Experience

Thriva

• United Kingdom
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Dec 2021 - Present

• Tech Lead

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2020



GetSmarter

• South Africa
• E-Learning Providers
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Solutions Architect

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Responsible for setting the technical direction of the company's architecture and spearheading the adoption of microservices. This required evaluating and implementing various new technologies and then communicating this direction to the team for wider adoption.• Navigated technical challenges that came with the acquisition of our company by 2U Inc. Coordinating the adoption and integration of new enterprise systems into our architecture.

• Software Developer

  • Apr 2013 - Mar 2016

  • Being the first in-house developer on the team meant setting an example for others, lots of research and making key technical and business decisions.• Rebuilt all 3 of our primary systems, overhauling our learning platform, building a custom CRM system and a new website. All of which are still in active use.• Devised solutions to integrate with 3rd party cloud services and APIs in order to tackle the technical challenges that arose from the rapid growth of the company (60 to 400 employees in 3 years).



Future Media Group (FMG)

• South Africa
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior Software Developer

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2013

  Built an interactive magazine platform and worked closely with designers, videographers and copywriters to put together a new issue every month. Built an interactive magazine platform and worked closely with designers, videographers and copywriters to put together a new issue every month.



Concept Interactive Institute

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lecturer

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2012

  Taught a series of lectures and workshops on Javascript and JQuery as part of an Introduction to Web Development course, presented by Concept Interactive. Taught a series of lectures and workshops on Javascript and JQuery as part of an Introduction to Web Development course, presented by Concept Interactive.