.NET Developer

DStv Mobile (Contracting through Dariel Solutions) – Randburg, South Africa

I am currently working as a .NET C# developer at DStv Mobile. I am one of the core developers working on the online activations website for DStv Mobile's Drifta and Walka devices.

Technologies I work with: C#; MS Visual Studio 2010; MS SQL Server; WCF; MVC 3.

Mobile Application Developer

DStv Mobile (Contracting through Dariel Solutions) – Randburg, South Africa

My main role was to develop mobile client applications for DStv Mobile’s TV streaming feeds. I was in constant contact with the product manager and developed and implemented requirements as required.

Technologies I worked with: Java ME for Nokia and Blackberry devices; Java for Android devices; C++ for Samsung Bada and Nokia Qt-compatible devices; C# for Windows Phone 7 devices.

Team Lead

Standard Bank – Johannesburg, South Africa

Was the team lead of the Calypso South Africa change-the-bank team.

Tasks that I was responsible for were: Java development; configuration of Calypso; identifying and implementing quality coding processes; assisting project management in the planning process; assisting business analysts with requirements gathering; communicating with users; recruitment of new team members; facilitating communication with the wider project team.

Java Developer

Standard Bank – Johannesburg, South Africa

Worked as a Java developer on the Calypso back office settlement system.

During my role as a Java developer, I’ve worked on three different projects. All three of them had the same common goal of moving business functionality off of old legacy systems onto Calypso. The first project involved the migration of cash management functionality, while the second and third projects involved the migration of South African money market products.

Technologies I’ve used in this role: Java SE; Eclipse; Ant; CVS; Unix (Solaris); IBM MQ; Oracle SQL.

Graduate Trainee

Standard Bank – Johannesburg, South Africa; São Paulo, Brazil

I was accepted into Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking’s information technology graduate trainee program. The program took me through different areas within the bank’s IT department. I was also selected as one of the top 3 best performing IT graduates and was awarded the opportunity to go and work in Standard Bank’s São Paulo branch for 3 months.

The different areas I’ve worked in and the skills I’ve used and learned were:

• Back Office Calypso Programme – I worked as a Java developer on the Calypso back office settlement system. Tasks consisted of fixing bugs, adding new functionality and configuring Ant scripts. I also did some business analysis and had to test and document the Calypso system to see if it could replace the bank’s call accounts system.
• Technology Infrastructure Group – I was part of the Microsoft SQL Server team where I developed SQL scripts and did general database management tasks. I also developed a web based application in PHP and MySQL that was used to record and monitor different metrics within the department.
• Front Office Alchemy Programme – I worked as a Java developer on the Alchemy front office trading system. I helped to fix bugs and implement new functionality using Hibernate and other Java technologies.
• São Paulo – One of the two main tasks I’ve had during my stay in Brazil was to develop a simple cash transfer system using Visual Basic Application scripting and Excel. My other main task was to analyse and document an existing system that they wanted to replace with a new one.

Notable Achievements:

• I was selected as one of the top 3 IT graduates to go on an international assignment

Tutor and Assistant

University of Johannesburg – Johannesburg, South Africa

I worked as a tutor and assistant in the Computer Science, Informatics and Mathematics departments. I helped other students understand the work, gave tutorial sessions and graded tests, exams and assignments.

Developer

DetNet – Modderfontein, South Africa

Worked part-time during the holidays as a developer. I designed, developed and implemented a storeroom database system using PHP and PostgreSQL.

BSc. Information Technology Honours

University of Johannesburg – Johannesburg, South Africa

Main subjects: 3D Graphics Programming; Systems Programming; Project Management.

In addition to taking classes on various subjects, the IT Honours degree also required students to do a year long project on a subject of their choosing. For my project I chose to do a study on the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) web design technique.

To showcase my research and the power of AJAX, I designed and developed an online book reading website. I used PHP as my server side programming language, JavaScript as my client side scripting language and MySQL as my database engine. I also used Java to develop some of the utility applications.

Notable Achievements:

• Graduated Cum Laude
• Passed all my subjects with distinction
• Was awarded a National Research Foundation (NRF) bursary
• Invited to join the Golden Key Society

BSc. Information Technology with Financial Orientation

University of Johannesburg – Johannesburg, South Africa

Main subjects: Computer Science; Informatics.

Notable Achievements:

• 2005 – Graduated Cum Laude
• 2005 – Selected as project manager for my group’s 3rd year IT project
• 2005 – Designed the website for the above project and won the award for the best website out of all the 3rd year projects
• 2004 – 2005 – Invited to join the Golden Key Society
• 2003 – Was part of the Top 100 first years at the University of Johannesburg

High School

Hoërskool Oosterlig – Boksburg, South Africa

Subjects (grades): Afrikaans First Language HG (B); English Second Language HG (A); Mathematics HG (A); Physics and Chemistry HG (B); Accountancy HG (A); Technical Drawings HG (B); Computer Studies HG (A).

Notable Achievements:

• Passed with distinction
• Was awarded the prize for the best results in Computer Studies in matric
• Received academic colours and various other academic awards