Curriculum Vitæ

• Part of a DevOps team responsible for developing & deploying internal facing applications to support various MessageBird teams.
• Routinely required to monitor the kubernetes systems my team's software runs on.
• Required to oversee the support channels for our software. This includes answering or assisting internal support agents in their duties.
• The only frontend engineer in the team, building upon & expanding the services developed by the rest of the team.
• Successfully conceptualised & deployed a number of solutions from loose business requirements, often under tight timelines.
• Successfully decoupled an internal capability from a larger code base to allow for faster development cycles.

• Responsible for projects from concept through to deployment across Africa.
• Successfully turned around several crisis portfolios & projects with a great record of delivering core requirements on time.
• Consistently given & delivered high risk or technical briefs considered too risky for other teams or members.
• Helped establish work flows & pipelines for different portfolios.
• Established best practises & support for other developers & their teams.
• Contributed to a multi-disciplinary team on the practical application of the new corporate brand.
• Introduced the bank to React & helped to integrate React into Adobe Experience Manager before there was native support.
• Motivated for & established the bank's first virtual reality capability across Cape Town, Johannesburg & Pretoria.
• Established a relationship with the University of Pretoria to better explore virtual reality, its capabilities & different forms of user engagement.
• Managed three interns remotely to produce augmented reality proof of concepts.

• Was the only developer in a newly created digital department.
• Single-handedly built, deployed & maintained many of the projects I was involved with.
• Provided technical direction & insights into numerous technologies & tech-stacks.
• Interfaced directly with clients to unpack & define their core objectives.
• Provided scopes of work, functional specifications as well as process pipelines for projects.
• Successfully deployed projects within the tight time & budget constraints of the client.
• Supported the project managers, community managers & designers in the execution of their tasks.
• Conceptualised, successfully motivated, built & deployed a cross-device, cross-platform, mobile based augmented reality solution.
• Clients include: McCann Nestle Waltons Kauai UIP Chevrolet Isuzu Zurich Econet

• Assisted clients to narrow down & define their core objectives.
• Provided technical direction on key technologies & realistic timelines required to achieve objectives.
• Successfully conceptualised, scoped, developed & deployed a number of projects.
• Utilised time to expand knowledge base, streamline development processes & investigate emerging technologies.

• Responsible for taking high-pressure individual & team briefs from concept through to deployment.
• Successfully & consistently deployed projects within the given time-lines & budgets.
• Called in to assist with crisis or time-critical projects, as well as interface with difficult clients.
• Able to identify process bottle-necks or potential pitfalls & possible ways to mitigate or resolve these issues.
• Provided technical direction for technologies not in the company portfolio.
• Supported & up-skilled the junior developers & creatives.
• Clients include: BMW FNB MINI RMB Samsung SA Tourism

• Was the only developer in the company.
• Reverse engineered application development for existing & new devices.
• Successfully planned, developed & deployed touch, multi-touch and motion capture applications.
• Researched & implemented technologies for the company.
• Interfaced directly with clients to unpack & better understand their core requirements & objectives.
• Clients included: Paragon Group PWC Sanofi Aventis SAP

• Responsible for taking high-pressure briefs from concept through to deployment.
• Successfully planned, developed & deployed projects on desktop, social media & web.
• Deadline driven, consistently delivered projects in the given timelines.

• Provided IELTS preparation, as well as custom classes for business & educational English.
• Commended on my innovative teaching style, vibrancy of my classes & the variety of media used in my lessons.
• Worked with various PC based learning packages with my students & helped evaluate the effectiveness of these resources.
• Responsible for planning & presenting English classes for a full range of students from young learners to adults.
• Developed teaching resources and presented workshops to my peers around the topics: “Film & video in the classroom” “Interactive software in an educational setting”.

• Co-managed a school of 200 students, 2 foreign teachers, 2 Chinese teachers & a number of Chinese staff.
• Responsible for orientation, development & continuous assessment of the teaching skills of the foreign teachers.
• Developed teaching schedules & provided spread sheet templates for payrolls.
• Responsible for planning & presenting English classes for a full range of students from young learners to adults.
• Planned and delivered promotional activities for the school including: curriculum development designing advertisements delivering promotional classes (all ages) promotional field work judging English competitions creating public English corners.

• Responsible for planning & presenting English classes for a full range of students from young learners to adults.
• Developed school resources including: flash-cards posters authentic materials.

• 2019: Build team lead for the 'Sweet Love Gateway' art work.
• Successfully proposed the project & motivated for grants.
• Participated in fundraisers for the project.
• Planned, prototyped, budgeted & successfully executed the project.
• Oversaw & coordinated the transportation of equipment to the build site.
• Solely responsible for the lighting of the project, which was made up of 40m/ 2400 individually addressable LED lights.
• Invited to present & share my experiences with a number of interested parties.

• 2010: Assisted with the development & revision of the original website theme.

• Played a pivotal role in industry push towards a focus on virtual reality at the University of Pretoria.
• Invited to present guest lectures to post-graduate & prospective students.
• Invited to join workshops & panels to the benefit of students.

• Successfully conceptualised, motivated for, prototyped & led/ co-led the construction of a number of structures.
• Part of the core team which coordinated efforts between participants.
• Responsible for sourcing & transporting the equipment.

• 2017: Assisted with the construction of the final tower.
• 2015: Led the construction of the tower & assisted with the construction of the catapult.
• 2014: Led the construction of the tower & assisted with the construction of the shade dome.
• 2013: Led the construction of the solo tower.
• 2012: Led the construction of the medic tower & assisted with the construction of the primary tower.
• 2011: Led the construction of the newer, bigger tower.
• 2010: Led the construction of the first tower.

• Deeper understanding of modern ES6 trends.
• Opportunity to explore best fullstack practises focused around React.

• Provided a solid base for future machine learning projects.
• Better understanding on how to leverage machine learning techniques for computer vision & augmented reality applications.

• Enjoyable introduction to Python showcasing many features of the language.
• Aimed to use Python for future projects or studies.

• Exposed to new concepts & principles in programming.
• Provided alternatives for many contemporary principles & practices.
• Provided a deeper insight & appreciation for React.
• Introduction to Apache Spark & large scale data-processing.

• Passed with a 'Grade A'.
• Focused around effective & practical methods for English teaching.
• Empowered me to communicate effectively with elementary English learners.
• Deeper & richer understanding of what 'communication' really is.

Major in Multimedia

• Concerned with the practical application of different communication mediums & paradigms in a digital setting.
• Explored gamification & visual communication via basic design, layout, colour & interaction principles.
• Provided glimpses into what would later become the digital design process including graphic, product, interface, customer & user experience design.

Major in Computer Science

• Concerned with the theory & best practises of computer programming & software development.
• Explored core concepts including data-structures, design-patterns, programming languages, real-time 3D rendering, networks & security.

Major in English

• Concerned with the history, composition & use of the English language.
• Explored notable periods of literature & their effects on modern English.

• Substantial communication & interpersonal skills, with a sensitivity to cultures & contexts.
• Strong leadership skills without sacrificing the ability to collaborate or follow.
• Confident presentation skills allowing easy & natural interactions with audiences.
• Good motivator able to establish meaningful RAPPORT within a team.
• Proven problem solving skills complimented with established research methodologies.
• Excited by a challenge & curious by nature.
• Self-motivated with an aptitude to rapidly upskill myself in a new technology or framework.
• Understands the design process well & effectively collaborates with stake-holders.