Money Mentor FinanceIT MANAGER & SYSTEM ENGINEER
Oct. 2010 - Mar. 2016Pretoria, Gauteng, South AfricaDirect and manage computing and information technology strategic plans, policies, programs, and schedules for business and finance data processing, computer services, network communications, and management information services to accomplish corporate goals and objectives. Develop strategic plans and implement the objectives of the information technology needs of the company. to ensure the computer capabilities are responsive to the needs of the companyβs growth and objectives. Develop and establish operating policies and approaches for computing and information technology. Evaluate overall operations of computing and information technology functions and recommend enhancements.
Prepare enterprise objectives and budgets to facilitate the orderly and efficient capture, storage, processing, and dissemination of information. Interact with company managers on internal and external operations that are impacted by the capture, storage, processing, and dissemination of information. Ensure the security of the information systems, communication lines, and equipment. Oversee the development, design, and implementation of new applications and changes to existing computer systems and software packages. Responsible for the development, review, and certification of all backup and disaster recovery procedures and plans. Identify emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated, and introduced within the company. Assess new computing technologies to determine a potential value for the company. Oversee ongoing improvements and the feasibility of system enhancements. Establish company infrastructure to support and guide individual divisions/departments/sites in computing and information technology efforts. Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures. Program development and implementation in PHP, HTML, CSS, JS, C#, MySQL. Website design and implementation.