Mawanda Hlophoyi is the Lead Azure Operations at Standard Bank South Africa, where he spearheads the strategic deployment and management of cloud solutions to enhance operational efficiency and drive innovation. With over a decade of experience in IT infrastructure and cloud technologies, Mawanda has successfully led numerous projects that have transformed the bank’s digital landscape. His expertise in optimizing cloud environments has been pivotal in reducing costs and improving system reliability. Mawanda is passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration, ensuring his team remains at the forefront of technological advancements.More...
Garo Mangoyan
v-CISO & Head of IT@Tumo Center for Creative Technologies
Verified
I love Infrastructure! I love Security! I love Compliance, Risk, Governance. I am particularly apt in taking something abstract as a requirement and deep-diving to sculpt requirements, projects, driving and delivering results which hit home in terms of their impact, as has been the case so far in my career and can be verified. That is one way to present myself.
My LinkedIn profile summary says "Well-versed, highly driven, enthusiastic enterprise technology & security leader, encompassing Transformation, Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Compliance, Risk Management with over 18 years of experience in defining and delivering IT strategy, driving Change, experienced in Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, IaC), Migrations, Infrastructure, Networking, Security aligned to NIST, CIS, ISO27001, CE+ PCI DSS, Global IT Operations, Project Management, Roadmaps, Compliance, Governance, Budget Management, managing and training global teams, Service Desk management whilst driving IT strategies that guarantee delivery of business goals and remaining technically fully “hands-on”.
Experienced in collaborating at C-Level, working with 24/7 global teams, with a strong ability in developing and managing strong professional working relationships with Executives & key stakeholders, delivering group-wide global IT Transformation projects, whilst maintaining strong RoI, continuously optimised TCO and highly performing KPIs. Problem-solving, multi-tasking, out-of-the-box resourcefulness whilst maintaining hands-on IT infrastructure experience in both on-premise, hybrid and Cloud technologies across all core components."
Sure, that is all precise, it goes without saying, but in essence, combining my experience in Infra, Security, GRC, working with C-Level whilst feeling comfortable being hands-on technically and working with engineers, architects and more, is what has helped me deliver results. Knowing just 1 piece, doesn't cut it.More...