Kamva Makabane
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English Full professional proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management InstituteAug, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
Project Management InstituteApr, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA)
CiscoApr, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
ITIL Service Operation
Pink Elephant
Experience
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AppDynamics
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Enterprise Sales Executive
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Apr 2020 - Present
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Cisco
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Manager
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Jun 2015 - Apr 2020
My role involved managing programs from the initiation phase to closure. I worked closely with the account team to align to their pipeline so I can proactively plan for my programs. Furthermore, please see the role specific functions I performed under this role below:• Worked through partners & customers directory for program delivery.• Worked with engineering & sales teams to identify the steps required to deliver complex solutions.• I coached and motivated the project team towards achieving the project milestones.• Lead meetings to resolve conflicts, facilitate decision making, and drive timely execution. • Daily program management throughout the program/project life cycle.• Defining the program/project governance (controls).• Planning the overall program/project and monitoring the progress.• Managing the program budget.• Managing risks and issues and taking corrective measurements.• Coordinating the projects and their interdependencies.• Managed stakeholders’ communication.• Created & maintained customer relationships.• Aligning the deliverables (outputs) to the program’s “outcome” with the aid of the business change manager.• Develops hybrid project management methodologies to align delivery according to customer priorities.• Negotiated milestone completion sign-off for invoicing.• Identified opportunities through change control in instances where the agreed upon project scope did not meet the customer requirements. • Kept goals and schedules highly visible in the organization to ensure that individuals and teams are driven to high levels of productivity.• Each project is unique and as such, my key role was to customise each project approach and come up with fresh, innovative ways of solving the client problems.• Maintained overall focus on benefit realization.• Managed customer satisfaction across all projects/programs. Show less
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Associate Project Manager
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Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
The main objective of the time spent in Poland was to obtain in-depth training attend knowledge transfer sessions, job shadowing etc from the most competent, accredited Cisco Partners and employees to ensure my success as a project manager. The key achievement was the following:• Professional Project Manager (PMP-PMI: Licence number#2045248) Certificate.• Associate Project Manager (CAPM-PMI: Licence number#1817165) Certificate.• Cisco Routing and Switching (CCNA) Certificate.• Advanced presentation skills.• Advanced project management tools and Techniques. Show less
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KPMG South Africa
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South Africa
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Information Technology Analyst
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Feb 2014 - Feb 2015
As part of the IT advisory team at KPMG, the focus was on providing advisory services across all industries in order to help organisations identify and regulate business processes, internal controls and risks that may impact their business. I performed IT auditing for external and internal audits whereby IT general controls were reviewed and tested to provide assurance and reliance. Furthermore, I performed the following tasks:• Regulatory and compliance: I was well placed to assist organisations with regulatory and compliance needs. Furthermore, I had to identify financial and operational risks embedded in business systems.• IT risk management and control: I helped clients optimise their risk management and controls architecture, specific to IT.• Cost optimisation: I worked with clients to help identify the most effective ways to optimise operational business costs.• Logistics and supply chain issues: I examined various aspects of business processes and technology, and I made recommendations for helping to optimize efficiency.• Data migration reviews.• IT general controls. • Computer-assisted Audit Techniques (CAATs).• SLA Reviews.• Process Analysis. • IT Security Reviews (Firewall, Webtrust Accreditation review, Operating Systems review, Active Directory review).• SAP CLM project assurance.• VB Script Code Review.• Quality Assurance (Project risk and assurance) review.• SAP Basis and Authorisation’s reviews.• Application Controls review. Show less
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Information Technology Consultant
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Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
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Junior Information Technology Consultant
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Jan 2013 - Jun 2013
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Education
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University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Honours Degree, Informatics -
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Routing and Switching -
Institute of Project Management
Project Management Professional, Project Management -
Institute of Project Management
Associate Project Manager -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Master's degree -
GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General