Experience

VTR

• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Professional Engineer

  • 2002 - Present

  Advising on and executing Management, Project Management, Electronics and Physical Security requirements for clients in South Africa and the Middle East

• Professional Consulting Engineer

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2011

  Advised Eskom as a Professional Consultant involved with non-core technologies at all the power stations as well as for the "new-build" projects - Medupi, Kusile and the Ingula pump storage project.



Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Specialist Consultant Generation (non-core technologies)

  • 2008 - 2010

  Generated electronic (BMS) specifications for the new build Projects (Medupi, Kusile and Ingula). Generated requirement specifications and tender documents for electronics at many of Eskom's power stations. Evaluated and reported on Eskom requerements for Eskom divisions including Corporate services, Generation, Transmision, Telekom and Enterprises Generated electronic (BMS) specifications for the new build Projects (Medupi, Kusile and Ingula). Generated requirement specifications and tender documents for electronics at many of Eskom's power stations. Evaluated and reported on Eskom requerements for Eskom divisions including Corporate services, Generation, Transmision, Telekom and Enterprises



Software & Electronic Laboratories (Pty) Ltd

• CEO & chief research Officer

  • Jan 1981 - Dec 2004

  The laboratory operated in support of other entities - orriginally under the BKS and later under the VTR banner.Many local and international patents were registered in my own and company name.Acknowledged leader in innovative Physical Security SolutionsRan a test site testing most security technologies available worldwide were tested for incorporating in security installations. Different installation environments and deployments were tested for effectiveness as detectors, analysis, false and nuisance alarms as well as complexity and the influence on MTTR of spares and expertise availability and the MTBF of different environments. Many patents were registered from the knowledge gleaned in these tests.Recognised leader in the design and innovation of perimeter system (Many patents held - Tunnel structures and security screen - very cost effective)Supervised in house training



Securicor (Pty) Ltd

• MD and CEO

  • Mar 1989 - Apr 2001

  Turn Key contractor in major physical security related projects in Southern Africa.I oversaw the drawing up or finalized all major tenders (i.e. $100 000 and up), Oversaw marketing including quotations and presentations I did presentations worldwide and at many security trade shows.Financial Control:I oversaw or drew up budgets and did the overview of accounts up to balance sheet presentation to external auditors. Turn Key contractor in major physical security related projects in Southern Africa.I oversaw the drawing up or finalized all major tenders (i.e. $100 000 and up), Oversaw marketing including quotations and presentations I did presentations worldwide and at many security trade shows.Financial Control:I oversaw or drew up budgets and did the overview of accounts up to balance sheet presentation to external auditors.



VTR Consulting Engineers

• Senior Partner

  • Mar 1983 - Feb 1989

  Designed innovative solutions for the largest entities in Southern Africa.Integrating Electronics with Mechanical, Electrical and Civil engineering disciplines for complete solutions in Security, Loss prevention and automation systems.The consulting arm in the 1990's operated to professionally support designs for Securicor's installationsStrategic Consulting includingBusiness plans,Project management,Energy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and System DesignLecturerDesigned and conducted the Graduate course "Advanced Course in Security Management" on contract for the University of South Africa for many years. Because of the complexity of the solutions I took over an associated company to start actually installing the systems as complete turn key solutions



BKS Consulting Engineers

• Senior Partner

  • Mar 1981 - Mar 1983

  Senior partner responsible for Electrical and Electronic divisions which I helped establish and brought to profitability.As member of the group management board, executed all management functions required to manage a major countrywide professional consulting Engineering group (had 700 engineers employed at that time).Started a dedicated specialist consulting arm (VTR) with two of the partners which concentrating on projects divorced from the construction / building industry. The consulting groups soon each went their separate ways.



Ore Sorters International (within the Rio Tinto Group)

• General Manager

  • Mar 1979 - Feb 1981

  Tasked to transformed the company operation from the research phase to full production which was achieved in less than a year.As General Manager the design, development and manufacture as well as the construction and the later installation of new generation Ore Sorters within budget was my direct responsibility.Financial control and reporting.Used laser scanning and scintillator detection to sort and beneficiate ores using high pressure columnated air. Much of it the logic was by hard wired logic (forming parallel computers) and supported by complex conveyor and screening systems running from the mine to the sorters with two down streams to dumps and extraction plants.The company decided to relocate its operations to Canada and I was requested to re-establish the factory there. Family considerations made me decide to decline and accept an offer for a senior alternate position with new challenges.



Telecommunication

• Project Engineer

  • Mar 1973 - Mar 1979

  Project manager for all mobile Communication Systems for the SANDF (land, sea and air).I did the system design, contract management and construction overview of the Electronics Systems on new Naval Vessels in Israel and France during its construction.Innovator: Designed frequency hopping VHF Man-pack radios (1979-first commercially available as far as we were able to determine).Was sponsored for post graduate studies in the UK. Project manager for all mobile Communication Systems for the SANDF (land, sea and air).I did the system design, contract management and construction overview of the Electronics Systems on new Naval Vessels in Israel and France during its construction.Innovator: Designed frequency hopping VHF Man-pack radios (1979-first commercially available as far as we were able to determine).Was sponsored for post graduate studies in the UK.



CA du Toit and Partners

• Consulting Engineer

  • Jan 1970 - Mar 1973

  Designed,specified and overview of electrical reticulations and building systems.Wrote and implemented software to evaluated fault currents at sub-stations (many cities) Designed,specified and overview of electrical reticulations and building systems.Wrote and implemented software to evaluated fault currents at sub-stations (many cities)