Managing Consultant and DataRobot partnership manager

• Oct 2018 - Present

Data Architect

• Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

Here we developed the data integration pattern to convert from the current PL/SQL procedures used to do ETL to Informatica. Some other duties include data modelling and ETL standards establishment, current data warehouse assessment together with recommendations and providing ongoing direction on architecture development and technical direction and advice on project related initiatives.

Senior ETL Developer

• Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

Snr ETL developer on a Financial re-organisation project at Wesbank. Most of the work done here have actually been around systems analysis. My contract came to an end as the ETL function was outsourced to another consulting company.

Technical Team Lead

• Feb 2015 - Dec 2015

Consulting at Barclay Africa (Absa) on informatica Big Data, PowerExchange for Mainframe and Informatica Infrastructure upliftment projects. Most of my duties revolved around being the technical lead to the team responsible for Informatica architecture upliftment and administration as well as metadata management. Consulting at Barclay Africa (Absa) on informatica Big Data, PowerExchange for Mainframe and Informatica Infrastructure upliftment projects. Most of my duties revolved around being the technical lead to the team responsible for Informatica architecture upliftment and administration as well as metadata management.

Development Team Lead

• Apr 2014 - Jan 2015

Informatica development Team Lead for about 25 on and off-shore developers at Barclays Africa (Absa bank). Informatica development Team Lead for about 25 on and off-shore developers at Barclays Africa (Absa bank).

Senior Consultant

• Apr 2007 - Apr 2014

Consulting at MTN SA as a Business Intelligence consultant focusing on data warehouse and ETL development. Responsible for production support as well as standby on a rotational basis on approximately 126TB EDW loading from 300 to 700 million records through Informatica ETL a day. Also part of various projects to develop the integration of disparate source systems in order to deliver meaningful data in data marts used for reporting. Consulting at MTN SA as a Business Intelligence consultant focusing on data warehouse and ETL development. Responsible for production support as well as standby on a rotational basis on approximately 126TB EDW loading from 300 to 700 million records through Informatica ETL a day. Also part of various projects to develop the integration of disparate source systems in order to deliver meaningful data in data marts used for reporting.

Snr BI Consultant

• Sep 2004 - Mar 2007

Full time senior consultant and support team leader assigned to Nampak, supporting Cognos suite of products, Datastage ETL, Microstrategy reports and Informatica ETL on the following modules: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Finance, Sales, Data Quality/ BI Integrity, Transportation, Procurement, Inventory, HR and Manufacturing. While at Business Connexion I also consulted at Anglo Platinum on the Cognos suite of products where I did installations of Cognos as well as maintenance and development on the various Cognos products. During my period at BCX I completed a course in PRINCE II project management as well. Show less

Business Analyst

• 2001 - Aug 2004

Tiger Brands outsourced their whole IT team to Dimension Data for about 1½ years. Tiger Brands then decided to reverse their decision and in source their business analysts and developers. My main responsibilities while working for both were to translate business requirements into technical specifications and then use those to develop new Cognos cubes and reports as well as ETL jobs together with the database architecture to support them. I was also responsible to support existing production cubes and reports as well as support and development on Datastage ETL. Show less

Business Analyst for Inland Bakeries

• Jul 1996 - 2001

My main responsibilities here were to maintain the integrity and availability of about 15 progress databases distributed throughout the Inland area. I was also responsible for the support and training of users of a software package called Mozaic running accounts receivable and driver accounting software.Outline of Responsibilities:Database Administration on a Progress Database.Application support for accounts receivable and distribution accounting for 15 bakeries in the inland area.User training for Accounts Receivable and driver distribution accountingData extraction and manipulationDesigning of reporting databases on MS Access as well as report writing for those databases. Show less

Network Operator

• Jul 1995 - Jul 1996

As Inland Bakeries support officer, I was responsible for the maintenance and support of the hardware, networks and software for 18 of Albany Bakerie’s bakeries.Outline of Responsibilities:• LAN (Ethernet)• OS Support (Windows NT and Windows (9x)• PC hardware maintenance and support• Part of reengineering team to install and implement new enterprise application called Smart Stream• Auditing of hardware and software• Accounts Receivable and Driver’s accounting application support (PCGA)• Payroll system support (Accsys Wages)• MS Office (Range of products support) • Report Development (MS Access)• Network Support (Lantastic) Show less