Experience

The Software Factory

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

• Developer Manager

  • Jul 2020 - Present



Mackantra engineering

• South Africa

• Self Employed

  • Nov 2019 - Present

  Yeah, just sorting their network and systems. Get them up to speed IT stuff. Great company, good people. Oh, and, first time I put in a non MS system, so much cheaper, less stress. Synology systems, totally worth it. Yeah, just sorting their network and systems. Get them up to speed IT stuff. Great company, good people. Oh, and, first time I put in a non MS system, so much cheaper, less stress. Synology systems, totally worth it.



Securiport South Sudan

• Juba

• I.T. Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Nov 2019



Kamoto Copper Company DRC

• DRC

• Systems Engineer / IT Services Chief Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Jul 2017

  Production up time and maintenance VMware 5.5: 14 Hosts in 3 Clusters; 130 Virtual machines Veeam Backup and replication for Virtual Servers and Virtual machine OS: Microsoft server 210,2008.2003 Microsoft Exchange 3 International Locations, Switzerland, DRC Congo, South Africa 1200 Mailboxes on Exchange 2010 Active Directory Services on two Domains Other Apps: SQL server 2012,2008 Symantec Backup AMT Modular StarLims ERP, Syspro, ORB, Translution Citrix Xenapps Storage (SAN) Dell Compellent Storage Coraid Storage Support Roles Desktop support 1200 Users MS Office 2010, 2013 Cellar and tablet support Andriod, IPhone Network and Firewalls Wifi, LAN, WAN Dell Switches, Zonedirector, Ruckas Fiber Optic Network, Copper, Wave IP WAN: VSAT with Astruim X2 DRC Service Providers for Internet Break Out DR Center at CSA - Single Vmware Cluster Symantec Backup and Coraid Storage Facilities managment Server Room: Legato Generator and Switching unit for 24/7 power supply X2 60KVA APC UPS in Server room Cooling Alert systems for Power, Heat, Flood, Smoke Show less



Vault-IT

• Midrand

• DR Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Oct 2013

  .Design and implement Disaster Recovery methodologies .Support and recovery I.T. Systems for Data recovery .Provide Business Continuity for IT systems. .Document new Disaster Recovery sales and Marketing material .Calculate Business costs .Manage IT System Engineers on Disaster Recovery Management Project Management and I.T Technical role .Project Management for Roll out of Disaster Recovery Plans .Source Offsite Hosting Platforms for replication of high Availability systems for DR .Attend and assist sales team with technical planning for Disaster Recovery in the Cloud Show less



Northam Platinum

• South Africa
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• I.T. Coodinator

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2012

  .Establish I.T. infrastructure, services and communications at new Mine location in Steelpoort Mpumalange .Report to and work with the site management team to effectively. Leverage on each areas responsibilities within the project scope to ensure the successful implementation of a new mine .Work within a pre-defined I.T. budget. +- 45 Million for 4 years .Manage budget spending an capitalize on existing infrastructure at the primary I.T. center in Thabazimbi .Project Management and I.T Technical role .Manage contracts with various providers. Approve contractor quotations. Authorize payment and ensure service level agreements are established and adhered to. .Introduce proper I.T. governance for technical staff and end user support. .Provide data and telephonic communications between Northam Head Office in JHB and the primary I.T. Centre in Thabazimbi .Extend and replicate and connect to key business I.T. systems at the new site in Steelpoort .Provide end user access to email, data storage cellular communications Land Line (yes VOIP! the term is redundant) communication. .Provide local access to the World wide web .Introduce Northam I.T. practices, policies and procedures at the new Mine location .Adhere to an executive instruction to not replicate any existing I.T. systems where possible, but to connect to existing services at the primary I.T. center in Thabazimbi .Provide site Wireless communications .Establish a temporary and permanent data cabling infrastructure to support the mine for the next 20 to 40 years .Construction of a communications mast for local and wide area network communications .Constructions of a temporary I.T. center complete with UPS, fire suppression and support offices. .Provide underground data and telephonic communications. .Manager to X2 Technical engineers. X3 Data and cabling staff and X1 General worker .Management of various contractors and their staff compliment. .Asset management. .ITIL best practice Show less



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solution Architect

  • Aug 2008 - Jan 2010

  .Create architectures and designs for Anglo American subsidiaries based on enterprise architectural designs. .Aligned with business blueprints, non-functional requirements, delivery constraints, data, application and technology standards, and architecture standards. .Ensure solution architecture quality and serve as the primary point of contact for solution design between the project team and the SDLC process. .Contribute towards defining solution design standards, ensure adherence to it and execute requirements SDLC governance. Competencies .Persuading and influencing of various organizational groups as to the best solution going forward .Apply expertise and technology understanding to ensure continued business continuity while system upgrades and changes are implemented .Delivering results and meeting customer expectations without unnecessary downtime, loss of data and end ensuring user access to key business systems .Presenting and communicating information to the program management team . .Provide detailed architectural designs for approval .Relating and networking .Planning and organizing .Working with various vendors an expertise in each field while coordinating efforts for each Show less



Global Continuity

• Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• Senior recovery specialist

  • Jan 2003 - Jul 2008

  .Provide technical support for disaster recovery solutions .Research and develop backup and recovery strategies .Provide technical expertise for data migration projects .Document system recovery designs and provide leading support for each design .Provide pre-sales technical support .Develop high speed server and desktop deployment solutions .Setup and install dark site recovery sites Setup and support high availability solutions Setup and support of data center servers across all Microsoft technologies Deployment of data storage solutions for the migration or recovery of data. Lead technical teams during recovery or data migration exercises Show less



Total South Africa

• Rosebank

• Systems Engineer

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2008

  .Coordinate and work with a team of Technical support people. .Provide 3rd level support for all I.T. based systems within the company .Provide Network support for LAN and WAN links (Analogue, Diginet) .Provide support of all printing, data storage, file systems, SQL and Exchange services .Provide end user Desktop support to back office systems. .General maintenance of server room, cabling rack mounted server kit. .Configuration of routers and Switches .Configuration of the IP Network with integration using 5250 emulation to legacy systems such a JDE Edwards running on AS400 .General support and maintenance of core services such as DHCP, WINS, DNS .Provide certain architectural designs where project work had been individually assigned. .Report to management on the general health and maintenance of the system. .Extensive travel to remote sites to provide end user support, local server maintenance and printing Show less