows 2000 domain.● Technical Document Writer:- Responsible for setting up of Standards, Policies and Procedures. Implementing and auditing the Standards, Policies and Procedures on a national basis.- Responsible for setting up the standards and templates for documentation within Absa Capital IT Operations- Responsible for setting up processes and procedures within Absa Capital IT Operations- Responsible for setting up the processes and procedures for the Project Pegasus (Service Delivery) within Absa Capital IT Operations.● Technology Enablement Workflow Analyst- Responsible for designing and implementing the department’s (Technology Enablement) processes in the K2.net environment.- Responsible for assisting business users to design and implement processes in the K2.net environment.- Responsible for liaising between Business and Technology Enablement regarding the customizations needed in the K2.net environment.Achievements: Implemented various systems through the entire Software Development Life Cycle.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

● Responsible for general Domain Administration which included maintenance, configuration and administration of all the servers (NT Server and Windows 2000 Server), involved with Backup and Recovery, Exchange Administration and User Level Security, assisted in Migrating the Windows NT4 domain to a Windows 2000 Domain, assisted in basic network administration, and responsible for managing Exchange 5.5 which included creating, deleting, and modifying users on the mail system and general maintenance and configuration of the Exchange system nationally● Responsible for setting up, implementing and auditing of Standards, Policies and Procedures on a national basis.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

● Aiding in the smooth running of the Depart of Defense Y2K project by means of liaising between parties involved, preparation of briefings on the project for the Minister of Defense and others, and part of the project teams for developing and establishing Directory Services and Database Management Systems in the Department of Defense.● Designed and lectured a Database Management Course for the third year students at the Military Academy, gave general IT support and partly responsible for the management of the Computer Lab (Novell Network) at the Academy, and assisted with the design, development, and implementation of an integrated database for the Military Academy.

Bachelors Degree With Honnors, Computer Information Systems

Post Graduate Certificate In Education, Post Graduate Certificate In Education

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Information Systems