Will Gunning
Technical Director at NFT Hydro - Innovate the way we GROW- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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MCSD (Microsoft Certified System Developer) - New Horizons
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Experience
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NFT Hydro - Innovate the way we GROW
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South Africa
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Agriculture, Construction, Mining Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Director
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Jul 2013 - Present
Technical Director & Hydroponic Grower Consultant at NFT Hydro (Hydroponic Grower Systems Manufacture & Supply Co.). NFT Hydro specialize in innovative high yield growing techniques for Leafy Greens, Herbs and Vine Crops for commercial and hobby growers. All hydroponic systems are developed end to end (design, extrusion, customization, trials and test to production with pride in quality. Experience and services offered in the industry include: - Product and systems development end to end (CAD, CNC, plastic extrusion process), - Hydroponic grower and systems consulting, automated nutrient fertigation dosing control systems and supply, commercial hydroponic project consulting and project management, grower technique training for optimum yield. It's important to ensure that our clients are successful in producing high quality, healthy greens that is why we innovate the way we GROW! Show less
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Global Kinetic
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South Africa
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Business Development and Product Support
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Oct 2013 - Aug 2019
Global Kinetic is adept at developing highly scalable, high performance enterprise level systems using a variety of technologies, both proprietary and open source; with an excellent track record for classic data centre implementations as well as cloud based systems in Microsoft Azure and Amazon EC2. We are also experts in Mobile Application Development across Apple, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone and J2ME Mobile Platforms and have mobile apps in all the mobile stores; including Apple, Android and Blackberry. Global Kinetic has 100+ developers with most of our clients being major local and international companies including financial institutions, Retail/FMCG, Advertising other technology companies. What we do: Global Kinetic provides consulting services on all aspects of the software development life cycle, including Analysis, Design, Architecture, Programming, Testing and Project Management. What sets us apart: All Global Kinetic engineers are highly experienced individuals having an average 15 years professional experience. We are a Microsoft™ Partner and experts in Enterprise Application Development for Microsoft and Java Platforms. We are also experts in Apple™, Android™, Blackberry™, Windows Phone™, Windows Mobile and J2ME Mobile Application Development. We are registered Apple™, Android™, Windows Phone™, Blackberry™ and OVI developers. Our expertise across the application stack from Mobile Application and Browser Interfaces right the way through the Enterprise Service Layer and into Big Data in the Cloud using a variety of technologies and platforms is really makes Global Kinetic unique and gives us the competitive edge. It is this quality that allows us to give you the most appropriate solution that suits your business. Show less
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Solutionpro
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Finland
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Inventor, Consultant, Developer, Engineer
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Jan 2008 - 2013
12 years Contract and Freelance related Software Development and IT related projects. Specialising in solution providing within complex IT environments. In-depth knowledge and understanding of technologies including: RFID, automation techniques, data collaboration via GSM networks, E-commerce Web sites amongst other diverse projects and systems developments. Past projects, skills and interest: Consulting and Case Study - Technical resolve for almost any challenge! Automation, implementation of electronic devices that measure/weigh/count then via Wireless ZigBee/GPRS networking streams data to live Web CMS Frameworks. Areas of Interest and professional development: - Android and iOS Smart Phone and Tablet Application Development - RFID Solutions both MiFare and UHF for Retail, Automation and Agricultural Industries - ZigBee Wireless Mesh Networks and Controller Devices - Recently developed a proprietary WigBee Data Box that can be used in to measure and report almost anything! For example, counting livestock at a watering hole on a farm 80km away where cellular communications is not possible. Key Tasks and Duties o Solution provider to businesses o New Business Consulting. o Quotations. o Software Development and Implementation. o Case Study. Skill Sets o Software Development (C, C#, ASP.Net, PHP, limited C++) o Electronics Design, Hardware Prototyping (Native C, Atmel AVR, limited PIC Micro) o Database Administration (MS SQL, My SQL, limited Oracle) o IT Systems Administration (Active Directory, MS Exchange, MS SQL, IIS) o GSM Remote Data Acquisition and Control (Wavecom Open AT) o 3D Concept Design (Rhino 3D, limited AutoCAD) o Graphics Design (Adobe Photoshop) Show less
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Senior Developer, IT Manager
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Jan 2006 - Dec 2008
4LIFE Direct originally a subsidiary of the Dialogue Group. My tasks her included IT Management and Administration, Software Development, I successfully maintained the IT infrastructure consisting of 4 in-house servers and some 100 PC’s. Server Administration included Active Directory, MS Exchange, IIS and MS SQL Database. I also developed their entire suite of Call Center Agent applications, Back-office administration systems, automated reporting engines, HR management applications. I further developed a number of Data Capture and User Process interface for various underwriting firms, Liberty Life, Medscheme Life, SOS Unlimited this included automated daily upload to the relevant off-site systems and web services. Software Proficiency: Javascript, C#, ASP.Net, MS SQL, PHP, MySQL, AD, MS Exchange, IIS. Show less
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Dialogue Group
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Indonesia
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Textile Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Developer
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Jan 2004 - Aug 2006
I developed a number of In-house solutions: Successful software development and implementation at Dialogue Cape Town and Gauteng. 800 Call Centre Agents utilizing my self-developed .Net Preview Dialer .Net based Web Application coupled to a SQL Server which incorporates one touch dialing via the interface, call history tracking, call scheduling, automated Mailers, Fax and SMS generators. Time Validation and Attendance System: .Net based Web Application coupled to a SQL Server Database used for Time and Attendance Validation for all active call center agents Adobe PDF and Barcode Generating Utility: (Old Mutual Money Care) Unique barcode Policy ID generator. C#, ASP.NET Functional addition and modification to their ASP based Human Resource System. Pod File Upload Utility, FTP file system watcher: (British American Tobacco Card & Ticket Redemption System) Numerous Data submit and receive pages, Campaign specific with a high level of front-end Data capture validation Clients included: Hollard, Standard Charted Bank, AA, British American Tobacco, Old Mutual. Software Proficiency: Javascript, C#, ASP.Net, MS SQL, PHP, MySQL. Show less
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Software Engineer
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Apr 2001 - Nov 2004
Skye’s main software drive: GEO Spatial and Data Acquisition Applications servicing the needs of the Telecommunications industries. Tasks included Code contribution to Skye’s MapWorX Server Site Acquisition System in a custom framework utilizing DHTML, Jscript, HTC Behaviors, Css VML, XML, Web Services (SOAP) and Oracle DB. Extensive use of .Net Framework Class Libraries and Namespaces included writing Web Services and Web Controls formed a large part of this section (*.aspx and code behind *.aspx.cs) controls. My graphics abilities were also put to use in Css Classing to create a unique XP look and feel for the various User Interfaces including Palm Pilot UI and Wap. Software Proficiency: DHTML, JScript, VML, XML, C#, ASP.Net, MS SQL, PHP, MySQL. Show less
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Education
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Ladysmith High, Kwazulu Natal
Grade 12, Grade 12 -
New Horizons
MCSD (Microsoft Certified System Developer), Microsoft Certified System Developer
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