Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Information Technology Professional and Entrepreneur who has consulted on various Projects at various companies, including Microsoft, Liberty Life, Johannesburg Stock Exchange, Bond Exchange of South Africa, Standard Bank, Discovery Health and Osiris Trading. Experience in entire SDLC. Specializes in Financial Systems and Enterprise Solutions including CRM. Specialties: Enterprise Architecture, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Strategy, Cloud Platforms, Financial Services Industry, Banking Systems, Payment Switching, Business Case Development, Enterprise Roadmap Development, .NET Java C\C++ Python Development, Windows Communication Foundation, FIX Protocol, Windows Workflow Foundation, NHibernate, Active Record, SQL, T-SQL, Information Security, Project Management, Reuters Integration, Financial Trading Systems, Financial Systems, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Linq, Entity Framework.
-Driving Digital Transformation through cloud adoption and reimagining business productivity. -Driving value realization of client investments in Microsoft technologies. -Reimagining customers business and aligning their needs with relevant digital capabilities and formalizing their digital transformation journey. -Business case development to justify investment and assist with securing budget allocation. -Digital Transformation planning and execution. -Cloud adoption and change management within the enterprise. -Program management and governance for client engagements. -Providing clients with executive level advisement.
Fulfilled a senior IT role at the South African Bank of Athens responsible various projects and deliverables. These include but are not limited to: - Ensure compliance of Bank of Athens to Enterprise Architecture principles and guidelines of the National Bank of Greece. - Monitor and Guide Bank of Athens Enterprise Architecture and Report to National Bank of Greece Enterprise Architecture Control Board regarding current status and ongoing projects. - Technical and architectural design of full system replacement project for the bank, including Core Banking, Treasury, Card Switching and Finance. - Design and implementation guidance on replacement FIC anti-money laundering system. - Integration of Core banking system (BANCS) and Card Payment system(Postilion) to the South African Reserve Bank for new Balance of Payment Regulations. - Replacement of POS terminals, including rewrite of all POS imbedded and back end systems, including integration with HSM for card transaction security. - Partner integration and management for 3rd party vendors utilising bank functionalities. - Design and Implementation of new real time monitoring and management system for critical bank systems. - SDLC management including ownership and implementation of Continuous Integration Server, Source Control Server and Application Architecture, as well as overall technological guidelines within the bank. - Providing leadership, mentoring and guidance to software developers. - Reporting directly to regulators (SARB and FIC) regarding project statuses and technical issues. - Member of team responsible for Head Office and Primary Datacenter move.