Catherine Lückhoff
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Minnaar Pieters
I had the privilege of working with Catherine Luckhoff, and I am truly impressed by her exceptional problem-solving skills and her ability to assemble talented teams to deliver swift solutions. Catherine's dedication to staying up-to-date with the latest development trends is remarkable, and she is an outstanding communicator. She consistently brings a fresh perspective to any project. I highly recommend Catherine for her commitment to excellence and her invaluable contributions to any team.
Michael Joubert
I have known Catherine for over a decade, and I’m delighted to offer this recommendation. With her natural leadership style, growth mindset, and unwavering work ethic, she's proven herself as a successful entrepreneur, tech development professional, and trusted business partner. Her extensive local and global network, combined with her grounded experience and refined business skills, make her an absolute pleasure to collaborate with. Throughout the years of knowing her, Catherine has consistently inspired those around her with decisive leadership, empathy, and unwavering values. Her remarkable strength of character shines through in all she does. She not only excels as a leader but also thrives as a team player, approaching challenges with a determination to find intelligent, mutually beneficial solutions. This dedication has earned her the respect and admiration of everyone fortunate enough to work with her. In short, Catherine is a very smart and inspiring individual, whether leading a team or contributing as a member in any project she is involved with.
Minnaar Pieters
I had the privilege of working with Catherine Luckhoff, and I am truly impressed by her exceptional problem-solving skills and her ability to assemble talented teams to deliver swift solutions. Catherine's dedication to staying up-to-date with the latest development trends is remarkable, and she is an outstanding communicator. She consistently brings a fresh perspective to any project. I highly recommend Catherine for her commitment to excellence and her invaluable contributions to any team.
Michael Joubert
I have known Catherine for over a decade, and I’m delighted to offer this recommendation. With her natural leadership style, growth mindset, and unwavering work ethic, she's proven herself as a successful entrepreneur, tech development professional, and trusted business partner. Her extensive local and global network, combined with her grounded experience and refined business skills, make her an absolute pleasure to collaborate with. Throughout the years of knowing her, Catherine has consistently inspired those around her with decisive leadership, empathy, and unwavering values. Her remarkable strength of character shines through in all she does. She not only excels as a leader but also thrives as a team player, approaching challenges with a determination to find intelligent, mutually beneficial solutions. This dedication has earned her the respect and admiration of everyone fortunate enough to work with her. In short, Catherine is a very smart and inspiring individual, whether leading a team or contributing as a member in any project she is involved with.
Minnaar Pieters
I had the privilege of working with Catherine Luckhoff, and I am truly impressed by her exceptional problem-solving skills and her ability to assemble talented teams to deliver swift solutions. Catherine's dedication to staying up-to-date with the latest development trends is remarkable, and she is an outstanding communicator. She consistently brings a fresh perspective to any project. I highly recommend Catherine for her commitment to excellence and her invaluable contributions to any team.
Michael Joubert
I have known Catherine for over a decade, and I’m delighted to offer this recommendation. With her natural leadership style, growth mindset, and unwavering work ethic, she's proven herself as a successful entrepreneur, tech development professional, and trusted business partner. Her extensive local and global network, combined with her grounded experience and refined business skills, make her an absolute pleasure to collaborate with. Throughout the years of knowing her, Catherine has consistently inspired those around her with decisive leadership, empathy, and unwavering values. Her remarkable strength of character shines through in all she does. She not only excels as a leader but also thrives as a team player, approaching challenges with a determination to find intelligent, mutually beneficial solutions. This dedication has earned her the respect and admiration of everyone fortunate enough to work with her. In short, Catherine is a very smart and inspiring individual, whether leading a team or contributing as a member in any project she is involved with.
Minnaar Pieters
I had the privilege of working with Catherine Luckhoff, and I am truly impressed by her exceptional problem-solving skills and her ability to assemble talented teams to deliver swift solutions. Catherine's dedication to staying up-to-date with the latest development trends is remarkable, and she is an outstanding communicator. She consistently brings a fresh perspective to any project. I highly recommend Catherine for her commitment to excellence and her invaluable contributions to any team.
Michael Joubert
I have known Catherine for over a decade, and I’m delighted to offer this recommendation. With her natural leadership style, growth mindset, and unwavering work ethic, she's proven herself as a successful entrepreneur, tech development professional, and trusted business partner. Her extensive local and global network, combined with her grounded experience and refined business skills, make her an absolute pleasure to collaborate with. Throughout the years of knowing her, Catherine has consistently inspired those around her with decisive leadership, empathy, and unwavering values. Her remarkable strength of character shines through in all she does. She not only excels as a leader but also thrives as a team player, approaching challenges with a determination to find intelligent, mutually beneficial solutions. This dedication has earned her the respect and admiration of everyone fortunate enough to work with her. In short, Catherine is a very smart and inspiring individual, whether leading a team or contributing as a member in any project she is involved with.
Credentials
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Generative AI for Everyone
CourseraNov, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
AI For Everyone
CourseraApr, 2020- Nov, 2024
Experience
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South African AI Association
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South Africa
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Industry Associations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member
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Jun 2023 - Present
The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) is an industry body focused on promoting the advancement of responsible AI in South Africa by uniting practitioners across Commercial, Government, Academic, Startup and NGO sectors. The South African Artificial Intelligence Association (SAAIA) is an industry body focused on promoting the advancement of responsible AI in South Africa by uniting practitioners across Commercial, Government, Academic, Startup and NGO sectors.
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20fifty
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South Africa
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-founder & CEO
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Jun 2019 - Present
20fifty combines human ingenuity and intelligent technology to build cloud and AI-powered serverless solutions. We are a tight knit team of highly specialised and remarkable people. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, we are fully remote and very connected. We ideate, scope, build, test and deploy world class, innovative and scalable solutions for clients who have embraced cloud computing and seek to harness the power thereof, to gain a competitive advantage. 20fifty combines human ingenuity and intelligent technology to build cloud and AI-powered serverless solutions. We are a tight knit team of highly specialised and remarkable people. Headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, we are fully remote and very connected. We ideate, scope, build, test and deploy world class, innovative and scalable solutions for clients who have embraced cloud computing and seek to harness the power thereof, to gain a competitive advantage.
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Kiuas
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Finland
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Start-up coach
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Oct 2022 - Present
Start-up coach for the Kiuas Accelerator in Helsinki. For more, go to https://www.kiuas.com/accelerator. Start-up coach for the Kiuas Accelerator in Helsinki. For more, go to https://www.kiuas.com/accelerator.
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Wallifornia
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Belgium
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Technology, Information and Media
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1 - 100 Employee
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Advisory Board Member
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May 2022 - Present
Wallifornia is an Entertainment & Technology hub based in Liège (Belgium), where startups, professionals & investors develop together the future of their industries. Wallifornia is an Entertainment & Technology hub based in Liège (Belgium), where startups, professionals & investors develop together the future of their industries.
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Swipe iX
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South Africa
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Innovation Officer
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Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
Swipe iX is a specialist software development agency with a track record of building innovative, scalable and secure technology. As CIO I have launched a dedicated Cloud Innovation Unit that focuses on building cloud based solutions using deep tech (e.g. machine learning, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and more) to solve challenging business problems. Swipe iX is a specialist software development agency with a track record of building innovative, scalable and secure technology. As CIO I have launched a dedicated Cloud Innovation Unit that focuses on building cloud based solutions using deep tech (e.g. machine learning, facial recognition, artificial intelligence and more) to solve challenging business problems.
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HQ Africa
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Cape Town, New York
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Director
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Sep 2013 - Jun 2019
HQAfrica helps companies launch and grow in Africa. The company was formed in September 2013 and specializes in business development and strategy for the mobile, music, m-commerce and big data industries. Clients include: Mozilla Firefox PriceCheck.co.za Media24 and 24.com Contextuall (http://contextuall.com/) The Dating Lab (http://www.thedatinglab.com/) http://hqafrica.com/ HQAfrica helps companies launch and grow in Africa. The company was formed in September 2013 and specializes in business development and strategy for the mobile, music, m-commerce and big data industries. Clients include: Mozilla Firefox PriceCheck.co.za Media24 and 24.com Contextuall (http://contextuall.com/) The Dating Lab (http://www.thedatinglab.com/) http://hqafrica.com/
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NicheStreem
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South Africa
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Musicians
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder and CEO
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Jan 2015 - 2019
NicheStreem builds and powers affordable on demand audio and music streaming services. Our platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is an end-to-end solution for mobile operators, brands, artists and music enthusiasts who wish to launch their own OTT service. (Think WordPress for streaming!) By removing the complexity of building and powering a secure and seamless on-demand audio streaming service, we enable our clients to focus on what they do best: content acquisition, management and… Show more NicheStreem builds and powers affordable on demand audio and music streaming services. Our platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is an end-to-end solution for mobile operators, brands, artists and music enthusiasts who wish to launch their own OTT service. (Think WordPress for streaming!) By removing the complexity of building and powering a secure and seamless on-demand audio streaming service, we enable our clients to focus on what they do best: content acquisition, management and curation; user engagement; brand building; marketing and channel distribution. Hosted on AWS, the NicheStreem platform is custom built to scale and support multiple streams: each branded, curated and promoted to a specific audience. Deploying a multi-tenant approach, can readily scale to support mobile operators, brands, organizations (e.g. mega-church groups in West Africa) and artists who wish to launch their own branded OTT music and audio services. NicheStreem in the news: Fin24.com http://www.fin24.com/Finweek/Entrepreneurs/a-new-approach-to-music-streaming-20161103 VentureBurn http://ventureburn.com/2017/03/music-streaming-service-startup-nichestreem-selected-us-accelerator/ Disrupt Africa http://disrupt-africa.com/2017/03/media24-invests-in-sa-music-streaming-startup-nichestreem/ Meet NicheStreem: SA’s curated streaming service for music lovers - 22 July 2015 http://ventureburn.com/2015/07/meet-nichestreem-south-africas-curated-streaming-service-for-music-lovers/?utm_content=buffer1472f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Niche to meet you: Online music streaming, SA style - 29 July 2015 http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-07-29-niche-to-meet-you-online-music-streaming-sa-style/#.Vbh91njP78F ENCA news media broadcast coverage - 1 August 2015 http://www.enca.com/technology/meet-sas-newest-music-streaming-service-nichestreem Show less NicheStreem builds and powers affordable on demand audio and music streaming services. Our platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is an end-to-end solution for mobile operators, brands, artists and music enthusiasts who wish to launch their own OTT service. (Think WordPress for streaming!) By removing the complexity of building and powering a secure and seamless on-demand audio streaming service, we enable our clients to focus on what they do best: content acquisition, management and… Show more NicheStreem builds and powers affordable on demand audio and music streaming services. Our platform-as-a-service (PaaS) is an end-to-end solution for mobile operators, brands, artists and music enthusiasts who wish to launch their own OTT service. (Think WordPress for streaming!) By removing the complexity of building and powering a secure and seamless on-demand audio streaming service, we enable our clients to focus on what they do best: content acquisition, management and curation; user engagement; brand building; marketing and channel distribution. Hosted on AWS, the NicheStreem platform is custom built to scale and support multiple streams: each branded, curated and promoted to a specific audience. Deploying a multi-tenant approach, can readily scale to support mobile operators, brands, organizations (e.g. mega-church groups in West Africa) and artists who wish to launch their own branded OTT music and audio services. NicheStreem in the news: Fin24.com http://www.fin24.com/Finweek/Entrepreneurs/a-new-approach-to-music-streaming-20161103 VentureBurn http://ventureburn.com/2017/03/music-streaming-service-startup-nichestreem-selected-us-accelerator/ Disrupt Africa http://disrupt-africa.com/2017/03/media24-invests-in-sa-music-streaming-startup-nichestreem/ Meet NicheStreem: SA’s curated streaming service for music lovers - 22 July 2015 http://ventureburn.com/2015/07/meet-nichestreem-south-africas-curated-streaming-service-for-music-lovers/?utm_content=buffer1472f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Niche to meet you: Online music streaming, SA style - 29 July 2015 http://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2015-07-29-niche-to-meet-you-online-music-streaming-sa-style/#.Vbh91njP78F ENCA news media broadcast coverage - 1 August 2015 http://www.enca.com/technology/meet-sas-newest-music-streaming-service-nichestreem Show less
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The Silicon Cape Initiative
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South Africa
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Exco Member: Transformation Portfolio
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Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
Silicon Cape is a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VCs who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in the future of South Africa. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit, community owned and driven movement, that aims to improve the environment in the Western Cape to create more and better start-ups as well as increase access to capital. Our community has grown to over 7,200 members and we are the largest… Show more Silicon Cape is a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VCs who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in the future of South Africa. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit, community owned and driven movement, that aims to improve the environment in the Western Cape to create more and better start-ups as well as increase access to capital. Our community has grown to over 7,200 members and we are the largest entrepreneurial network in Africa. Show less Silicon Cape is a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VCs who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in the future of South Africa. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit, community owned and driven movement, that aims to improve the environment in the Western Cape to create more and better start-ups as well as increase access to capital. Our community has grown to over 7,200 members and we are the largest… Show more Silicon Cape is a community of tech entrepreneurs, developers, creatives, angel investors, and VCs who are passionate about entrepreneurship and the roles we play in the future of South Africa. The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit, community owned and driven movement, that aims to improve the environment in the Western Cape to create more and better start-ups as well as increase access to capital. Our community has grown to over 7,200 members and we are the largest entrepreneurial network in Africa. Show less
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Chief Business Development Officer
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Jul 2012 - Jul 2013
Bozza is a mobile platform for talent discovery in Africa with a specific focus on the creative economy. Being part of the Bozza team from its seed-funding stage gave me the opportunity to learn about the challenges African focused start-ups face when it comes to market understanding and acceptance, as well as the deal networks necessary to create a significant impact across the continent. A core area of learning was in understanding the African mobile content space and the… Show more Bozza is a mobile platform for talent discovery in Africa with a specific focus on the creative economy. Being part of the Bozza team from its seed-funding stage gave me the opportunity to learn about the challenges African focused start-ups face when it comes to market understanding and acceptance, as well as the deal networks necessary to create a significant impact across the continent. A core area of learning was in understanding the African mobile content space and the balance between local and hyper-local content aggregation and monetization on the continent. During the two years at Bozza my key focus areas included: Elaborate business development plans, design and implement processes to support business growth, through customer and market definition. Facilitating business growth through deal structuring and relationship management with mobile phone operators, brands and OEMs including pre-loads, operator deals, brand campaigns and content licensing deals. Building and maintaining high-level contacts with current and prospective customer and other business and project partners. Driving prospects through to contract award (including identifying new customers and markets, developing approaches to the market, identifying prospects, proposal preparation, etc.) Designing and implementing the full suite of marketing strategies including branding, communications, media and digital. My team was responsible for all the PR & comms, Bozza help desk, user trends analysis and insights, research, online media monitoring, growth of online platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Understanding the African mobile music/video content user.
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Head of Brand Strategy
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Jul 2011 - Sep 2012
www.bozza.mobi
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MANGO-OMC
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South Africa
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Owner
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Jul 2004 - Aug 2011
MANGO-OMC (Open Minded Communication) is an integrated communications and PR agency. I sold my stake in the agency to my partner when I made the move to Bozza.mobi. The agency continues to operate under its owner Nicole Capper. As the founder and MD with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, my key roles included the full spectrum of business management from account admin to forecasting to HR, new business development and partnership management as well as communications strategy… Show more MANGO-OMC (Open Minded Communication) is an integrated communications and PR agency. I sold my stake in the agency to my partner when I made the move to Bozza.mobi. The agency continues to operate under its owner Nicole Capper. As the founder and MD with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, my key roles included the full spectrum of business management from account admin to forecasting to HR, new business development and partnership management as well as communications strategy development and implementation for clients. Experience areas include: • Entertainment, music and festivals with clients such as: MK music channel, VUZU youth lifestyle channel and Kyknet Afrikaans channel for DStv DStv Online including DStv On Demand, Omusic, Super Sport and The African Film Library Rocking the Daisies and Balkonology music festivals Aardklop Nationale Kunstefees (largest arts festival in South Africa) • Online 24.com including News24, Sport24, Fin24 and Channel24 The SpaceStation (online and mobile media sales) BlueWorld (communities) Springleap (crowdsourced t-shirt designs) Getclosure.co.za (ORM and consumer watchdog) Shake Interactive (digital marketing company – now part of Native) • Mobile Telecommunications Red Bull Mobile • International experience TEAMtalk media PlayUK International Red Bull Show less MANGO-OMC (Open Minded Communication) is an integrated communications and PR agency. I sold my stake in the agency to my partner when I made the move to Bozza.mobi. The agency continues to operate under its owner Nicole Capper. As the founder and MD with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, my key roles included the full spectrum of business management from account admin to forecasting to HR, new business development and partnership management as well as communications strategy… Show more MANGO-OMC (Open Minded Communication) is an integrated communications and PR agency. I sold my stake in the agency to my partner when I made the move to Bozza.mobi. The agency continues to operate under its owner Nicole Capper. As the founder and MD with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, my key roles included the full spectrum of business management from account admin to forecasting to HR, new business development and partnership management as well as communications strategy development and implementation for clients. Experience areas include: • Entertainment, music and festivals with clients such as: MK music channel, VUZU youth lifestyle channel and Kyknet Afrikaans channel for DStv DStv Online including DStv On Demand, Omusic, Super Sport and The African Film Library Rocking the Daisies and Balkonology music festivals Aardklop Nationale Kunstefees (largest arts festival in South Africa) • Online 24.com including News24, Sport24, Fin24 and Channel24 The SpaceStation (online and mobile media sales) BlueWorld (communities) Springleap (crowdsourced t-shirt designs) Getclosure.co.za (ORM and consumer watchdog) Shake Interactive (digital marketing company – now part of Native) • Mobile Telecommunications Red Bull Mobile • International experience TEAMtalk media PlayUK International Red Bull Show less
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Citigate Dewe Rogerson
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United Kingdom
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Public Relations and Communications Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Account assistant
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Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
During my time at Citigate I worked on and partly managed the following accounts: * Woolworths Financial Services * Abvest * Pearl Valley Golf Estate and Spa * Sea Harvast for a boat renaming ceremony I left Citigate to continue my studies and during my fourth year at CPUT I was approached by Woolworths Financial Services to design and publish their internal magazine, Sales Insight. During my time at Citigate I worked on and partly managed the following accounts: * Woolworths Financial Services * Abvest * Pearl Valley Golf Estate and Spa * Sea Harvast for a boat renaming ceremony I left Citigate to continue my studies and during my fourth year at CPUT I was approached by Woolworths Financial Services to design and publish their internal magazine, Sales Insight.
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Education
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2019 - 2019
MIT Sloan School of Management
Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy, Artificial Intelligence -
2001 - 2004
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
A Bachelors Degree in Public Relations Management, Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication -
1995 - 1999
Rhenish Girls' High School
Matric
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