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Technology and Business Enablement Consulting
Self EmployedTechnology and Business Enablement Consulting
Nov. 2018City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South AfricaWorking on engagements with various businesses providing advice and solutions on work streams including: - Strategic technology solutions consulting - Business and operational process efficiencies - Business development projects - Business technology systems review and modernisation - Process review, improvement and digitisation
Country Chief Operating Officer, SA (Legal Entity Board Director)
Credit SuisseCountry Chief Operating Officer, SA (Legal Entity Board Director)
Jun. 2017 - Oct. 2018Johannesburg Area, South AfricaOperationally: Management of +- 40 staff members in South Africa, including the Heads of IT, HR, Finance, IBD, and Operations, as well as local traders in Equities, Sales and Prime Services. Dotted line reports in other locations covering Tax, Compliance, Product Control, Treasury, Technology Services, etc (+-15). Strategically served as an executive board member for the legal entity and managed the local committees reporting into the board (operating, procurement and BBBEE), as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. Managing stakeholder relationships with various Regional COO’s, regulators, external clients, service providers and other partners. • Local sponsor and control enforcer for any New Business projects run in relation to activity impacting/conducted in South Africa.
Head of Information Technology | South Africa
Credit SuisseHead of Information Technology | South Africa
Apr. 2010 - May. 2017Johannesburg Area, South AfricaResponsibility for all the operational and business technology needs for a wholly-owned subsidiary of a global bank with services covering Investment Banking (including Equities research and trading), Private Banking and Asset Management. Managed IT Infrastructure Lead, IT Applications Lead, Quantitative Algo Developers, Software Product Owners, and Developers, as well as all technology and development resources on various projects. Managed stakeholder relationships, including COO’s in the local Entity, Equities, Sales and Trading, Local Operating Committee, Internal Audit, IT Audit, external clients, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Service providers and other partners.
Global Web Services, Regional Manager – EMEA
Credit SuisseGlobal Web Services, Regional Manager – EMEA
Jun. 2007 - Apr. 2010London, United KingdomLeading a 15-person team with presence in London and Zurich operating as a key component of the global team in conjunction with counterparts in America and Asia Pacific (Singapore) providing around the clock administration and support for the environment. The team maintained the infrastructure on which the firm’s internal/Intranet and external/Internet web-facing applications. During my tenure we managed more than 24 consecutive months without a major business impacting outage; a key team achievement – no other team managed more than 9 months during the same timeframe. I lead my team through a time of difficult organisational change and uncertainty around offshoring initiatives to lower costs. I played a Key role in global team strategy setting & delivery and demonstrated technical leadership by spearheading several global technology change projects
Web Infrastructure (Unix) Team Lead
Credit SuisseWeb Infrastructure (Unix) Team Lead
Aug. 2005 - Jun. 2007London, England, United Kingdom
Web Infrastructure (Unix) Support Specialist
Credit SuisseWeb Infrastructure (Unix) Support Specialist
Jun. 2004 - Aug. 2005
Various Systems, Application Dev and Support roles
Various Companies Various Systems, Application Dev and Support roles
Sep. 1999 - Jun. 2004Unix Systems Administrator Perl Application Development Infrastructure Support Specialist (Online Banking) Technical Operations Lead Infrastructure Deployment and Design Team Member Global Technology Services

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