Experience

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  Cloudestate

  • Capetown

  • Consulting Professional Architect

    • Jan 1997 - Present
    • Capetown

    Registered professional architect, SA Council for Architects. Specialisation residential design and building information modelling.

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  CloudEstate Exchange

  • Cape Town

  • Founder

    • Jan 2019 - Present
    • Cape Town

    The CloudEstate Exchange is an online market in development for verified, interactive, digital twins of real estate - called cloud estate. An example of an instance of cloud estate is a home - called a Cloudhome, a valuable data commodity in the real estate eco-system that allows for B2C marketing inside its virtual environment. The concept pitched at a Microsoft Disruptive business pitch competition in Baltimore, DC in 2016. Awards: One of final two winners at a 2016 Microsoft US disruptive business pitch session at the 2016, annual Women President Organization (https://www.womenpresidentsorg.com) conference in Baltimore, US.

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  Self-employed

  • United States

  • Sabbatical

    • Sep 2021 - May 2022
    • United States

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  Women Presidents'​ Organization

  • South Africa

  • Business Owner Member

    • Jan 2015 - 2020
    • South Africa

    Member of the SA chapter of the Women President Organization (WPO), https://www.wposouthafrica.com/. Participated in monthly business mentorship meetings with fellow members and various conferences over the course of five years. Awards: One of final two winners at a 2016 Microsoft US disruptive business pitch session at the 2016, annual Women President Organization (https://www.womenpresidentsorg.com) conference in Baltimore, US.

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  Cityzenith

  • South Africa

  • CityZenith Reseller Partner Africa

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019
    • South Africa

    Approached by Cityzenith US (https://cityzenith.com/) to act as re-seller partner in Africa and introduce CityZenith platform to property owners. Delivered 30+ proposals to commercial property owners across SA in 2019, including a detailed proposal to Stellenbosch University for a Digital Twin of the Stellenbosch University Campus as a potential PhD case study.

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  Homevision

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Founder and Managing Architect

    • Sep 2004 - Jan 2016
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Homevision is a Cape Town based architectural consultancy focused on the design and development of residential projects using building information modelling (BIM) technology. To date 36 new homes and 34 renovation projects have been successfully delivered.Awards: TOP 15, nationwide Mckinsey/National Institute of Business, business start-up competition, 2001 AND was awarded 3rd place, growth track in the City of Cape Town Entrepreneur Competition, 2011.

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  Various

  • South Africa

  • Consulting Architect

    • Jan 2003 - Dec 2003
    • South Africa

    3- month consulting contracts with StudioMASS architects, SBT Juul Africa, Enterprize IG and Holm Jordaan Architects. Projects included for Studio MASS an interior concept for Absa Towers in Johannesburg, 3-D visualisation work of House Pierre Swanepoel, for the director Pierre Swanepoel; for SBT Juul Africa business proposals for real estate developments in Mauritius; for Enterprize IG a design manual for Mitsubishi Showrooms; for Holm Jordaan design of a high-end home, House du Toit in Featherbrook Estate and a competition scheme for the new reception building of the Limpopo Transfrontier Park.

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  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

  • Pretoria Area, South Africa

  • Research and Development Architect

    • Jan 1997 - Dec 2001
    • Pretoria Area, South Africa

    Employed as a research and development architect, where I conducted research on various out of industry technologies and processes and its application on the architectural design and development process. Description of projects:- AEDES (Architectural Evaluation and Design System) System, CSIR, 20002000 topic on-line user help file.- Tele-commute Project, CSIR 1999: Research project into Multi-Purpose Community Centres, Tele-Centres & Tele-commuting & assisted with the development of the CSIR IT Community Centre at Manguzi, Kwazulu Natal.- Process Re-engineering Project, CSIR 1999: A research project into the application of out-of-industry technologies, e.g. System Engineering (SE), Quality Function Deployment (QFD) & Concurrent Engineering (CE) to the architectural process.- CESA (Construction Education for SA) website, CSIR 1999: A business proposal for an interactive Continuous Professional Development (CPD) website for the SA building -industry to facilitate web-based knowledge learning & trade.- QFD User Requirements Project, CSIR 1999: Quality Function Deployment (QFD) research project into the project requirements of the project -team on the R1 billion Menlyn shopping complex re-development project.Awards: MSc (Applied Science) (Cum Laude) with specialization in Architecture, entitled: "The Requirements of an Integrated Project Environment in the South African Construction Industry".