Experience

Origen Software

• South Africa
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  As the Co-Founder and CEO of our software development agency, I bring a wealth of experience from my time in the startup scene to help you succeed. At Origen Software, we partner closely with founders and startups to bring your vision to life through custom-built platforms. With my team of experts, we design, develop, and launch applications that are both fast and scalable, ensuring your product reaches 1000s of users every day. Our cutting-edge technology, including Flutter, React, React Native, and Firebase, gives you the competitive edge you need to succeed. Let's work together to help you secure market share and reach new heights. Show less



Startup Club ZA

• South Africa
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • May 2023 - Present

  I am very proud to be an advisor and committee member for the Startup Club ZA. As a startup fanatic and enthusiast, this club is something truly special and something that South Africa has needed. The club is the country's fastest growing tech startup community, fostering connection and opportunity between founders, investors, operators and enables. My role is to help guide the club forward, ensuring growth and providing constant value to our community and partners. From networking, to panels, to startup showcases and everything in between. The SCZA does it all. Show less



Haefele Software

• United Kingdom
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Frontend & Mobile Practice Lead

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  I'm one of the Practice Leads at Haefele Software. That does not mean that I am practicing leadership but rather that I am a lead developer of a specific practice (so maybe I am practicing leadership). That practice being Frontend and Mobile development.Did you say React? Someone mention Flutter? Did I hear a React Native in the back? Was that a whisper of Svelte? Have you heard about Vue or Angular? The answer is if it's frontend or mobile related, you'll see me in the front row.My role is an interesting and challenging one. I need to remain at the top of my game technically, I need to be able to provide high performance to multiple clients, I need to be able to mentor others daily, I need to be able to build proof of concepts in a matter of days, I need to be able to design standards, I need to develop tools and templates for internal use, I need help those around me grow as effectively as possible, I need to be able to document and share my knowledge and at some point I need to help host a podcast. Show less

• Senior Software Developer

  • Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

  Despite the massive shift to remote work in 2020, I persevered and moved into a senior software developer position.My wide variety of experience with various frontend frameworks coupled with my ability to very rapidly gain a deep understanding of each framework has allowed me to make a real impact on the projects that I'm on. More recently, my focus has moved into sharing as much of this knowledge as possible so that other developers aren't tasked with paying the same school fees I've had to pay.My time has adjusted to being spread across more projects so that I can maximise my impact. Working on multiple projects can be tough but it allows me to be more involved with teams, continuously mentor other developers and ensure the highest quality of code throughout our company. Show less

• Intermediate Software Developer

  • Nov 2018 - Jul 2020

  As I moved into an intermediate position, I moved into a new project - Axsess Today. Axsess Today is an Australian based FinTech company with development teams all over the world. I moved onto a team which taught me a lot about the agile process and being a cog in the machine. This project introduced me to CQRS, event sourcing and domain driven design.I have further worked on multiple projects in 2019 ranging from a logistics solution for Hellmann, a location based messaging application for an internal project, a portal to optomize certain business operations of Spur Corporation as well as a large middleware project to help consolidate data.My skills have extended to Azure App Services, Azure Function Apps, Azure Service Bus, Azure Storage, Azure Search services as well as many other Azure features.On top of that, I've taken it upon my self to run workshops and sessions with other developers where I explain more complex frontend (React, Flutter etc) paradigms so that they can write better code on their projects. Doing this has benefitted other developers and their teams but has also allowed me to gain a deep understanding for a large variety of frontend technologies.My frontend knowledge coupled with my ability to write C# backend code (in MVC, CQRS etc) and make use of cloud platforms like Azure truly makes me full stack and allows me to understand a solution from the ground up. Show less

• Junior Software Developer

  • Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

  I joined Haefele Software as Junior Software Developer in October of 2017. My project was OnSiteIMS which is a digital solution to the issues that face modern construction. OnSiteIMS allows for all of the parties involved in the construction of a building to communicate and share information effectively and categorically. I've fully redesigned and developed the new OnSiteIMS mobile application using the Ionic 3 framework. My desire to learn as lead me to grow my skills in other departments and has given me the opportunity to be the business analyst, quality analyst and scrum master for the project. Show less



Full Facing (Pty) Ltd

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

• Software Developer

  • Aug 2016 - Aug 2017

  I joined Full Facing as an intern for 8 months where I had to do some light backend work on a project called iFings which worked with a variety of sensors to provide information to clients such as temperature, humidity etc. After my internship, I became a full-time developer where I worked on the larger projects such as GateKeeper Ticketing and Lessondesk. I was one of the main backend developers on these projects which came with a lot of responsibility. I also developed a course to help train new interns. This course involved me managing and training the interns to help speedup their training and prepare them for what development is actually like. I worked with Scala, RabbitMQ, MongoDB and the Google Cloud Platform. Show less