University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika

Clairwood High Secondary

Product Owner/Manager at Salt Pay

EasyPay

Chief Information Officer

Skills: Problem Solving · English · Engineering Management · Communication · Leadership · Product Leadership

Lesaka Technologies Inc.

Head of Engineering Consumer Division

Skills: Problem Solving · English · Communication · Leadership · Product Leadership

GRAVATON INVESTMENTS

Product Owner

Salt Pay

Product Manager

wiGroup

Senior System Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the analysis and recommendations of technical solutions for in-house applications
- Review legacy systems and advise on new technology paths for migrations
- Investigate cloud solutions for workflow management
- Managing POC projects for showcasing new technologies

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Showcased AWS serverless stack to senior architects to validate use case for quick turn around on small risk averse projects. Stack included API Gateway, Lambda, S3, MongoDB, Route53

Identified Sharepoint usage pattern for documentation as a weak point and helped introduce Confluence as an alternative. Walked teams through best practices and usage methods.

Glacier by Sanlam

System Analyst

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Responsible for the analysis and recommendations of technical solutions for clients in the financial services industry
- Consult with customers to gather business requirements
- Peer review of designs and recommendations
- Review integration requirements
- Working with developers to understand and implement solution
- Investigating feasibility and viability of new technology

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Developed a migration strategy together with the lead solution architect to move a client, RCS, off of local data centre infrastructure to AWS. Create the implementation plan and roll back strategy. Mitigated any risks with discussion held with client and confirmed compliance regarding their OWASP security requirements.

Designed and oversaw the first company implementation of block chain technology which was the building block for cross border money transfer.

Systems Analyst

Manage relationships between Developers, Business and Project lead
Manage and advise on web based solution for OU based in African countries
Develop multiple Excel automation solutions for OU based in African country

VIVO Energy

Contrator

Run and maintain business processes using Oracle technologies

Shell

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage custom reconciliation software solution written for the South African Oil Industry by ensuring all deliverables are met by SLA agreed deadlines. Managing staff to ensure high level of efficiency. Ensuring software runs at optimum ability. Analysing data for inconsistencies and problem solving.
- Project management role included, being focal point for client liaison, manage and assist with business process analysis and guide development team with technical implementation.
- Design, assess and help code websites for clients using various technologies such as PHP, JavaScript, CSS and jQuery. Creating solutions for clients’ requirements using latest available technology according to their specifications. Liaison with clients to ensure system catered for current business processes and advised where changes would be necessary to ensure proper take on of system with uninterrupted business continuity. Projects include solutions for the SA Oil Industry, Food Manufacturing Industry, Wholesale retail sector and many more.
- Assist in the planning and implementation of additions, deletions and major modifications to the supporting operational infrastructure. Implement network security at all levels. Oversee the administration and maintenance of the company's infrastructure.
- Ensure adequate support is provided as well as assisting in the design and implementation of systems, servers and security. Oversee troubleshooting, systems backups, archiving and disaster recovery and provide expert support when necessary.
- Served as a main point of contact on all IT-related matters. Manage the purchasing of all software, hardware and other IT supplies at all levels. Ensure that company assets are maintained responsibly, including offsite storage of data.
- Worked as lead on outsourced roles with companies like Shell and Vivo Energy where key responsibilities was to create and manage solutions with operating units in the greater Africa area.

Megesh Govender