Caroline Herron - Enterprise Architect, Caridon

Feedback from Caroline’s ex-colleagues

Let me see

Keep in touch with meI'm using Intch to connect with new people. Use this link to open chat with me via Intch app

Work Background

Capitec BankEnterprise Data Architect

Nov. 2020Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa

Capitec BankTransformation Officer: Digital and Data Solutions

Feb. 2020Western Cape South AfricaThe role of the D&A Transformation office is to support the Head of Data and the D&A Function to adapt to new business realities while maintaining the agreed course of action in the business plan. It is called upon to support and focus on new ways of doing business and providing services to enhance and continuously improve the tactical and strategic operating model. Key functions: Leadership and Management – Supporting teams to engage with and believe the vision of data and analytics and its strategic objectives. Managing the day to day activities of the office in support of the department delivery and of the target operating model. Strategic Planning – Working in collaboration with the Head of Data and the Leadership Team to define and set clear strategic direction and planning. Supporting the Operating Model – Definition and reporting of benefit driven daily, weekly and monthly targets, expressed as clear goal commitments in the scorecard for the data department and its teams. Delivering Special Projects – Driving continuous improvement and incremental change through targeted internal and external initiatives. Establishing a Data Culture – Establishing data practices within the bank where all staff and decision makers focus on the information contained in the existing data estate as their single data resource and to embed data practice in the daily lives of every staff member in the bank. Meeting the strategic objective of Capitec's data bank vision.

The Caridon Group - Australia & South AfricaSenior Executive Business Resilience and Data (Partner)

Sep. 2019 - Sep. 2020Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South AfricaThe executive office of Resilience and Data provides applied research to support the strategic objectives of the Caridon Group and its clients. This is achieved through published research and best practice work, and part time consulting on key projects and initiatives. The executive office falls under the portfolio of the CEO and provides the following: Monitoring of standards and emerging practice. Applied research. Publication and reports for key clients. Maintaining the brand promise and building the brand through active contribution to the field.

The Caridon Group - Australia & South AfricaPrinciple (Partner)

Sep. 1999 - Sep. 2019Johannesburg Area, South AfricaCaridon Business Solutions: Successfully re-launched the company in 1998 | Completion of several key projects delivering logistics and forecasting models for Icon Retail, Dell, First Technology and Maven Insurance | Design, development and implementation of a Metadata solution for Enterprise Architecture for Standard Bank and ABSA | Definition of Enterprise Data Architecture requirements for Telkom consulting to Sybase | Implementation of mobile logistics solutions for RNA, Sun Couriers, UTI PLC (Wolkswagen) with iAnywhere | Delivery of a consolidated data warehousing repository for Credit Data, Standard Bank | Delivery of transitional metadata repository for the data warehouse, Nedbank | delivered a data warehousing data model for Card, Nedbank | Data warehousing gap closure to conclude legacy data warehouse decommissioning | Delivery of a defined definition of Data Architecture for Nedbank in support of Enterprise Architecture strategy | Conducted an independent audit of Nedbank’s data warehouse metadata with documented findings | Data analysis, mapping and provisioning of data from data warehouse to the Retail and Business Banking business clusters of Nedbank as part of legacy data warehouse decommissioning | Delivery of business strategy for the business continuity management business of Caridon Business Solutions.

NedbankCenter of Excellence Head Nedbank Group

Dec. 2016 - Aug. 2020SandtonNedbank: (Current) Head of the Centre of Excellence for Data Warehousing Delivering Level 2 Policies, Principles, Standards and Guidelines for the Group | Running a team of specialists delivering technical review Board reporting into IT Exco | providing research and best practice services, guidance on the strategy for Data Warehousing practice at Nedbank. | Achievement of BCBS239 compliance for Data Warehousing as part of Nedbank’s Enterprise Data Program | Delivery of design and migration for legacy data warehouse to modern data warehouse as the Head of Design and Architecture (Nedbank Enterprise Data Warehouse) | Lead technical specialist for delivery of best practice in emerging data warehousing and analytical appliance technology (IBM Pure Data, DB2 Warehouse, SAS, Hadoop (Kafka, Spark and Hortonworks), AbInitio, Denodo, EMC Isilon, DB2, Oracle and SQL) | Successful migration of the Nedbank Enterprise Data Warehouse from DB2 to IBM Pure Data | Delivery of standards and governance framework for Nedbank Data Warehousing as part of the Data Management Organisation operating model | Regular audit and delivery of findings for continuous improvement of the Nedbank Enterprise Data Warehouse operations | Participation on the board of Multi-product technical specialist competency for the bank | Participation and contribution to the Coaching and Mentoring community of Nedbank.

NedbankLead Architect Nedbank Data Warehouse

Nov. 2012 - Apr. 2018Johannesburg Area, South AfricaThis role overlapped by current role as Head of Data Warehousing Centre of Excellence. Focusing on defining and maintaining the Enterprise Data Warehousing Landscape and technologies | Managing a team of data analysts, business analysts, testers and project managers to assist the executive of the Enterprise Data Warehouse Function to deliver a quality Data Warehousing Solution for business.

NedbankLead Architect/Head Data Warehousing Centre of Excellence

Oct. 2010 - Nov. 2012Johannesburg, South AfricaAn overlapping role with my role as Head of the Data Warehousing Centre of Excellence Rationalisation, Standardisation and Simplification of legacy data warehouse architectures into agile and compliance ready capabilities over a three year roadmap | Establishment of the Design and Architecture teams within the Nedbank Enteprise Data Warehouse | Involvement in the establishment of Data Governance for the Group including recent involvement in compliance for BCPS239 and Credit Risk Aggregation | Aggregation of data for Group Tax including IT3B submission and FATCA regulatory reporting with my team. | Integration of the Group Data Warehouse into the SAP ERP system for effective virtualised and federated reporting across SAP BW and The Nedbank Data Warehouse | Technical consulting and involvement of the integration of Master and Reference Data into the Enterprise Data Warehouse for the Group | Collaboration with Enterprise Architecture with the Enterprise Data Warehouse Data Modelling and Data Warehousing Centres of Excellence. Involvement in integral and competency coaching for Nedbank | Collaboration with Digital Fast Lane Teams to assist in data discovery for insight using the data available in the Enterprise Data Warehouse.

NedbankData and Information Architect

Sep. 2005 - Oct. 2007Johannesburg Area, South AfricaFocusing on the establishment of a metadata capability for the newly formed Nedbank Enterprise Data Warehouse (BASEL II being the objective) | Collaboration with data modelling and data analyst teams to ensure sound business metadata, data lineage and data management | Maintaining data management principles in establishing the metadata capability.

Standard BankProject Manager and Metadata Architect, Project Manager

Jun. 2002 - Aug. 2005Johannesburg Area, South AfricaDelivery of Enterprise Metadata Model and implementation of metadata solution for Enterprise Architecture | Project Management of Enterprise Architecture Initiatives in Enterprise Architecture.

IDCS Beyond OutsourcingBusiness Analyst, Project Manager

Oct. 2002 - May. 2005Johannesburg Area, South AfricaBusiness Analysis and Project Management for the successful delivery of an outsourced payroll and HR function for Discovery Health | Implementation of field services systems for Motorola, Namibian Breweries, eBucks and Vodacom

ALLEN SYSTEMS GROUP, IncPre-Sales Consultant (Data Management)

Apr. 2002 - Sep. 2002Johannesburg Area, South AfricaSupport of the Sales Team Solution Architecture Proof of Concepts and Pilots Demonstrations Implementation and Training

IzodiaAccount Support Manager - pre-sales (Business to Business Solutions)

Nov. 2000 - Dec. 2001Johannesburg Area, South AfricaDeveloped a B2B solution for the South African market | Set-up a B2B trading hub to specifically manage the trading of goods coming into a free port hub in Mauritius | Delivered a customised solution to for complex customs regulations providing both buyers and sellers the ability to trade on an on-line platform in any language.

Icon RetailSystems Analyst/Designer/Project Manager

Nov. 1995 - Apr. 1999Johannesburg Area, South AfricaImplementation of point of sale systems for retail stores including integrated back end systems and general ledger | Design and development of forecasting models for inventory management and control across retail supply chains | Developed systems for consolidation of distributed point of sale system data and information into centralised client server databases for analytics and forecasting purposes.

Pleasure FoodsAssistant Accountant

Oct. 1994 - Oct. 1995Johannesburg Area, South AfricaDelivered a management information system to manage and control franchising agreements, royalties and advertising billing and collections | Implementation of integrated EFT systems for collections.

Intch is a Professional Networking App for the Future of Work

300k+ people

130+ countries

AI matching

Get Intch if you'd like to

📝

Get Recommended to New Customers

👋

Connect with Like-Minded People

💸

Raise Capital

🚀