Experience

PGIM Ireland

• Ireland
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Technical System Analyst

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  My role includes Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, Configuration and Automation using Selenium, Cucumber, SoapUI, XSLT, MS SQL, Azure Data Studio, Oracle, Postman, IntelliJ, eClipse and Jenkins My role includes Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, Configuration and Automation using Selenium, Cucumber, SoapUI, XSLT, MS SQL, Azure Data Studio, Oracle, Postman, IntelliJ, eClipse and Jenkins



Kinektek

• Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Senior Consultant / Business Analyst

  • Apr 2018 - Dec 2018

  My role includes Consultation, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Implementation. Kinektek provides SaaS, mobile POS and self-service Kiosks and eCommerce solutions for several large customers. My role includes Consultation, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance and Implementation. Kinektek provides SaaS, mobile POS and self-service Kiosks and eCommerce solutions for several large customers.



The Shoprite Group of Companies

• South Africa
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Aug 2017 - Mar 2018

  I led an agile team focused on data analysis, reconciliation, fee calculation, quality assurance and SAP FI interfaces. We followed Kanban process with daily stand-up, Sprint planning and review ceremonies, and backlog grooming. My role included preparation and management of user stories, workshops, requirements and status reports.

• • Oct 2014 - Jul 2017

  Business owner for domestic and cross border money remittances with Capitec, ABSA and Standard Bank in South Africa, Zambia, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and Angola with 20 million customers and R4 billion annual turnover. Monitored and acted on trend and forensic transaction reports and statistics from internal and customer service desks.Researched and initiated new ventures; prepared project proposals, forecasts and cost benefit analyses. Responsible for strategic projects including mobile and agency POS. Consulted on legal agreements, requirement specifications, marketing plans and material. Show less

• • Jul 2009 - Sep 2014

  Managed third-party providers and liaised with business owners. Approved business and software specifications. Managed enhancements to expand into Africa for event and travel tickets, remittances, payments, Lotto, insurance and prepaid utilities. Change control, software deployment, configuration management, third level technical support, mentoring junior team.

• • Jul 2002 - Jun 2009

  Implementation of event, bus and flight ticket sales, remittances, bill payments, Lotto, insurance and prepaid media. Migration of financial services kiosk SQL reconciliation and interfaces to SAP. Scaling up support and maintenance. Part of management team implementing new processes for software management, quality assurance and change control.

• • May 1998 - Jun 2002

  Internationalisation of Sales and Banking systems and Year 2000 project. Coaching and mentoring developers. Managed migration projects for Electronic Card processing and branch sales and banking reconciliation systems.

• • Jul 1996 - Apr 1998

  Application enhancements for acquisition of OK group and to internationalise Creditors and VAT systems. Liaised with internal and external stake holders. Handled major share of development and technical support.



Union Air Transport

• United States
• Facilities Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Developer

  • Jan 1996 - Jun 1996

  Enhanced international air and road freight forwarding, import/export customs clearance, tracking & debtor systems. Migrated shipping system to HP/UX and developed interface to ISIS Oracle tracking. Enhanced international air and road freight forwarding, import/export customs clearance, tracking & debtor systems. Migrated shipping system to HP/UX and developed interface to ISIS Oracle tracking.



Standard Bank Group

• South Africa
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lead Developer

  • Jul 1995 - Dec 1995

  Eliminated manual coding by writing parsers to convert code, automate testing and migrate Investment Bonds to Solaris. Eliminated manual coding by writing parsers to convert code, automate testing and migrate Investment Bonds to Solaris.



Various

• Zimbabwe and Johannesburg

• Lead Developer

  • Jan 1984 - Jun 1995

  Rewrote the payroll software of the largest IT bureau in Harare. Costing, export and financial systems for manufacturers of timber, clothing and canned foods in Bulawayo. Converting and enhancing all systems for The Cold Chain food warehousing distributor in Johannesburg. Rewrote the payroll software of the largest IT bureau in Harare. Costing, export and financial systems for manufacturers of timber, clothing and canned foods in Bulawayo. Converting and enhancing all systems for The Cold Chain food warehousing distributor in Johannesburg.