Who am I?
Education
Primary school: Laerskool Fontainebleau
High School: Hoërskool Randburg (Class of 1974)
University of Pretoria - HED
UNISA - Diploma in Datametrics
Certified Product Owner
Advanced Certificate in using MS Excel.
Work History
IT Specialist at the Vaal University of Technology: 2016 - 2019. In this period I also undertook consultation projects at the Namibia University of Technology and the Central University of Technology in Bloemfontein South Africa. At the CUT I was instrumental in enabling CUT to implement a pilot project of once-off registration in January of the 2020. On successful completion of this project, the once-off registration will be rolled out to other faculties and qualifications
Product owner Student Management Systems at Adapt IT: 2008 - 2015
Business Analyst at Adapt IT:1995 - 2008
(note: and its predecessor ITS Holdings and ITS)
Business Analyst at Technikon Witwatersrand
Registrar at Ann Latsky Nursing College: 1989 - 1990
Administration officer at Ann Latsky Nursing College: 1987 - 1989
Teacher at Afrikaans Hoër Seunskool and Hoërskool Sybrand van Niekerk: 1980 - 1986
Read more about my work history here.
Top 5 Strentghs
According to Gullup's Clifton StrengthsFinder my top 5 strengths are:
Connectedness
Ideation
Developer
Strategic
Learner
The details of these strengths are in Appendix: A of my CV
Read more about the strengths finder here. Strengths Institute is the only company on the African continent that offers StrengthFinder coaching.
Social
I love a glass of wine with friends and family, doing woodworking, hiking in nature, swimming (anywhere), mountain biking, reading.
I go to the gym but I must confess it is not my favourite pastime. I do it purely because it is healthy for me.