Experience

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  Saratoga SA

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Senior Consultant Team Lead

    • Jan 2014 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Contracted to Independent Newspapers (IOL) for development of a new mobile web site (iolmobile.com) and associated services.Development of a replacement front-end to www.iol.co.za and migration of the site to the new front-end.Development of the middle tier and interface to a new Content Management System, and the migration of this tier to the new back-end.Extension of the IOL front-end framework for multi-site adaptability.Migration of various sections of the IOL suite to standalone sites.HTTPS migrations of IOL, African Independent, The Daily Voice, Isolezwe sites.Development of Progressive Web Applications (PWA), with Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) sites for House and Garden, GQ Magazine, Glamour Magazine, Daily Voice and Isolezwe.Development and migration of the IOL site to a Progressive Web Application.

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  Student YMCA

  • University of Cape Town Student YMCA

  • Operations Manager

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2013
    • University of Cape Town Student YMCA

    Teaching and mentorship of UCT students, shaping their worldview in conformity with what we find in Scripture.The position required active engagement with students at both the academic and relational levels. This was a full-time post with opportunities during the University vacations to do short term contract work as well as other fund-raising activities for the ministry.

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  Aveng Group

  • Bellville, Cape Town

  • Control and Instrumentation Engineer

    • Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
    • Bellville, Cape Town

    Contracted to supply the C&I service for the design and costing of the proposed expansion of the Amatikulu sugar mill.

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  UCSF (University Christian Student Ministry)

  • NUST University, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

  • Ministry Coordinator

    • Nov 2004 - Jan 2009
    • NUST University, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    Teaching and mentorship of University students, shaping their worldview in conformity with what we find in Scripture, and interfacing between Scripture and the Economic climate.The role was multidisciplinary as it required whatever was necessary to keep the ministry functioning in the Economic meltdown of the country. As it turned out, the conditions provided excellent opportunity to dialogue and demonstration of the authenticity of Scripture.

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  Atkins

  • Kent, United Kingdom

  • Software Engineer

    • Oct 1998 - Oct 2004
    • Kent, United Kingdom

    Systems integration, Industrial automation, Control systems and Systems Training.

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  Triangle Sugar Estates

  • Triangle, Zimbabwe

  • Graduate Trainee

    • Feb 1995 - Mar 1998
    • Triangle, Zimbabwe

    Graduate trainee program in general Engineering and focussing on Control and Instrumentation.