Experience
Flutter, AWS & IoT Contractor, JB&Kamp Technologies
May 2021 to present
Responsibilities:
- Flutter development
- Python development
- AWS, microservices architecting
- IoT implementation & electronic design
- Leading and management of development teams
- Product ownership & project management
Chief Technology Officer, App Developer Studio
Apr 2020 to Apr 2021
Responsibilities:
- Management of in-house as well as off-shore teams
- Management of project costs and identifying inefficiencies
- Implementation of QA and data protection processes
- Technical documentation i.e. architectural and client proposals
- Align technical strategy with business goals
- Supervise system infrastructure and create standardised, modular code
- Evaluating and implementing new systems and infrastructure, including a profitable hosting division
- Monitor KPI's and IT budgets to assess technological performance
- Communicate technology strategy to partners and stakeholders
- Upskilling team to grow companies' AWS Partner tier
- AWS, GCP, Azure, GitLab, GitLab Pipelines, Firebase (Analytics, Testlab), Microservice Architecture, Serverless, Flutter, Swift, Java, Transactional
Product Manager, FSK Electronics
Dec 2018 to Apr 2020
Responsibilities:
- Product owner of new mobile application
- Management of product lifecycle, interdepartmental cooperation, business development and external suppliers
- Develop iOS & Android applications (Flutter), DevOps Lifecycle (Azure), CI/CD Pipeline (Azure), Testing Strategy, Support Pipelines
Head of Development, ThinkBig Solutions
Mar 2016 to Feb 2019
Responsibilities:
- Innovation of our products and services
- Software development and architecting
- Developed a CAA approved application which is used for weight and balancing of aircrafts
- Setting up project plans and budgets
- Swift, Java, Python, Flutter, MySQL, AWS, REST, Microservices
Software Engineer, HVAC International
Jan 2015 to Mar 2016
Responsibilities:
- Developed a software system that monitor and diagnose servers deployed on multiple locations around South Africa
- C#, PHP, LaTeX
Co-Founder, Skygrid Solutions
Jan 2015 to Dec 2016
Responsibilities:
- SkyGrid focused on developing innovative smart grid solutions serving the domestic market
- With over 1,500 competing teams, our product and business model took us all the way to Denmark as one of the 50 finalists
- Arduino, Adafruit Fona, 2G/3G, Python, circuit design
- Assisting part-time to design a physical gyrocopter simulator
- Circuit design and implementation of microcontrollers and sensor inputs
Education
North-West University, B.Eng (Honours) in Computer Electronic Engineering
ACHIEVEMENTS
Google Student Ambassador
Finalists in University Startup World Cup
Finalists in Airbus BizLab
AEROmobility Competition
3rd place in Accenture's Hackathon
Upstaffer since July, 2022
