Responsible for SD-WAN operations within the region of Africa.

Focused on developing developing business that are able to exploit the potential of technology especially related to the Internet of Things (IoT), Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SDWAN) and data centres.

Undertake Information Technology assignments on contract.

Regional responsibly for HMT-1 sales.

Specifying data centre solutions for implementation. Building target architectures for data centre migrations for governments, regulators and financial institutes.Delivering IoT solutions for data centres, telecommunications and financial institutes.

Executive Head of Services encompassing system and product development. Responsibilities include OSS/BBS development and maintenance and the delivery of websites to support the business portal.The BSS was integrated with a Sage based CRM.Developed business broadband products on microwave and fibre.Developed wireless Uncapped offering with daily FUP. Developed first iterations in the country of products with midnight to morning and mid-month top-up attributes.Introduced VSAT Uncapped offering with daily FUP.Developed and launched first business bandwidth on demand services in South Africa.Developed community Internet services that are suitable for gated communities and strip malls.

Manage IP and core network at Wireless Business Solutions (including iBurst and Broadlink)Manage and operate a mobile data network core.Stabilized iBoss (OSS/BSS) Operational management of OSS & BSS. OSS based mainly on Radius AAA systems with management components using open source tools.Operate 10 Gb/s fibre ring of 220km in Gauteng.with an additional 4000km on STM1/2 RFInstalled OTN between primary and secondary data centres.Manage and operate a metroethernet service based on carrier ethernet certified equipment.Operational management of a service provider VoIP solution.Assist in defining and developing new service provider offerings and products.Manage and operating numerous upstream transit agreements and peering agreementsManage TDM and VoIP interconnects.Manage and provision connectivity using submarine cables.Updated OSS tools to include support for Ciena, RADWIN, SIAE, ubiquiti, Mikrotik and NEC.

Responsible for IT Architecture of ABSA Africa. Technical architect for infrastructure for banking products.Develop and drove the WAN network deployment in Mozambique and Tanzania.Create bandwidth capacity models.Negotiate and evaluate outsourced WAN submissions.

Head of Infrastructure for South Africa. Managed multiple teams of service and operational personnel. Responsible for infrastructure and data centre operations.Problem management.Developed Standard Operating Procedures for infrastructure management.Drove the deployment and acceptance of video conferencing within the bank.Deployed MPLS technology for WAN connectivity.Installed and deployed centralized storage solutions including long-term archiving.Manage and deploy network management solutions.

Installed and configured campus networks in South Africa including SAA, FNB, Standard Bank, Investec and Transnet.Assisted in deployment of NICs including troubleshooting at ABSA and Old Mutual.Deploy video conferencing solutions including digital switches, gateways, MCUs and end points.

Provided after hours training for Microsoft Certified Professionals as well as Microsoft Certified System Engineers.Achieved highest Microsoft Certified System Engineers pass rate for a class.

Installed and configured LAN systems (majority Novell Netware) in the greater Johannesburg area.Qualified as ECNE and MCSE.Managed a small support team.Gained expertise in fault tolerant systems.

Worked at Datavia, a division of Transnet. Was initially employed in the data processing division of the South African Transport Services, that became Datavia.Programmed MIS systems mainly on IBM mainframes using DB2 (developed the branch network reporting system).Programmed the water sampling system and sampling database for Spoornet.