Nicholaas Havenga

CTO @Eric Salmon & Partners

Partner🔥 Startup Founder✔️ ITBusiness Owner💼 C-level ExecutiveCTO🧨 Consulting✨ Business OwnerAdvisor

Eric Salmon & Partners is a premier global executive search firm that specializes in identifying and recruiting top-tier talent for senior leadership roles. As the CTO, Nicholaas Havenga plays a crucial role in aligning the company's technology strategy with its business goals. He is responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the company, including the development and implementation of innovative digital solutions to enhance the executive search process. His role also involves ensuring data security and implementing new technologies to enhance efficiency and productivity. Under his leadership, the company is leveraging technology to drive growth and maintain its competitive edge in the executive search industry.

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Work Background

Eric Salmon & PartnersChief Technology Officer

Jun. 2021Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · RemoteAs Chief Technology Officer at Eric Salmon & Partners I am responsible for all things Tech. This includes all internal technology requirements but also managing vendors that provide services or products to our staff. My internal stakeholders are spread across multiple European and Asian cities and as a result of Covid19, many stakeholders work remotely. From offices, to homes to cafes and hotels. Our technology suite has to enable and facilitate this! Focus areas of my position include, but are not limited to: Overall Technology Strategy Bridge between Business and Technology Management of Development Team Management of Technology Support Team Ease of access to data/information Automation of repetitive tasks Offshoring of non-critical tasks Ensuring data security and compliance Management of Internal projects Changing of the core CRM / ERP Platform

BeyondPlay (formerly SharedPlay)Advisor

Jun. 2021

DT OneHead of Infrastructure and Cloud

Jun. 2019 - May. 2021Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsAs Head of Infrastructure I managed the team responsible for operating and maintaining the underlying technology that powered the DT One ACS Platform in both Private and Public Clouds. We talked Infrastructure-As-Code and strived to automate everything we could. DevOps and Agile were our operating frameworks with a focus on implementing a solid architecture foundation that can scale and evolve as the business demands changed. Main responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Project Management Software Development Stack migration from on-prem to cloud Software Stack consolidation Containerization (Kubernetes/Docker)

PVH Corp.Infrastructure Manager

Jul. 2018 - Jun. 2019Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsManaging the IT Infrastructure driving PVH forward. PVH is the parent company of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, amongst other brands, and it is my team’s responsibility to provide scalable and reliable, DevOps-run, infrastructure to business, selling and retail systems across Europe. Main responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Automation Containerization Kubernetes deployment for global Digital Showrooms Hiring top talent

ShowmaxIT Infrastructure Manager

May. 2016 - Jun. 2018Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsAll things Infrastructure and Content Delivery related. Showmax, a Naspers company, is an SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand) service streaming customers their favourite Series and Movies all across the globe. CDN development, hosting, peering and peering negotiations formed a large part of this role since effective content delivery is key to the success of any video streaming service. Main responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Connectivity, Infrastructure, Private and Public Cloud, Peering, Networking, Datacenter Management, High Availability, Virtualization, Bare-metal to container migration, Content Delivery, VOD / Live streaming, Media encoding, Media packaging, Scripting and Automation.

MultiChoicePlatform Infrastructure Manager

Dec. 2013 - May. 2016Randburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaAs Platform / Infrastructure Manager at Multichoice, a Naspers company, I managed the Infrastructure team, monitoring team and software testing team at Africa's largest Pay TV provider. We ensured all online related content (both web portals and streaming media) is available and optimised to give our customers a fantastic, uninterrupted online experience. Availability and performance is key in this industry and we have built a world class platform that not only compares, but out performs enterprise scale content delivery providers. Main responsibilities included, but were not limited to: Connectivity, Infrastructure, Private and Public Cloud, Peering, Networking, Datacenter Management, High Availability, Virtualization, Bare-metal to container migration, Content Delivery, VOD / Live streaming, Media encoding, Media packaging, Scripting and Automation.

Tracker Connect (Pty) LtdIT Infrastructure Manager

Jul. 2009 - Nov. 2013Johannesburg Area, South AfricaI managed all the infrastructure for both back office services and production environments for Africa's largest vehicle tracking and telematics company. During this time I managed a team of seven engineers and six NOC operators. We specialized in operating a private cloud, all virtualized for maximum efficiency and uptime.

SA TaxiIT Infrastructure Manager

Feb. 2007 - Jun. 2009Johannesburg Area, South AfricaMyself and a team of three managed the back office IT systems for SA Taxi Finance. Sa Taxi is South Africa's largest independent vehicle finance institution and is part of a Johannesburg listed group Transaction Capital.