culminIT’s mission is to provide quality solutions and services in custom software development, data analysis, tax consulting and outsourcing. culminIT want to become the market leaders in providing capital gains tax solutions to financial services companies in South Africa. The team at culminIT are subject experts in the field of capital gains tax and 24J calculations. Another core area of culminIT’s business is their passion for business processes, supplying their clients with a… Show more culminIT’s mission is to provide quality solutions and services in custom software development, data analysis, tax consulting and outsourcing. culminIT want to become the market leaders in providing capital gains tax solutions to financial services companies in South Africa. The team at culminIT are subject experts in the field of capital gains tax and 24J calculations. Another core area of culminIT’s business is their passion for business processes, supplying their clients with a solution to define and document these processes as well as remodel the processes that are not functioning optimally within the business. More info can be found in my media links. Show less

Head of Engineering for NFS, a fast-growth FinTech company disrupting direct consumer insurance globally.

culminIT’s mission is to provide quality solutions and services in custom software development, data analysis, tax consulting and outsourcing. culminIT want to become the market leaders in providing capital gains tax solutions to financial services companies in South Africa. The team at culminIT are subject experts in the field of capital gains tax and 24J calculations. Another core area of culminIT’s business is their passion for business processes, supplying their clients with a solution to… Show more culminIT’s mission is to provide quality solutions and services in custom software development, data analysis, tax consulting and outsourcing. culminIT want to become the market leaders in providing capital gains tax solutions to financial services companies in South Africa. The team at culminIT are subject experts in the field of capital gains tax and 24J calculations. Another core area of culminIT’s business is their passion for business processes, supplying their clients with a solution to define and document these processes as well as remodel the processes that are not functioning optimally within the business. Some of culminIT’s clients include: Metropolitan, Momentum, Prudential, Allan Gray, Sanlam Investments and Curo Fund ServicesAs Head of Development, my main responsibilities include:• Day-to-day line and technical management of a development team• Lead, coach and motivate team members to improve performance levels and career development• Maintain close relationships with the Product Owner(s) to understand product requirements• Translate product requirements into enough technical detail to deliver the features • Coordinate Sprint Planning and Sprint Releases• Conduct the Daily Scrum meetings and Retro’s• Manage Project Planning and Execution• Provide guidance in Product Design / Architecture of existing and new products• Assist the team with technical problems and problem solving • Apply the best combination of theory and practice to create the appropriate solution• Ensure sufficient processes and tools are in place to meet the requirements of the business and customers• Document Standards and Processes• Assist with development duties (when required) Show less

Starting 2011, I have been instrumental in the product architecture, design & delivery of BancPay, a global B2B e-invoicing platform and business network serving thousands of organizations. Prior to BancPay, I was involved in the product architecture & design of CenterVision, a market leading enterprise content management system, and core technology platform of BancTec's European processing centres. CenterVision now processes millions of financial transactions globally.Other… Show more Starting 2011, I have been instrumental in the product architecture, design & delivery of BancPay, a global B2B e-invoicing platform and business network serving thousands of organizations. Prior to BancPay, I was involved in the product architecture & design of CenterVision, a market leading enterprise content management system, and core technology platform of BancTec's European processing centres. CenterVision now processes millions of financial transactions globally.Other responsibilities include managing a team in India, customer site visits, deputizing for the Development Director, controlled release of change requests, documenting various design implementations. Involved in R&D prototypes. Participated in Proof of Concepts with Microsoft, analyzing the impact of integrating our products with technologies such as Azure, BizTalk and SharePoint. Responsible for product optimization and documenting of best practices and standards. Continue to assist the development team with coding when required. Show less

Contributed to the product architecture & design of CenterVision. Involved with the core product development and management of QA, before taking on the additional role of team leader, managing 6 developers within the project development life cycle.

Involved with the design, development of software enhancement requests & managed a team to successfully deliver these enhancements to BancTec’s corporate customers. During this period, 14 projects were completed for 10 different customers, including Barclays, RBOS, NatWest, Lloyds TSB and British Telecom’s.

Located permanently on customer sites. The role involved system and business analysis for Lloyds TSB and Royal Bank of Scotland’s Unpaid Cheque’s Clearing systems and managing the software conversion process of the software from 16-bit to 32-bit platforms.

A pressurized role working in a team designing & developing new client server applications for De Beers Marine’s Diamond Production Unit for off-shore diamond vessels. Most applications involved 2-D graphics, GPS and ESRI map-objects interfacing. The full system development cycle was followed. During my time in this position, 1 major system was upgraded and 4 new systems were developed & delivered successfully.

A short time was spent in this position before shortly being promoted to Software Engineer. This position allowed me to prove myself as a business analyst with the development of two small but complex systems that would be integrated with the off-shore mining processes

Responsible for the conversion of off-shore mining applications, developed in C, into Visual Basic 3. A deadline-driven role that required attention to detail in the conversion process. Responsible for all documentation, testing & releases