Lead, manage, and grow the engineering team by providing technical guidance, mentoring, and professional development opportunities. Dive system architecture design and best practices for building multi-platform applications using latest versions of ASP.NET, React, and Android. Establish development workflows and coding standards, ensuring the team produces high-quality, maintainable code aligned with agile principles. Establish and enforce QA and testing strategies, ensuring that the application is thoroughly tested, meets quality standards, and provides a smooth user experience across platforms. Collaborate with the Product Manager to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure on-time delivery. Conduct regular code reviews and performance evaluations to ensure the quality and scalability of the software. Own and manage DevOps processes such as CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and system monitoring. Track, monitor, and report progress to senior management and stakeholders, ensuring visibility into the project status, risks, and mitigation strategies. Continuously assess and reduce technical debt, implementing solutions to improve maintainability, performance, and scalability of the codebase. Build a culture of continuous learning and innovation, encouraging experimentation and introducing new technologies and practices where applicable. Handle security and compliance, overseeing security audits and penetration testing, and ensuring the application meets relevant standards as required from regulatory bodies chosen by senior management. Manage outsourcing of critical tasks such as security assessments, specialized development, or external audits to ensure business needs are met efficiently. Oversee and coordinate multiple development projects based on the company’s strategic needs, ensuring alignment across teams and initiatives.

Gamification SolutionsVirtual Reality SolutionsSimulator SolutionsEnterprise Web-application and Software DevelopmentCI/CD and DevOps servicesSoftware and Solutions Architecture...and more!

I spearhead the development and execution of robust technology strategies that directly align with our business objectives. With a focus on innovation and a keen eye for emerging technologies, I continuously discover and implement cutting-edge solutions to gain a competitive advantage in the industry.In my role, I work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the profitable utilisation of technology throughout the organisation. I oversee system infrastructure, building scalable and efficient architectures that drive functionality and operational excellence. Additionally, I establish quality assurance and data protection processes, upholding the highest standards of product and service delivery.A key aspect of my responsibilities includes tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and IT budgets to evaluate our technological performance. By leveraging stakeholder feedback, I identify improvement opportunities and make necessary adjustments to enhance our technology landscape.At Apollo Internet, I have also played a pivotal role in growing and managing our exceptional development team. By fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment, I optimize the team's output and ensure we stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

This position is responsible for aiding the Chief Technology Officer in all aspects of information technology for Wonderlabz, including strategic planning, hardware and software support, training, infrastructure and policy for information technology, software development and software delivery.CTOs play an important role in the C-suite, as they are often in positions that enable them to embrace newer and innovative technologies and help steer organisations toward better efficiency and performance by adopting new tools. The Director of Engineering is there to support the CTO and ensure the effective use of the CTO’s time.The core role here is to assist the CTO who is the individual within Wonderlabz whooversees the current technology and creates relevant policy. The Director of Engineeringshould have the business knowledge necessary to align technology-related decisions withWonderlabz and its goals.Key Responsibilities:● Supporting the CTO.● Represent the CTO in meetings and planning groups, when necessary.● Assist the CTO in planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluating technologyresources, development services and delivery functions.● Assist in the formulation, recommendation and enforcement of policies relevant totechnology resources, development services, and delivery functions.● Assist in the research, implementation and monitoring of technology directions andbest practices.● Supporting the direct reports and their teams.● Engage with support departments to define and monitor SLAs.● Engage with customers to define and monitor SLAs.● Accountable for all product development within Wonderlabz

Work with our Agile teams within all our platforms. This consists of multiple teams who create world class, high performance, scalable and feature-rich games, and systems for the regulated online gambling market. Use modern software engineering techniques and technologies, support our teams to continuously improve the team's practices, processes, and skills. Put an emphasis on learning and development with regular training sessions, and champions in the teams who focus on topics such as software performance, TDD and Continuous Delivery. Responsible for overseeing the execution of software development from the conceptual phase to the testing phase using the latest tools and technologies. Work with the teams to deliver elegant solutions and to resolve difficult problems using agile methodologies to deliver high-quality software with frequent incremental releases of software. Encourage our developers to be polyglot developers, who embrace learning and contributing with the most suitable technology for the problem.A “big picture” thinker and not get fixated on the details of any problems that need to be solved and not be afraid to innovate when the situation requires it. Delegate tasks and free myself from the micro-management of those delegated tasks. Leverage my technical and industry knowledge to help drive the teams forward and assist them where needed, and in essence “know my stuff”.Strong time management and co-ordination skills to ensure that the teams deliver their tasks, and the customers achieve their goals, this includes strong management of customer expectations and clear communication. Able to talk “technical” when required and switch to “customer orientated” speaking when needed.

People - Line management of an Agile team of developers and QAs. Regular one to ones, career development, performance reviews. This includes training and mentorship of team members.Perform the duties of a scrum master: liaise with product management on the client side to gather project requirements; ensure that the team has enough stories to work on each sprint; facilitate scrum ceremonies; ensure that sprint work is carried out in a timely manner; remove impediments so that the team can work without interruptions.Gather requirements regarding the infrastructure needs of the team and ensure that the team has the required hardware, software and skills development needed to be able to perform at an optimum level.Continuously keep up-to-date with the latest technology trends and engage in research and development activities to ensure that the team is using the most recent and relevant tools for the job.Attend to admin duties relating to the proper functioning of the team.Update project tickets in Jira and ensure that confluence pages are regularly revised.Process - Continuous improvement of the team processes, quality of deliverables and technical standards. This includes enforcing good coding and QA practices.Delivery - Ensure the team is delivering excellent quality solutions, reporting progress and improving delivery if necessary.Hands on delivery - A proportion of your time will be spent contributing to the team's code base.

Responsible for support and maintenance of RPAS solution.Responsible for development and customisation of RPAS solution.Responsible for support and maintenance of RPAS to SAP integration.Responsible for support and maintenance of LMS (Moodle) solution.Responsible for internal training of company staff with regards to IT and IT Security related topics.Responsible for support and maintenance of Wiki (Mediawiki) solution.Responsible for support and maintenance of Asset Management (SnipeIT) solution.Responsible for support and maintenance of DIS (Decofurn Internal Systems) solution. Worked on a bespoke internal system for the organization to help centralise core functions that were scattered throughout the various business units. This included a supplier email confirmation system and a Guardrisk generation and upload system for the Insurance Cell.

Responsible for Mentoring Graduate Trainees with regards to software engineering Skills.Responsible for Gamification projects and solutions.Responsible for development of C++ and Unreal Engine based solutions.Responsible for development of Java and Java Enterprise based solutions.Responsible for development of PHP based solutions.Responsible for development of C# and ASP.NET MVC based solutions.Responsible for maintenance of Linux infrastructure supporting some of the services.

Responsible for 3 team members who report directly to me.Responsible for development of Android and Java based mobile solutionsResponsible for development of Java and Java Enterprise based solutions.Responsible for development of PHP based solutions.Responsible for development of C# and ASP.NET MVC based solutions.Responsible for maintenance of Linux infrastructure supporting some of the services.

Responsible for development of Java and Java Enterprise based solutions.Responsible for development of PHP based solutions.Responsible for development of C# and ASP.NET MVC based solutions.Responsible for maintenance of Linux infrastructure supporting some of the services.

Responsible for design / implementation of new Java and Java Enterprise based solutions.Responsible for support and development of current Vulani product.Responsible for training and leadership of Java Developers.

Responsible for managing support services inside the organisation.Responsible for managing the scheduling of technicians.Responsible for managing workshop services.Responsible for managing the support team and providing guidance and leadership.

Responsible for development and implementation of Websites and Systems used by the company.Responsible for the internal infrastructure (including servers and desktops) at the office.Responsible for the hosted infrastructure in Germany.Responsible for development and maintenance of VOIP solutions provided by the company.Responsible for creation of all training videos and demonstration videos (in Flash).

Responsible for Maintenance and Support of current Internal Systems Infrastructure.Responsible for Making Decisions for Direction and Technologies to be used by the Internal Systems.Responsible for Research into new Technologies that may benefit the Internal Systems.Responsible for indicating what Standards and Coding Practices should be implemented on Internal Systems Infrastructure.Responsible for day to day running of the project.Responsible for planning and execution of project plans for all development on the project.

Self-employed, therefore responsible for ensuring that the business is successful and that my customers are provided the best solutions for the best price.

Responsible for Maintenance and Support of current Internet Infrastructure.Responsible for Assisting on Decisions for Direction and Technologies to be used by Business.Responsible for Research into new Technologies.Responsible for indicating what Standards and Coding Practices should be implemented on Internet Infrastructure.

Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, Documentation, Consulting, Training, and Support of Java Systems.Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, Documentation, Consulting, Training, and Support of Web-based Systems.

Responsible for the Development, and Support of Java Systems.Responsible for the Development, and Support of Lotus Domino Systems.

Responsible for the Development, Support, Documentation, and Consulting of Java Systems.Responsible for the Development, Support, Documentation, Pre-sales, and Consulting of Pivotal eRelationship Systems.

Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, Documentation, Pre-sales, Consulting, and Training of CSF Systems.Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, Pre-sales, Consulting, and Documentation of RSD Folders Systems.

Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, Documentation, and Training of Remedy ARS Systems.Responsible for the Development, Maintenance, Support, and Documentation Patrol SystemsResponsible for Training new Employees about Internal Procedures and Processes.

Responsible for the Support and Maintenance of Network Infrastructure in the field.Responsible for the Support and Maintenance of Software in the field.Responsible for the Support and Maintenance of Hardware in the field.

Responsible for the Support and Maintenance of Software in the field.Responsible for the Support and Maintenance of Hardware in the field.

Responsible for Desktop Publishing and Photo Retouching.

Responsible for Maintenance and Installation of Security Systems.

Responsible for Maintenance and Installation of Security Systems.

Responsible for General Amenities store on base.Responsible for 30 troops living in barracks on base.