Experience

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  Greencoin Technologies

  • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Administrator at Greencoin Technologies

    • Aug 2023 - Present
    • Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    As administrator I do product control and pricing for solar products.These products are uploaded and managed on the company website.

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  Self-employed

  • Writer and translator of Childrens Literature

    • Mar 2022 - Present

    Writing books for children. Would love to get involved in the writing of educational material for children and translating material between Afrikaans and English.

  • Training Facilitator

    • Sep 2019 - Feb 2024

    As a trainer with experience in both secondary education and adult training I assist in the development of and presentation of training material.

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  ITS

  • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

  • Co-developer of Popi to Practice Training material

    • Jun 2020 - Feb 2024
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

    Combining my experience and interest in Information Management and Training I co-developed material and content (online and consulting) aimed at the SME sector about the impact and road to compliance of the POPI Act in South Africa.

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  SharePoint 4 U

  • Business Owner SharePoint4U

    • Jul 2018 - Sep 2019

    I am a specialist in Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and an Educator with a master’s degree in educational Reader Studies and Information Management. My Information Management experience enables me to deliver successful ECM solutions, utilising ECM applications such as Microsoft SharePoint Services. As part of a dynamic team, my specialities include the front-end deployment of Microsoft SharePoint Services and addressing training requirements.As a teacher I can train and assess learner skills from Primary to Adult Education levels.

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  Media Monitoring Africa

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Media Monitor

    • Mar 2019 - Jun 2019
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    Monitoring of online media around the election coverage as part of a team at Media Monitoring Africa. My focus was on online publications in Afrikaans that had to be translated into English. The results were uploaded to the MMA software and then utilized for drawing statistics and reporting on the National and Provincial Elections in South Africa 2019.

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  IBM

  • SharePoint Consultant

    • Jan 2007 - Jun 2018

    The SharePoint Team I am part of is responsible for maintenance and support of two MTN intranets, as well as the MTN SharePoint document management platform.The Team activities include:-SharePoint sites deployment and maintenance. -Maintenance and support of the MTN SA and MTN Connect Group Intranet -Document Management team sites maintenance -Intranet and team site end-users support, helpdesk and SLA management-SharePoint end-user training

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  Pebble SOLUTIONS CC

  • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

  • Founder Member / Co-Owner

    • Jul 2002 - Dec 2006
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

    As co-founder of this information-consulting business we strived to provide innovative products in the field of information delivery. These included: Training and development; Assessment and Moderation; Research projects in establishing the status quo of Public Private Partnerships (PPP’s) in the City of Johannesburg Libraries and funding submissions to the ETDP for training; Coordination and facilitation of workshops in the LIS sectorEvent management: Workshops and conferences

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  Technikon Southern Africa (at present integrated under: UNISA); RAU (University of Johannesburg)

  • Senior Information Librarian

    • 1989 - 2002

    The delivery of a pro-active and reactive information service to a diverse clientele in a distance education mode. The emphasis was on lecturing staff and post-diploma students linked to specific subject areas.Had overall responsibility for the implementation of the User Education project.

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  Education Department of South Africa

  • Teacher

    • 1987 - 1989

    As a teacher my duties included: Organization, development and maintenance of the Media Centre, presentation of and training in media guidance to pupils and teachers. Teaching English – Grade 8