Experience

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  Ctrack

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Business Architect

    • May 2024 - Present
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

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  Eduvos

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • IT Content Writer

    • Sep 2023 - Present
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Developing content for IT modules, currently for Certificate level (NQF 5).. Content writing role. Also assisting with streamlining and optimising processes within the DFL Department. Performing mentoring role to new content writers.

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  LIC Squared

  • Gauteng, South Africa

  • Director

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Gauteng, South Africa

    Offering Business Architecture consulting services, Business process design and mapping, strategy alignment, capability determination, facilitation

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  AfricaOne Consulting

  • South Africa

  • Business Architect

    • Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
    • South Africa

    Performed Maturity Assessment of the Business Architecture of a Government Department as part of a larger ICT Strategy assessment. Wrote a Gap Analysis report with findings and recommendations, to be included into a larger Gap Analysis report covering all areas of the ICT Strategy

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  Momentum Metropolitan Services

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Principal Engineer

    • Jan 2023 - Apr 2023
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Solutions Engineering Consultant to a major Financial Services and Insurance company in setting up and establishing a Strategic Execution Capability across the enterprise.

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  Absa Group

  • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Project Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
    • City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Project manager for the 1st phase of the establishment of a Sales and Servicing Hub for a major retail bank within their Insurance Business. Coordinating activities across 3 Business units. No process engineering or system changes, but organisational changes, lines of reporting, reports, recruitment of resources and adherence to compliance and governance.

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  Momentum

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Business Process Architect

    • Feb 2022 - Jun 2022
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Working with the Credit Risk team to identify, define, design and optimise their internal processes, and provide further recommendations on improvement, cost saving and automation.

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  Alexander Forbes

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Program Manager

    • Aug 2021 - Apr 2022
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Performing a program manager role

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  Momentum

  • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Business Process Architect

    • Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa

    Performed a detailed landscape analysis of service providers, their maturity and the maturity of the organisation for the purposes of integration of data, systems and processes. Insights were obtained and intelligence gathered to inform strategic decision making.

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  Momentum Consult (Pty) Ltd

  • Centurion, Gauteng

  • Business Process Architect and Engineer

    • Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
    • Centurion, Gauteng

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  UPD via Business Genetics and LIC Squared

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Business Architect

    • Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Defining business processes across the business in 7 areas as preparation for an ERP implementation. The W5 modelling tool is being used to capture all the relevant information and model the processes.

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  FNB via FrameAML and LIC Squared

  • Johannesburg

  • Business Architect

    • Nov 2018 - Jul 2019
    • Johannesburg

    Working on the following initiatives:• Establish an initial baseline architecture (up to Value Chain level) across 9 capabilities in CRO• Realign FCRM projects based on initial baseline architecture• Set up a Centre of Excellence in the PMO (Project Management, Business Analysis, Process Engineering, Change Management)• Repackage the PMO Value Proposition• Train and Mentor the Business Analysis and Process Engineering Teams• Build the process relationships between Division, Segment and Business Unit across capabilities, and down to process levelPurpose of these initiatives was to help the PMO better deliver on projects by allowing a better understanding of processes, impacts, relationships, organisational structures, and all other related areas before a project is initiated.Business Architecture was also being set up as an advisory capability within the PMO to assist the CRO capabilities when changes are required or considered.

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  MAC Consulting

  • South Africa

  • Senior Principal Consultant

    • May 2018 - Sep 2018
    • South Africa

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  Barifor

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Business Process Consultant

    • Jan 2016 - May 2018
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Worked on Transformation project at one of the big 4 audit firms, to redesign processes in the Manage Human Capital, Procure Products and Services, Deliver Projects, Manage CRM, Manage Business Risk and Compliance and Manage Financial Resources process streams. Implementation of Oracle and ServiceNow systems as well as Microsoft Dynamix based on the process designs was part of the project.

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  PM Connection

  • ABSA Campus Johannesburg CBD

  • Process Engineer

    • Apr 2015 - Dec 2015
    • ABSA Campus Johannesburg CBD

    Working on a project in the Governance and Compliance space.Re-engineering of processes to ensure governance and compliance risks and gaps are closed properly.

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  HCL AXON

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Managing Consultant

    • Jan 2012 - Mar 2015
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Worked on a portion of the BigFOot project at SBSA, performing process and finance analysis specifically on Debtors Finance in terms of the recording and controlling of value movement between systems.Worked on Business Release 6 at SBSA as the Enterprise Design Lead for the Release until December 2014. Use of ARIS was extensive. Also responsible for coordinating, consolidating and creating the High Level Release Design document for the Release with a team of people. Driving out the various solutions and solution outlines, and creating the Integrated Solution Outline, with the various teams. Worked on Business Release 5 of the Standard Bank Core Banking Transformation programme till January 2013. This is a SAP CRM focussed release. I started out as the Business Process Lead for the Release, with responsibility for the overall High-Level Release Document (HLRD). I was responsible for coordinating the inputs into the document, and ultimately assembling the final version, including the appendices, which referenced all the various work packages for the release.I have also played the role of Functional Integration Team Lead, with responsibility to ensure that all the various streams within the Release are integrated on a functional level. The function also entailed ensuring that the various work packages are driving towards the target end-state. I had a team of Functional Integrators working with me on this project.

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  EON Consulting

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Consultant

    • Feb 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Mapped and designed As-Is and To-Be business processes for Contract Management, Construction Management, Site Management, Quality Management and Health and Safety Management in the Group Capital Division for both Mega and Non-Mega projects, as part of the Project Tools Program. Conducted workshops to extract the information from stakeholders, managed relationships with stakeholders. ARIS was used extensively to map the processes and create the Process Control Manuals (PCM's) for business.Business Process EngineeringBusiness Process Re-engineeringDocument ManagementKnowledge ManagementProject Management

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  Vodacom

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Independent Contractor via A1L

    • Sep 2010 - Jan 2011
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    End-to-End Testing processes As-Is, development of a Demand and Release Prioritization model and tool, Project Management Office Setup and design of processes, templates, structure

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  Blue Platinum Consulting

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Senior Consultant

    • Apr 2008 - Jul 2010
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    I worked as Senior Consultant at MTN, managing a project to establish a Fixed Asset Management Framework in the organisation. The project ended up designing and implementing a Supply Chain process for the design, purchasing and installation of Network Group base stations and hubs. ARIS was used extensively to map the processes that were being re-engineered.

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  Business Connexion

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Advisory Consultant Business Systems

    • Jul 2007 - Mar 2008
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    As Advisory Consultant Business Systems I report to the CIO, addressing such issues as Business System and Business Strategy alignment, evaluation of new business system requests, determination of business requirements, implementation of business systems, building business cases for new systems for presentation to the EXCO or the ICT Steering Committee and so forth.

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  The IQ Business Group

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Senior Principal Consultant

    • Feb 2005 - Jun 2007
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Senior Consultant in Enterprise Content Management and Business Process Management.

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  Rethink Management Consulting

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Senior Consultant

    • Aug 2001 - Jan 2005
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Consulting on Workflow, Performing Business Analysis, Write specifications, Manage testing, project management

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  Spescom Mobile Solutions

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Data Management Consultant

    • Feb 2000 - Jul 2001
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Configuration management consulting, business analysis, document management, project management

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  South African Air Force

  • Various

  • Technical Officer

    • Aug 1987 - Feb 2000
    • Various

    I started as a junior officer, responsible for a single squadron of mobile radar units. I ended up as the Chief Technical Officer for an Avionics Maintenance Depot. Tasks included general management, financial planning and control, document management, configuration management, contract management, planning, project management and so forth.

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  South African National Defence Force

  • Various

  • National Serviceman

    • Jan 1986 - Jul 1987
    • Various

    National Service in the Artillery Corps