Senior Consultant

• Nov 2022 - Present

Enterprise and Solution Architect under contract

• Apr 2021 - Oct 2022

Lead engineer for a client’s new startup.

• Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

Solution Architect

• May 2019 - Oct 2020

Solution Architect and acting enterprise architect in the central banking and central securities depository space. Solution Architect and acting enterprise architect in the central banking and central securities depository space.

Founder

• Sep 2016 - May 2019

Client consultation and requirements analysis. Design of suitable solutions and identification of ideal technology stack to realize the solution. Engagement and verification of development and roll out of the proposed solution. Client consultation and requirements analysis. Design of suitable solutions and identification of ideal technology stack to realize the solution. Engagement and verification of development and roll out of the proposed solution.

Software Architect & Java Technical Lead

• Feb 2015 - Aug 2016

Solution Architecture in Grails, Java, AngularJS, Cordova, Native Android, Native iOS (ObjectiveC), MongoDB, MySQL and PostgreSQL and HTML5+CSS3 with AWS and CloudFront technology stack.

Java Technical Lead

• Feb 2015 - Aug 2015

Technical Lead Role

Senior Developer

• Feb 2013 - Jan 2015

Member of the Global Portal Development Team, we work in JEE5 (EJB, RESTful and XML WEB Services, JSONP, Servlets, JSP, JCO's and WebDynPro), SAP Netweaver 7.3, HTML5, JQuery, iOS, Android, Oracle, Siebel and C#.NET. Member of the Global Portal Development Team, we work in JEE5 (EJB, RESTful and XML WEB Services, JSONP, Servlets, JSP, JCO's and WebDynPro), SAP Netweaver 7.3, HTML5, JQuery, iOS, Android, Oracle, Siebel and C#.NET.

Owner, Consultant and Analyst Developer

• Jul 2011 - Jan 2013

Acted as a business analyst, software architect and consultant to my customers. Agile project management activities and weekly Skype based teleconferences were help with IT support architect, QA support engineer, client services manager and CEO to review project progress and future strategies. Acted as a business analyst, software architect and consultant to my customers. Agile project management activities and weekly Skype based teleconferences were help with IT support architect, QA support engineer, client services manager and CEO to review project progress and future strategies.

Senior .Net Programmer

• Feb 2011 - Jun 2011

Software product development using .Net C#, WCF, WPF, SQL Server, Biometric scanners and other media devices. Software product development using .Net C#, WCF, WPF, SQL Server, Biometric scanners and other media devices.

Technical Lead, Anaylst Software Engineer

• Oct 2008 - Jan 2011

The company is focussed on physical asset management, logistical planning and other geographical positioning data related software engineering solutions. Technologies used included ASP.NET 3.5, WCF, WPF, Silverlight, Windows Forms based applications, Windows Services, Ms SQL Server 2005, Oracle 9i and 11g, Core language features such as extension methods, generic methods, lamda expressions, anonymous methods, reflectino etc are used in an inhouse foundation used for building complex software solutions. Other software and hardware technologies are used based on requirements of each client's specific needs. Show less

Senior Developer, Team Lead

• Feb 2008 - Sep 2008

This is the online devision of Media 24 focussed on WEB site offerings such as news24, career24, m.24.com, kalahari.net and all the other 24.com web sites offering services and content from the group. Technologies used included ASP.NET (version 2.0 and 3.5), WCF, MVC (limited), Ms SQL Server 2005. This is the online devision of Media 24 focussed on WEB site offerings such as news24, career24, m.24.com, kalahari.net and all the other 24.com web sites offering services and content from the group. Technologies used included ASP.NET (version 2.0 and 3.5), WCF, MVC (limited), Ms SQL Server 2005.

Consultant

• Jul 2006 - Jan 2008

During this period I operated as a business analyst, solution architect and software engineering consultant to mostly US based startup companies (and sometimes Canadian, UK, Pakistani and Australian companies). Technologies ranged from Linux, Java, MySQL, PHP based solutions to ASP.NET, Windows Forms, Windows Mobile (.NET CF), Ms SQL Server 2005, J2ME and SIM Toolkit based solutions depending on the most suitable for each client's infrastructure and requirements. I decided to end the used of TLogi.com as a web space in order to form a more focussed web presence in the future. Show less

Technical Director (co-founder)

• Jan 2003 - Jun 2006

I designed and developed a payphone solution hosted as a JavaCard based SIM Toolkit application. The product were focussed on developing countries to extend the reach of the GSM mobile telecommunications network beyond one user per phone while accomplishing income generation and better connectivity between people. Technologies used included C# (version 1.1) , Windows forms, Windows Services, SMPP (implementation), Ms SQL Server 2000, MySQL, PHP, USSD, GSM SIM Toolkit, SS7 protocol stack. I designed and developed a payphone solution hosted as a JavaCard based SIM Toolkit application. The product were focussed on developing countries to extend the reach of the GSM mobile telecommunications network beyond one user per phone while accomplishing income generation and better connectivity between people. Technologies used included C# (version 1.1) , Windows forms, Windows Services, SMPP (implementation), Ms SQL Server 2000, MySQL, PHP, USSD, GSM SIM Toolkit, SS7 protocol stack.

Application Architect

• Jun 2000 - Dec 2002

This company pioneered the first premium rated SMS services in and the first mobile internet services in South Africa. This was a Linux and open source house using Sybase 11.9.2 and MySQL as databases and redhat linux, Java and PHP as well as IBM DirectTalk to implement IVR services and other SMS and mobile internet (WAP) based services and content. This company pioneered the first premium rated SMS services in and the first mobile internet services in South Africa. This was a Linux and open source house using Sybase 11.9.2 and MySQL as databases and redhat linux, Java and PHP as well as IBM DirectTalk to implement IVR services and other SMS and mobile internet (WAP) based services and content.