Hannes Van Zyl
Head of Digital Transformation at HEB Construction- Claim this Profile
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Pregasin Pillay
Hannes is a senior executive with a humble down to earth personality. He has strong Strategic Leadership experience across Technology and Digital. He is fantastic to engage with and treats everyone the same. He takes business through new transformation journeys and delivers on his word. Highly recommended and his wisdom is appreciated.
Geoff Hunt
Hannes has worked for me as CIO in three companies (ALSTOM/Areva, Kordia and Hawkins) covering more than 15 years. He is driven by ensuring that Information Services are above all else a business enabler. He is about getting appropriate technology and services to those who deliver for the customer and to those who support the business. He is also about getting managers to understand that cost efficiencies come from extending existing platforms rather than adding new platforms for specific new needs. In Hawkins Hannes lead the transformation from very dated IT infrastructure to staff being able to access all systems from any fixed or mobile device globally. This included video conferencing to desks, meeting rooms and mobile devices and the establishment of routine use of other collaboration tools. Almost all platforms became cloud hosted. Microsoft BI was introduced to enable easy extraction of financial data in meaningful formats and the inhouse development of a very advanced project dash board designed to minimise monthly reporting by project teams and maximisation of ease of analysis for early identification of project issues. A critical aspect of providing support to users is the speed of response and capability of the internal support desk. Hannes's always has KPIs for both individual and overall support desk performance and uses these to drive performance and to take cost out. This includes incorporating automation where appropriate to reduce calls to the support desk. Hannes stays up to date with the full range of hardware and software IS products and is always able to give excellent advice on development options. He is acutely aware of security requirements. Hannes can be relied upon absolutely to deliver IS projects successfully. He can also be relied upon to operate a robust IS system and to ensure that critical investments are business cased and approved ahead of time. An overall excellent and totally dependable CIO.
Pregasin Pillay
Hannes is a senior executive with a humble down to earth personality. He has strong Strategic Leadership experience across Technology and Digital. He is fantastic to engage with and treats everyone the same. He takes business through new transformation journeys and delivers on his word. Highly recommended and his wisdom is appreciated.
Geoff Hunt
Hannes has worked for me as CIO in three companies (ALSTOM/Areva, Kordia and Hawkins) covering more than 15 years. He is driven by ensuring that Information Services are above all else a business enabler. He is about getting appropriate technology and services to those who deliver for the customer and to those who support the business. He is also about getting managers to understand that cost efficiencies come from extending existing platforms rather than adding new platforms for specific new needs. In Hawkins Hannes lead the transformation from very dated IT infrastructure to staff being able to access all systems from any fixed or mobile device globally. This included video conferencing to desks, meeting rooms and mobile devices and the establishment of routine use of other collaboration tools. Almost all platforms became cloud hosted. Microsoft BI was introduced to enable easy extraction of financial data in meaningful formats and the inhouse development of a very advanced project dash board designed to minimise monthly reporting by project teams and maximisation of ease of analysis for early identification of project issues. A critical aspect of providing support to users is the speed of response and capability of the internal support desk. Hannes's always has KPIs for both individual and overall support desk performance and uses these to drive performance and to take cost out. This includes incorporating automation where appropriate to reduce calls to the support desk. Hannes stays up to date with the full range of hardware and software IS products and is always able to give excellent advice on development options. He is acutely aware of security requirements. Hannes can be relied upon absolutely to deliver IS projects successfully. He can also be relied upon to operate a robust IS system and to ensure that critical investments are business cased and approved ahead of time. An overall excellent and totally dependable CIO.
Pregasin Pillay
Hannes is a senior executive with a humble down to earth personality. He has strong Strategic Leadership experience across Technology and Digital. He is fantastic to engage with and treats everyone the same. He takes business through new transformation journeys and delivers on his word. Highly recommended and his wisdom is appreciated.
Geoff Hunt
Hannes has worked for me as CIO in three companies (ALSTOM/Areva, Kordia and Hawkins) covering more than 15 years. He is driven by ensuring that Information Services are above all else a business enabler. He is about getting appropriate technology and services to those who deliver for the customer and to those who support the business. He is also about getting managers to understand that cost efficiencies come from extending existing platforms rather than adding new platforms for specific new needs. In Hawkins Hannes lead the transformation from very dated IT infrastructure to staff being able to access all systems from any fixed or mobile device globally. This included video conferencing to desks, meeting rooms and mobile devices and the establishment of routine use of other collaboration tools. Almost all platforms became cloud hosted. Microsoft BI was introduced to enable easy extraction of financial data in meaningful formats and the inhouse development of a very advanced project dash board designed to minimise monthly reporting by project teams and maximisation of ease of analysis for early identification of project issues. A critical aspect of providing support to users is the speed of response and capability of the internal support desk. Hannes's always has KPIs for both individual and overall support desk performance and uses these to drive performance and to take cost out. This includes incorporating automation where appropriate to reduce calls to the support desk. Hannes stays up to date with the full range of hardware and software IS products and is always able to give excellent advice on development options. He is acutely aware of security requirements. Hannes can be relied upon absolutely to deliver IS projects successfully. He can also be relied upon to operate a robust IS system and to ensure that critical investments are business cased and approved ahead of time. An overall excellent and totally dependable CIO.
Pregasin Pillay
Hannes is a senior executive with a humble down to earth personality. He has strong Strategic Leadership experience across Technology and Digital. He is fantastic to engage with and treats everyone the same. He takes business through new transformation journeys and delivers on his word. Highly recommended and his wisdom is appreciated.
Geoff Hunt
Hannes has worked for me as CIO in three companies (ALSTOM/Areva, Kordia and Hawkins) covering more than 15 years. He is driven by ensuring that Information Services are above all else a business enabler. He is about getting appropriate technology and services to those who deliver for the customer and to those who support the business. He is also about getting managers to understand that cost efficiencies come from extending existing platforms rather than adding new platforms for specific new needs. In Hawkins Hannes lead the transformation from very dated IT infrastructure to staff being able to access all systems from any fixed or mobile device globally. This included video conferencing to desks, meeting rooms and mobile devices and the establishment of routine use of other collaboration tools. Almost all platforms became cloud hosted. Microsoft BI was introduced to enable easy extraction of financial data in meaningful formats and the inhouse development of a very advanced project dash board designed to minimise monthly reporting by project teams and maximisation of ease of analysis for early identification of project issues. A critical aspect of providing support to users is the speed of response and capability of the internal support desk. Hannes's always has KPIs for both individual and overall support desk performance and uses these to drive performance and to take cost out. This includes incorporating automation where appropriate to reduce calls to the support desk. Hannes stays up to date with the full range of hardware and software IS products and is always able to give excellent advice on development options. He is acutely aware of security requirements. Hannes can be relied upon absolutely to deliver IS projects successfully. He can also be relied upon to operate a robust IS system and to ensure that critical investments are business cased and approved ahead of time. An overall excellent and totally dependable CIO.
Experience
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HEB Construction
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New Zealand
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Digital Transformation
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Jan 2018 - Present
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Independent Consultant
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Independent Consultant
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Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Contractor role at Fletcher Building in the role of GM IT Construction, Corporate & Fletcher Living for a period of 4 months. Programme Manager for the Service Improvement Programme across Group Technology within Fletcher Building Contractor role at Fletcher Building in the role of GM IT Construction, Corporate & Fletcher Living for a period of 4 months. Programme Manager for the Service Improvement Programme across Group Technology within Fletcher Building
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Fletcher Building
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New Zealand
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Building Materials
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700 & Above Employee
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GM IT Construction, Corporate and Fletcher Living
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May 2017 - Oct 2017
Interface between the business Divisions and Group Technology, responsible for IT Strategic Planning and Digital Transformation guidance. Interface between the business Divisions and Group Technology, responsible for IT Strategic Planning and Digital Transformation guidance.
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Hawkins Group
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Australia
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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Nov 2013 - May 2017
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Kordia
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New Zealand
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Telecommunications
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400 - 500 Employee
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Chief Information officer
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Dec 2005 - Nov 2013
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Kordia Solutions
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Australia
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Telecommunications
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Information Officer
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2005 - Nov 2013
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IT Manager
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2001 - 2005
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Carter Holt Harvey
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Wholesale Building Materials
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300 - 400 Employee
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Service Delivery Manager
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1997 - 2001
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Education
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1970 - 1975
THS Oude Molen
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Pretoria Technical College
National Diploma in telecommunications (4 year Study), Telecommunications Engineering
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