Experience

Right ePharmacy

• South Africa
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Head: IT & Technology

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  South Africa Right ePharmacy is a PharmaTech company, that uses innovative robotic and automation solutions to make the dispensing, distribution and collection of medicines more efficient and more accessible to patients, resulting in a better patient experience and improved healthcare outcomes. As the centre of excellence for our parent company Right to Care, our main objective is to spearhead disruptive innovation and to enhance differentiated models of pharmaceutical care in Southern Africa… Show more Right ePharmacy is a PharmaTech company, that uses innovative robotic and automation solutions to make the dispensing, distribution and collection of medicines more efficient and more accessible to patients, resulting in a better patient experience and improved healthcare outcomes. As the centre of excellence for our parent company Right to Care, our main objective is to spearhead disruptive innovation and to enhance differentiated models of pharmaceutical care in Southern Africa. We source, customise and implement the latest technology and systems to address key issues for better healthcare outcomes, using solutions such as: 💊 In-Pharmacy Automation 💊 PDU / ATM Pharmacy 💊 Tele-Pharmacy 💊 Collect & Go Smart Lockers 💊 Centralised Dispensing Technology 💊 Script Scan Technology 💊 Automated Medicine Packing 💊 Enhanced Robotic Solutions For more information on our solutions, visit www.rightepharmacy.co.za/solutions Show less



ValuEight LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Owner & Founder | Business Growth Advisor

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Newark, Delaware, United States We are an advisory firm that assists Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Leaders of Mid-sized Businesses overcome their growth challenges so they build high-functioning, profitable and exceptional companies. We use proven methodologies, combined with 25+ years of business experience (from founder through to the C-suite), to advise our clients having sat on both sides of the boardroom table. If you would like more information to see how we can assist you, contact me directly… Show more We are an advisory firm that assists Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Leaders of Mid-sized Businesses overcome their growth challenges so they build high-functioning, profitable and exceptional companies. We use proven methodologies, combined with 25+ years of business experience (from founder through to the C-suite), to advise our clients having sat on both sides of the boardroom table. If you would like more information to see how we can assist you, contact me directly at chris@valueight.com, or feel free to schedule a 15-minute call with me, so I can understand your requirements and discuss options with you, at calendly.com/valueight/coffeechat.

• Certified Organizational ReWilding Adviser™

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  We assist Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Leaders of Mid-sized Businesses break through their growth challenges, when they've plateaued out and are struggling to grow, or when they're growing rapidly and feel things are out of control. Our methodology is ideally suited for businesses with 10-350 employees. Using proprietary research, spanning 30+ years and covering 1,300 companies in dozens of industries, we use a simple but powerful way to better understand your business… Show more We assist Entrepreneurs, Small Business Owners and Leaders of Mid-sized Businesses break through their growth challenges, when they've plateaued out and are struggling to grow, or when they're growing rapidly and feel things are out of control. Our methodology is ideally suited for businesses with 10-350 employees. Using proprietary research, spanning 30+ years and covering 1,300 companies in dozens of industries, we use a simple but powerful way to better understand your business through The Stages of Growth™. We then use the Organizational ReWilding™ framework, to identify and infuse missing key elements into your company’s ecosystem, in order to create a high-functioning and highly profitable organization. If you would like more information to see how we can assist you, contact me directly at chris@valueight.com, or feel free to schedule a 15-minute call with me, so I can understand your requirements and discuss options with you, at calendly.com/valueight/coffeechat.

• Certified Value Builder™

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  We assist Small Business Owners build more resilient and valuable companies by using a statistically proven methodology, known as the Value Builder System™. This methodology is ideal for owners of privately held businesses, with revenues ranging from $2m to $8m or 11-50 employees in size, and has been shown to grow company value by up to 71%. This holistic approach can be applied to businesses at any stage of their lifecycle, whether it’s: - Mature start-ups wanting to lay the… Show more We assist Small Business Owners build more resilient and valuable companies by using a statistically proven methodology, known as the Value Builder System™. This methodology is ideal for owners of privately held businesses, with revenues ranging from $2m to $8m or 11-50 employees in size, and has been shown to grow company value by up to 71%. This holistic approach can be applied to businesses at any stage of their lifecycle, whether it’s: - Mature start-ups wanting to lay the correct foundations on which to grow, - Small businesses looking to optimise the way they currently operate, or - Mature businesses where owners are looking to maximize value before they exit. If you would like more information to see how we can assist you, contact me directly at chris@valueight.com, or feel free to schedule a 15-minute call with me, so I can understand your requirements and discuss options with you, at calendly.com/valueight/coffeechat. You can also visit www.valueight.com for more information and have the opportunity to get a 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Business Assessment.

• Business Growth Hacker

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  We assist Entrepreneurs of DeepTech businesses, together with Riverbanks Solutions, to accelerate their business competitive advantage, growth and profitability by sharing and teaching them a growth hacking framework. Riverbanks’ Entrepreneur’s Journey is a unified, holistic framework that provides science entrepreneurs with a set of tools to unlock the most efficient path along the business development process, from the first step to the last. The framework is tailored… Show more We assist Entrepreneurs of DeepTech businesses, together with Riverbanks Solutions, to accelerate their business competitive advantage, growth and profitability by sharing and teaching them a growth hacking framework. Riverbanks’ Entrepreneur’s Journey is a unified, holistic framework that provides science entrepreneurs with a set of tools to unlock the most efficient path along the business development process, from the first step to the last. The framework is tailored specifically for the purposes and conditions of innovative deeptech startups and companies, taking into account intensive R&D processes, dynamic environments, smart competition, exponential cost reduction, IT integration, permanent change and rapid technological development. If you would like more information to see how we can assist you, contact me directly at chris@valueight.com, or feel free to schedule a 15-minute call with me, so I can understand your requirements and discuss options with you, at calendly.com/valueight/coffeechat.



Riverbanks Solutions

• Business Consulting and Services

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • Sep 2020 - Oct 2021

  Untied States Riverbanks offers proactive entrepreneurship consulting services, including areas of marketing, finance, HR, technology, product development, R&D, PR, communication, business processes optimisation, and troubleshooting. Our coaching is based on your specific developmental needs, goals and timelines. It’s an accelerated journey, with weekly accountability and follow-up maintained to ensure you achieve what you’ve stated is important to your business. We can do this because we take on very… Show more Riverbanks offers proactive entrepreneurship consulting services, including areas of marketing, finance, HR, technology, product development, R&D, PR, communication, business processes optimisation, and troubleshooting. Our coaching is based on your specific developmental needs, goals and timelines. It’s an accelerated journey, with weekly accountability and follow-up maintained to ensure you achieve what you’ve stated is important to your business. We can do this because we take on very few clients at a time. In the long term our focus is to dominate the Agetech and Neurotech industries in terms of consulting services. www.riverbanks.com Show less



Analytix Solutions

• United States
• Financial Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

  United States Businesses today of all sizes are faced with a competitive environment that changes rapidly. Companies that possess the agility to react to those market conditions on an ongoing basis and successfully navigate through any unanticipated obstacles are better positioned for long term success. Analytix Solutions helps companies tackle these types of challenges by empowering business owners to confidently make informed decisions that will positively impact their company’s profitability. We… Show more Businesses today of all sizes are faced with a competitive environment that changes rapidly. Companies that possess the agility to react to those market conditions on an ongoing basis and successfully navigate through any unanticipated obstacles are better positioned for long term success. Analytix Solutions helps companies tackle these types of challenges by empowering business owners to confidently make informed decisions that will positively impact their company’s profitability. We are a single source provider of integrated solutions across multiple functional areas and disciplines. Through a combination of cross disciplinary expertise, technological aptitude, and deep domain experience, we arm our clients with efficient systems and processes, reliable data, and industry insights to help propel their business to the next level. www.analytix.com Show less



xFusion Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Of The Board Of Advisors

  • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

  Sacramento, California, United States California-based xFusion Technologies, Inc. is a leading expertise-based consultancy specializing in serving Public and Private sector organizations. xFusion’s seasoned management team, employees and business partners are skilled in selected domains and technology and serve as your trusted partner to recommend technology initiatives, tools and solutions that truly understand and support your desired business outcomes. xFusion offers a full spectrum of IT services in the areas of… Show more California-based xFusion Technologies, Inc. is a leading expertise-based consultancy specializing in serving Public and Private sector organizations. xFusion’s seasoned management team, employees and business partners are skilled in selected domains and technology and serve as your trusted partner to recommend technology initiatives, tools and solutions that truly understand and support your desired business outcomes. xFusion offers a full spectrum of IT services in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Legacy Systems Modernization, Custom Product Development, Outsourced Product Development, and Data Engineering. xFusion’s xAQUA.io provides Modern Digital Platform – Capability as a Service (MDP-CaaS) www.xfusiontech.com Show less



ECN (Electronic Communications Network)

• South Africa
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Head: Product

  • Oct 2014 - Jun 2018

  Midrand Was responsible for the Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Solution Architecture, Business Process Management and Business Strategy. This included being responsible at an Executive level for managing all people, processes, systems and financial activities for these areas (i.e. management and strategic direction, day-to-day process and task execution, budgeting and expense management, etc.). ECN was unbundled from Nashua Communications as part of Reunert's 2015 ICT… Show more Was responsible for the Product Development Lifecycle, Product Management, Solution Architecture, Business Process Management and Business Strategy. This included being responsible at an Executive level for managing all people, processes, systems and financial activities for these areas (i.e. management and strategic direction, day-to-day process and task execution, budgeting and expense management, etc.). ECN was unbundled from Nashua Communications as part of Reunert's 2015 ICT strategy. ECN provides products and services to market through an extensive channel comprising of Nashua franchises and a host of independent channel partners and service providers. ECN is the largest alternate next generation network in SA and offers various last mile connectivity options to deliver a variety of voice, data and hosted solutions to its direct and indirect customers. Visit www.ecn.co.za for more information. Show less



Nashua Communications (Pty) Ltd

• South Africa
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Chief Marketing Officer

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2014

  Midrand Was responsible for Customer Experience Management (CEM), Marketing and Communications, Business Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility. This included being responsible at an Executive level for managing all people, processes, systems and financial activities for these areas (i.e. management and strategic direction, day-to-day process and task execution, budgeting and expense management, etc.). Nashua ECN (a national IP-based… Show more Was responsible for Customer Experience Management (CEM), Marketing and Communications, Business Strategy and Strategic Initiatives, Corporate Reporting and Corporate Social Responsibility. This included being responsible at an Executive level for managing all people, processes, systems and financial activities for these areas (i.e. management and strategic direction, day-to-day process and task execution, budgeting and expense management, etc.). Nashua ECN (a national IP-based network) and Nashua Communications (a PBX business) were merged late in 2012, soon after Nashua Communications had acquired KSS Technologies (a Cisco networking business). This created an exciting new converged ICT player, all under the Nashua Communications brand. Nashua Communications provided ICT solutions and services in key areas such as: Connectivity; Collaboration; Contact Centres; Data Centres; Cloud & Hosted Services and Local Area Networking. Show less



Nashua ECN

• Product & Marketing Director

  • Nov 2011 - Sep 2012

  ECN Telecommunications was acquired by Reunert and fell under the Nashua group of companies to support Reunert's overall ICT group strategy for the Nashua segement. Nashua ECN (a next generation network) emerged as a unique business unit to compliment Nashua Mobile (mobile phones and tablets), Nashua Office Automation (multi-function printers) and Nashua Communications (Siemens and Panasonic PBXs). Key highlights were creating and developing a new Corporate Identity (CI) from… Show more ECN Telecommunications was acquired by Reunert and fell under the Nashua group of companies to support Reunert's overall ICT group strategy for the Nashua segement. Nashua ECN (a next generation network) emerged as a unique business unit to compliment Nashua Mobile (mobile phones and tablets), Nashua Office Automation (multi-function printers) and Nashua Communications (Siemens and Panasonic PBXs). Key highlights were creating and developing a new Corporate Identity (CI) from scratch, and, migrating the Nashua Mobile LCR base onto the Nashua ECN VoIP network as the mobile termination rates (MTR) dropped. Show less



ECN Telecommunications

• Senior Manager - Product Development

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2011

  Was responsible for bringing new products to market by managing product development plans, producing sales and marketing collateral, developing "go-to-market" strategies and executing marketing activities. Over and above that, another key responsibility and highlight was managing the entire Due Diligence (DD) process of suitors MTN Business and JSE listed engineering and electronics entity Reunert. Both companies were looking to acquire ECN Telecommunications as a key component… Show more Was responsible for bringing new products to market by managing product development plans, producing sales and marketing collateral, developing "go-to-market" strategies and executing marketing activities. Over and above that, another key responsibility and highlight was managing the entire Due Diligence (DD) process of suitors MTN Business and JSE listed engineering and electronics entity Reunert. Both companies were looking to acquire ECN Telecommunications as a key component of their future ICT strategies. This included managing the preparation of all documentation for the DD, the day-to-day DD activities and all interactions between the relevant parties. Reunert eventually purchased the business.

• Executive Manager - Project Management Office

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2011

  Established the Project Management Office (PMO) with a formal PMO Charter, PM processes and supporting documentation to manage key network and product development projects.

• Executive Manager - Business Systems

  • Dec 2009 - Mar 2010

  Joined an exciting telecommunications startup in the early Voice over IP (VoIP) days looking at improving their business process management. Key highlights were mapping the key business processes and implementing Metastorm's BPM to automate them, as well as, implementing SysAid as their ITIL based Helpdesk.



Nostra IT

• New Zealand
• Restaurants

• Business Solutions Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Sep 2009

  Joined an established consultancy in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Business Process Management (BPM) space. Nostra were the distributors of software from international players such as Serena and Metastorm at the time. Highlights were working closely with and establishing ALM best practices at the Rand Water Board, as well as, implementing version control tools to manage the early development of Neotel's SugarCRM.



Treasury, Financial Risk Management and Support

• Treasury Consultant

  • Nov 2000 - Dec 2007

  Joined a small treasury consultancy, TFRMS, outsourcing treasury middle office services back to two listed JSE entities, GoldFields and Nampak. Operationally responsible for running and managing the Reuters trading platform, the internal group Cash Management system, Sungard's back office Treasury Management Suite (GTM), MS SQL database management, the overall treasury Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and performing daily research and trend analysis on Bloomberg. Key highlights were… Show more Joined a small treasury consultancy, TFRMS, outsourcing treasury middle office services back to two listed JSE entities, GoldFields and Nampak. Operationally responsible for running and managing the Reuters trading platform, the internal group Cash Management system, Sungard's back office Treasury Management Suite (GTM), MS SQL database management, the overall treasury Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and performing daily research and trend analysis on Bloomberg. Key highlights were developing and implementing financial risk management models, developing the daily operational processes and documenting the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for both treasuries. Show less



Obsidian Systems

• South Africa
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Owner, Founder & Director

  • Dec 1995 - Oct 2000

  Helped found one of the first commercially oriented Linux businesses in SA which continues to this day. Key highlights: Instrumental in selling a 20% stake to venture captalists Gensec; linking the back office systems of Nando's (SA and Australia branches) to Head Office in SA in order to consolidate point-of-sale (POS) information and managing the development of one of the first web based e-commerce platforms in SA for the Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa.