Francois Du Plessis - Technology Leader,

Technology Leader

ITC-level ExecutiveConsultingFinanceCOOSystem ArchitectSystem AnalystProduct ManagerProject ManagerLife CoachingExecutive CoachQuantitative AnalystBusiness Analyst🎓 StudentMBACTOData EntryData Entry SpecialistDatabase CoordinatorDocument Processor

As a seasoned Technology Management professional, I have extensive experience in financial services, transportation, and consulting. I deliver strategic solutions that drive growth and efficiency. My expertise spans critical analysis, training and development, coaching, program implementation, and change management, ensuring continuous improvement and sustainable success. I am recognized for strong leadership and ability to foster high-performing teams, I excel at building relationships that motivate and align diverse stakeholders with corporate objectives. Whether leading digital transformation, optimizing processes, or driving organizational change, I am committed to delivering impact, fostering innovation, and ensuring measurable business outcomes. 🔹 Let’s connect and explore how I can add value to your team!

Aquent, Inc.Business Analyst Consultant

Oct. 1998 - Mar. 2005Client: Delta Technology, Inc. Develop and support custom systems supporting the marketing, operations and finance activities of Delta Air Lines. Report to the Directors of Sales and Incentive Systems, Revenue Accounting and Finance Systems. Lead Business Analyst – Fuel Management System Define and analyze requirements related to the Fuel Management System. Guiding the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance remediation project and developing reports in support of statutory returns and filings. Lead Business Analyst/Designer: Food Available for Purchase Define project scope, requirements and develop Cost/Benefit analysis to determine financial feasibility of the program. Develop use cases for process, application and data design. Analyze transaction data, design database and data interchange mechanism. Develop requirements for forecasting model, food order creation, invoice audit, program profitability tracking and analysis, and interface/integration to other operational systems. Project Coordinator: XP Migration Analyze and design software-suites to be deployed to 3 functional areas of Delta Air Lines. Manage activities of team of 9 to package and test applications, and defined suites. Lead Business Analyst: Corporate Data Solutions Define requirements of a broad spectrum of Delta decision-makers, for end to end CRM, contract modeling and incentive system for US-based corporations which, within three weeks, culminated in statement of work for external vendor to provide customized solution. Gather data to develop the project business case. Design and implement interfaces and integration of vendor-provided solution, which allowed Delta to accurately evaluate sales agreements and provided substantial return on investment. Project Lead: Agency Incentive System Lead team of seven in development of new custom system for Delta Air Lines incentive program which allowed accurate evaluation of sales agreements and payment due as commission.

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