HIGHER EDUCATION : (By Year) (short list)

1980 - GDPS Stock Administration
1983 � CTI Dip COBOL
1983 - NOSA Safety For Supervisors
1984 - 6M Simulation
1985 - Industrial Relations
1985 - DMS Dip Mkt Marketing Management (Distinction)
1987 - Try Z Shop Floor Management
1989 - Industrial Relations
1989 - Training Administrators Workshop
1989 - Training Co-ordinators Workshop
1989 - The Video Lab: TV Production
1990 - DMS Dip Training
1990 � DMS Dip Training Management
1990 - Targeted Selection
1991 - NHC Marketing & Sales Management �  (Marketing I & II - Distinction, Sales Management I - Distinction)
1992 - Consulting Skills
1992 - Project Scheduler 5
1993 - PRISM
1994 - Van Zyl & Pritchard: C Programming
1996 - Project Management
1996 - Pretoria University: Advanced Certificate in IS Management - (Subjects included Managing IS, Strategic IS, Business re-engineering, Project Management, EIS, Systems & Service Management)
1998 - MSc

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY :

1) 1978 - 1982 = Prison Services

2) 1983 - 1987 = Nissan

1. Indent Analyst
2. Internal Systems Co-ordinator
3. Warehouse Co-ordinator

3) 1987 - 1990 = M-NET

1. Information Centre Trainer
2. National Training Co-ordinator

4) 1991 - 1996 = SAB

1. Systems Training Analyst
2. IT Research & Development Specialist
3. Project Manager : Information Systems

5) 1996 - 1998 = Destiny Electronic Commerce (Systems Development Manager)

6) 1998 - = Dimension Data (Linx Holdings) (Electronic Commerce Technical Development Manager)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS :

Is a Full Member of:
The Institute of Marketing Management since 1985.
Electronic Commerce Association of South Africa since 1998.
The Internet Society (ISOC) South African Chapter since 2000.

And Associate Member of:
South African Market Research Association since 1991.
Computer Society of South Africa since 1991.

Pending Membership IEEE - Asian Office

EXPERIENCE

1. I have been a Stores Issuer and later Loss Control Officer in the Prison Services and know warehousing principles/disciplines on cardex and computer. I had a staff of three people reporting to me.
2. At Nissan I started as Import Indent Analyst and did parts imports from Japan, USA and England. I showed an interest in computers and was given the position of Co-ordinator Internal Systems, where I had to supervise and maintain the Parts and Accessories System, ensure that it balances according to sound accounting principles and for audit purposes. I also had to look after all Parts and Accessories computer equipment. I had eighteen people reporting to me, at various levels of seniority.

   I was promoted to Warehouse Co-ordinator in 1987 to head the receiving division of local and imported parts and accessories. In total sixty-six people reported to me.

3. Because I missed the computer environment, I accepted an offer from M-NET in 1987 as Systems Training Officer. The purpose was to train M-NET staff in Pay TV systems and procedures. In 1988 I was promoted to the position of National Training Co-ordinator, with the first task to set up a Training Department in M-NET. The Training Department was to handle both Systems and HRD training. I had a staff compliment of three in the Training Department.

I left M-NET at the end of 1990 to join SAB Systems T&D.

I have a wide knowledge and contacts in the computer industry and know PC hardware from 8086 � Pentium technology, and all that goes with it, e.g.: types of hard drives, screen technologies, multimedia etc.

I joined SAB as Systems Training Analyst. As Training Analyst, I was responsible for successful training on all systems projects assigned to me and my team. We worked closely with various business units and other sections within the Systems Division. We used Project Scheduler 5 to manage our projects, which was substituted later with Microsoft Project. During 1991 I developed the first prototype multimedia training course for SAB, incorporating interactive sound and video and downloading same to and from VHS video. In doing this, I gained experience with the different software and hardware and various standards.

My position as IT Research & Development Specialist required in-depth knowledge of current computer Technology and trends, and I had to advise Senior Management (Directors, General Managers and other Executives) on what technology (hardware and software) to standardise on, what the business impact for Beer Division will be and what the projected savings / benefits for the Group will be. I was also the only person in the Group assigned with this task.

Major tasks were research on cellular technology, multimedia notebooks and multimedia projectors, virtual office, video conferencing, development in software and hardware industry and initiating the Year 2000 project. I am therefore familiar with the ISO 8601 specification.

I designed and implemented aspects of the systems used at SAB Centenary Centre (Museum).

I also designed and piloted an interactive multimedia kiosk system for SAB.

I have further been a Beta tester for Microsoft, Symantec, ABSA, IBM and MTN.

In my position as IS Project Manager, I headed up the IT Research & Development Section and was also responsible for managing the various IS Projects. At some stage there were about 75 but this has been scaled down to 5 to reduce the IS complexities. Project budgets range from R 230 000 to R 1.5 million.

I have also featured in many publications (Nissan, M-NET and SAB) as well as Finance Week - Oct 26, 1995) and The Farmer (May 1998).

I was appointed as Systems Development Manager at Destiny Electronic Commerce and fulfilled the role of Technical & Operations Manager, reporting to the Managing Director and Operations Director, respectively.

Key achievements were the creation and implementation of an electronic internet mall (for ABSA bank) to enable SET and SSL transactions directly on the ABSA payment gateway. I am therefore familiar with applications such as IBM Net Commerce, Microsoft Site Server and Commerce Server and BroadVision. I am familiar with the ISO 8583 specification in this regard and have a thorough knowledge of Internet related aspects.

I have been tasked to design the Electronic Commerce Hub with related infrastructure and securities.

A major project was the design and set-up of the Agri-info Channel for the South African Agricultural Union. Tasks included the design of the business and business plan, marketing segmentation and strategies, costing, promotions and advertising etc.

I did consulting for a wide range of businesses in the agricultural sector regarding Internet technologies, electronic commerce and Web strategies etc. Clients includes Senwes, MGK, Sensako, ARC, SOK, NWTV, SAGIS, OPLU etc. In this regard I am also a member of the AHI committee on Information Technology Strategies.

HOBBIES

1. Evaluating software packages.
2. Gym, chess, writing short stories + poems, hiking...
3. CBT & Multimedia
4. Reading (Ancient histories, paleontology, astronomy)
5. Theatre and Movies
6. Internet related