Experience

FireID

• Netherlands
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations & Treasury

  • Mar 2020 - Present

  FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems. FireID supports founders all the way from pre-idea research, to creating a product, to building a startup with product/market fit, and ultimately to global scale. FireID is a venture builder that helps makers, with unique skills and passion, build businesses to solve meaningful problems. FireID supports founders all the way from pre-idea research, to creating a product, to building a startup with product/market fit, and ultimately to global scale.



Custos Media Technologies

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager

  • May 2016 - Mar 2020

  During my time at Custos, I focused primarily on being the glue that kept the company together. I'm at my happiest operating in the middle of the company and creating order from chaos when it arrises. I've focused a lot on creating processes to ensure that things don't fall through the cracks. Being a support foundation for the CEO and COO at Custos has taught me a great deal about running a business with great integrity, compassion, and resilience. Major projects and achievements at Custos: - Streamlining and optimization of all operations and financial processes inside the company - Took the lead in facilitating two financial audits and two financial reviews - Migration from Sage One to Xero - Took the lead in facilitating the registration of an IP Holding Company as well as setting up the board and shareholding structure for this company - Took the lead in facilitating the transfer and assignment of the company’s IP from the University of Stellenbosch to said IP Holding Company - Took the lead in facilitating the creation of an Employee Share Ownership Program (ESOP) which allows for early employees to have ordinary voting shares in the company - Took the lead in creating various employee onboarding/induction programs - Participated in the Grindstone Accelerator Program hosted by Knife Capital in 2017 - Took the lead in updating and adjusting the company's sales processes - Took the lead in making sure the company's data room (for investment due diligence) is up to date - I took the initiative to truly understand how the company's development team operates and how this affects the sales cycle. I'm greatly interested in finding ways for salespeople and developers to understand one another Show less



Recruit Digital (www.recruitdigital.co.za)

• Marketing and Operations Manager

  • Jun 2015 - Apr 2016

  This role was my first real introduction to business operations and compliance and how to manage it all. I was given a great deal of autonomy (regardless of being quite junior) and I did my best to embrace it. Major duties and responsibilities include: - Upkeep of all web assets and devising strategies to push traffic to our website - Minor social media management - Creating social media strategies - Content strategy - Sourcing and writing of website content - Streamlining operations within the company - Migrated the whole team to a CRM system, Bullhorn - Administrating and project managing CRM system - Facilitating weekly training sessions with the team - Minor HR responsibilities - Responsible for monthly newsletters and minor email marketing campaigns - General office management - Managing accounting system Xero - Responsible for payments, invoices, and cash flow management Reason for leaving: was headhunted by Custos Media Technologies Show less



The Qurio Company

• Community Manager Intern

  • Mar 2014 - May 2015

  I learned a great deal about entrepreneurship and its sacrifices during my time at Qurio. I started out as a marketing intern at Qurio and grew into the role of community manager. Major duties include: - Social media management - Social media strategy - Social media campaign design - Events coordination and support - Community management at events - Implementation of marketing strategies - Invoicing - Online customer support Reason for leaving: Retrenched due to operational requirements. Show less


The LaunchLab
• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• Marketing Intern

  • Dec 2013 - Feb 2014