Experience

VOSS

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO

  • Apr 2017 - Present

• Lead Software Architect

  • Jul 2016 - Apr 2017

• Software Architect and Product Owner

  • Jul 2014 - Apr 2017

  Leading a development team of 14, split between platform / system engineers, backend- and frontend developers.Managing the backlog with internal and external stakeholders.Working closely with QA team to provide guidance on test framework development.Designing VOSS4UC (CUCDM 10.x) product from the ground up.Coding projects outside of the normal backlog scope.



VOSS

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Designer

  • May 2012 - Sep 2013

• Software Developer

  • Dec 2010 - May 2012



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Support Engineer

  • Oct 2008 - Nov 2010

  Responsible for maintenance and support of Vodacom’s OMC and WNMS systems. These systems controlled, and collected information from, the 2G and 3G networks. Daily activities included support calls to fix data processing failures, system services not starting correctly or admin user related issues. System upgrades were performed on a regular basis. Developed scripts which automated tasks such as health checks, system status reporting and data collection. Responsible for maintenance and support of Vodacom’s OMC and WNMS systems. These systems controlled, and collected information from, the 2G and 3G networks. Daily activities included support calls to fix data processing failures, system services not starting correctly or admin user related issues. System upgrades were performed on a regular basis. Developed scripts which automated tasks such as health checks, system status reporting and data collection.



EM Software & Systems (EMSS)

• Kernel Software Developer

  • Apr 2006 - Sep 2008

  Developer on the kernel team. The kernel consisted of the core electromagnetic solver, user input pre-parser, ray-tracing code, optimizer and parallel computing code (to name some main components). Main responsibilities were troubleshooting and fixing bugs and implementing new features. Developer on the kernel team. The kernel consisted of the core electromagnetic solver, user input pre-parser, ray-tracing code, optimizer and parallel computing code (to name some main components). Main responsibilities were troubleshooting and fixing bugs and implementing new features.



Braxton Group

• Stellenbosch

• Software Developer

  • Nov 2005 - Apr 2006

  Responsibilities were to assist in developing a new Human Resources web application product (Performax 4). Responsibilities were to assist in developing a new Human Resources web application product (Performax 4).



Entelligence

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jun 2005 - Nov 2005

  Straight out of varsity, started out building small sites or updating existing ones. Later on started working on a nurse- and doctor recruiting web application for Ambition House. Straight out of varsity, started out building small sites or updating existing ones. Later on started working on a nurse- and doctor recruiting web application for Ambition House.