Currently at tdglobal in the role of Chief Operating Officer, I am responsible for leading Strategic Operations, Sales Support, Marketing, Partner Management, Business Development, Demand Generation and Strategic Initiatives for the group and it's subsidiaries. tdglobal is an international business providing enterprise software and services in the digital and data transformation space that helps customers deal with data as a strategic asset and build their digital ecosystems.Prior to joining tdglobal, I served on the SAP Africa Management Team as Innovation Director. My role included the sales responsibility for Innovations in Africa, comprising Database & Technology, including the new HANA In-Memory solution, along with SAP Mobility and the Lines of Business Solutions of HR, CRM, Sustainability, Procurement and Supply Chain Management. I oversaw the Direct Solution Sales Account Executives and over 60% of the total Africa software revenues represented by these solution portfolios under my management team.I joined SAP as part of the SAP acquisition of Sybase in 2010, where I served as the Managing Director for Sybase South Africa. I joined Sybase South Africa in 2000, heading up the companies Professional Services division. In 2002, I led the strategic development of the B.I.Practice into a separate business entity focused on delivering best-of-breed technology and services in the Business Intelligence market. I was invited to join the Sybase South Africa Executive Leadership Team in 2008 as a Director, and in 2011 took the lead as Managing Director for Sybase South Africa.Before joining Sybase in 2000, I was the Technical Director for Project House for 8 years, and after Bytes Technology Group acquired Project House, I worked for Bytes as Contracting Consulting Manager. Specialties: Strategic Operational Management, Sales Management, Finance, HR, Budgeting and Forecasts, Negotiations, Branding & Identity, Business Intelligence, Data Management