Create and execute the I&T Strategy for the VKB Group of companies based on various business strategies. Establish an I&T Capability cluster to enable service delivery to our business units not only on day to day operations but also strategic system and infrastructure re-platform projects.

Defining ICT strategies and successful Project Management of the deployments of such Technologies.Managing a department of 40 people assisted by 4 Senior Managers.Responsible for ICT Infrastructure covering Data networks, Voice infrastructure, Desktop and Midrange server support, IT Operations as well as all technical Production system support. IT Information Security and Audit also forms part of my portfolio.Hardware and software strategy for the groupOutsource vendor management.Dealing with and managing the relationships with a magnitude of external vendors.Negotiating maintenance contracts with vendors covering maintenance and support for various ICT Technologies.Financial management including budgeting, forecasting, accruals and preparation of monthly finance review feedback to EXCO.Project Management of all Oracle Related projects includes bespoke Oracle Systems and Oracle 11i E-Business Suite ERP system.Facilities management.

Resolving various types of issues for a range of clients in South Africa.Performing site visits to onsite consultants to see where I can add value for the clients in terms of processes documentation etc.Health check at various clients to optimize system performance. This includes database performance monitoring and tuning, space management and SQL tuning.Installed 11.5.3, 11.5.4 and 11.5.5 release of Applications 11i.Patch management, logging and following up on Service Requests logged with Oracle support.Onsite expertise at a client in the Applications DBA specialist role.Perform database upgrades.Application DBA duties (patching, upgrades, application performance tuning).

Senior DBA responsibilities which includes the implementation of Backup and Recovery strategy on NT and UNIX platforms using Oracle’s RMAN.Application DBA duties. This includes the install and setup of Oracle Applications Release 11 and installation of Oracle released patches.Install and setup of Oracle Applications Web Server.System administration duties for Oracle Applications.Incorporating the Oracle Application standards as part of the custom development strategy.Project leading the development of the Patient Billing system composed of 4 Application developers.Analysis, documenting and design of Medical Aid Administration System.Forms development using Designer 2000 and Developer 2000.Extensive PL/SQL programming.Training of permanent employees.

Analysis and design of new integrated Pension Fund system using System Architect 3.0 as an entity design tool and schema generator.Integration of the Pension system payroll to an ORACLE based financial package called WILLOW.Set-up of ORACLE 7 database and installing of development tools.Design of several Embedded SQL C programs on the UNIX server.Design and writing of Forms programs.Training of users.Design and maintenance of several stored procedures and PL/SQL programs doing batch processing.Designing of Database triggers and stored procedures/ functions.Writing of UNIX script files.

Working in a team environment developing electronic warfare systems.This includes developing and supporting software systems, as well as direct user support and training.Extensively involved in the design, development and implementation of an ORACLE 6.0 for OS/2 database system, and was solely responsible for the upgrading and maintenance of the system.Oracle DBA responsibilities.Communication software written in Microsoft C 6.0 for OS/2.Involved in the design, development and implementation of an ORACLE 7 for NOVELL direction finding system.