My IT career started in January 1980, when I completed my National COBOL Programming and EDP Diploma. I was placed with the then Trust Bank Data Centre, where I started in the Computer Operations department (1980 till 1981).
After my initial operational induction period, I was approached to start with the Developers as a Trainee programmer. At this point I made a career changing decision and opted to venture into the area of Networks (LAN and WAN). During the period 1981 up to 1987, I spent providing Networking support to all the branches on a national basis. In 1987 I was promoted to National Manager Network Operations (Bancorp Data). (1987 to 1992).
During 1992 to 1995, after the amalgamation of ABSA, I was assigned the responsibility of Manager Helpdesk and Vendor Liaison (ABSA). In 1995 I was assigned the responsibility to manage a group of Field Engineers to manage the Corporate and Treasury departments in ABSA; this included the "Dealing Room". In 1997, up to 2015, I have been assigned various Branch manager positions supporting multiple corporate clients from a Field Services perspective.
I have acquired a wealth of experience that I have built up on my numerous years of being exposed to the IT industry. I have also touched on, or were involved at some another stage of my career, with all the various IT Disciplines. In April 2000, being part of ABSA IT, I was Outsourced to AST. From Inception at AST I was utilized on many client accounts providing support services to many of them, as a Branch and Field Service Manager. Between the years 2001 till current, I served as Branch Manager at most of the Gauteng Gijima Branches. To list some of the key accounts my team and I supported were:
Logical Options (Kelly Girl Placement Agency's),Old Mutual, ABSA, MCG, Impala Mines, Exxaro, KIO, Arcelor Mittal Parmalat, Clicks, Lewis, Ackermans, Mass Mart group of stores, Total SA, Capitec Bank, Sanlam, Santam, Harvey World Travel, SANParks, Murray and Roberts, CSIR, GEPF now known as GPAA, SITA SAP, SARS, Southern Sun Hotels, Protea Hotels, FNB Branch Banking and POS/ Merchant support. The above mentioned clients were supported both from a software and hardware perspective on the End User computing.
