Experience

i1 Solutions

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

• Senior Architect

  • May 2017 - Present

  Cape Town Area, South Africa I joined i1 Solutions, an IBM integration specialist consulting company, to up my technical skills and get into interesting enterprise-enabling technology.



Alacrity Technologies

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

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jun 2011 - May 2017

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa As CTO of a medium-sized software development company, Andrew's responsibilities include: - Serving on the Executive Committee - Providing technical direction to the company - Participating in strategic consulting engagements with clients - Leading the technical architecture efforts of large projects.



Absa Group

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solutions Architect

  • Aug 2005 - May 2011

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa In 2007, ABSA offered Andrew permanent employment. He became the Chief Solution Architect for the Financial Services cluster. This role involved: - Overseeing the design of all solutions provided to the 13 companies in the cluster. - Guiding the architecture of the large projects. - Technically guiding and mentoring the solution architects and solution designers in the sector, who were designing IT solutions for many business projects. - Helping the business architecture team to… Show more In 2007, ABSA offered Andrew permanent employment. He became the Chief Solution Architect for the Financial Services cluster. This role involved: - Overseeing the design of all solutions provided to the 13 companies in the cluster. - Guiding the architecture of the large projects. - Technically guiding and mentoring the solution architects and solution designers in the sector, who were designing IT solutions for many business projects. - Helping the business architecture team to document the business architecture. - Documenting the architecture of the supporting applications and infrastructure, including as-is and to-be models, and defining roadmaps between them. - Responsibility for ensuring the solutions designed meet the required architectural qualities (particularly security, performance and reliability). - Providing technical architectural guidance to business and IT senior executives (eg sector and business unit CEOs and COOs, and sector CIO and Portfolio Managers). - Participating in design governance processes (peer reviews, bank-wide design authorities). Show less



SystemicLogic

• Consulting; Research

  • 2005 - 2007

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa Enterprise Architecture Consulting: several consulting projects concerning the strategic direction of systems and enterprise architecture in large South African corporates. These projects generally involved providing a framework within which to gather and document pertinent as-is architectural views, and to visualize and plan towards the to-be state. This framework was then used to plan and execute architectural change in a phased manner. Establishing a Solution Design Competence: From… Show more Enterprise Architecture Consulting: several consulting projects concerning the strategic direction of systems and enterprise architecture in large South African corporates. These projects generally involved providing a framework within which to gather and document pertinent as-is architectural views, and to visualize and plan towards the to-be state. This framework was then used to plan and execute architectural change in a phased manner. Establishing a Solution Design Competence: From 2005, involved in ABSA, helping to establish a design competency, whose aim it is to improve the design of the bank’s software by engaging with, and guiding, projects developing new systems and enhancing existing systems. Involvement in recruiting and mentoring the team, and guiding the processes and work methods, as well as participating in large projects. Research: Engaged in applied research with industry partners, which aimed to bridge the gap between academic research and application in industry. Specifically research into the practical issues involved in, and recommended approaches to, technology implementation. Facilitated workshops involving senior industry architects and managers, to find solutions to common problems experienced in the areas of Open Source software, software engineering and software architecture. Show less



University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Research Institute

  • 2003 - 2005

  Pretoria Area, South Africa Director of digital@SERA, a Research Institute within the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology, whose brief it was to to direct ICT research at the University in useful directions, and to find opportunities to apply this research in industry. Other roles: lecturing and supervision of postgraduate students, serving on advisory boards, and consulting.



Momentum

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Architect

  • 1995 - 1998

  Pretoria Area, South Africa Design and development of systems supporting the administration of life assurance and employee benefits products. Responsible for the strategic design and technology direction of the systems being developed and maintained by a team of 50 people. Leading the analysis, design and implementation phases of important projects.



Teklogic

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead; Architect

  • 1992 - 1995

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa Design and development of customized computer software, specifically geographical mapping and indexing systems. Coordinating the technical efforts of 15 team members.



GEOSYSTEMS GmbH

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

• Developer

  • 1989 - 1992

  Pretoria Area, South Africa Design and implementation of computer software, mainly geographical information systems and image processing systems.



Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

• South Africa
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Scientist

  • 1986 - 1988

  Pretoria Area, South Africa Development of computer software, mainly geographical information systems and image processing systems.