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• Legacy Modernisation Strategy: Spearheaded the high-risk migration of core mobile infrastructure from Xamarin to .NET MAUI, extending the product lifecycle by 5+ years and ensuring long-term OS compatibility.
• Product Innovation (AI/IoT): Conceptualised and delivered "Sentinel," a security product integrating Deep Learning (Facial Recognition) and NFC technology, opening new revenue streams in the security sector.
• Operational Excellence: Overhauled a stagnant release pipeline by implementing Azure CI/CD workflows, reducing deployment friction and ensuring consistent delivery to App Stores.
• Stakeholder Management: Served as the primary bridge between business stakeholders and engineering, translating complex operational requirements into executable technical specifications.

Skills: Legacy Modernisation Strategy · Product Innovation (AI/IoT) · Operational Excellence · Stakeholder Management

Notable Achievements: - Directed the technical roadmap for an enterprise mobile workforce management SaaS, focusing on legacy modernisation.

• Project Turnaround: Diagnosed and resolved critical architectural bottlenecks in a client-facing application, eliminating frequent crashes and performance lags that were jeopardising the client relationship.
• Architectural Standardisation: Enforced MVVM design patterns and refactored legacy codebases to support complex features like NFC integration and AI-driven beauty recommendations.

Skills: Project Turnaround · Architectural Standardisation

Notable Achievements: - Recruited to rescue a failing mobile initiative for a client in the beauty industry (IIAA).

• Enterprise Architecture: Served as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cloud-based insurance solutions (Sanlam), designing scalable architectures for high-volume booking systems.
• DevOps Transformation: Engineered Azure DevOps pipelines using YAML, automating build processes that significantly reduced manual deployment errors and increased release velocity.

Skills: Enterprise Architecture · DevOps Transformation

Notable Achievements: - Led technical delivery and cloud architecture for major insurance and on-demand service clients.

• Planned and delivered end-to-end public events, developing concepts, budgets, project plans and operational schedules.
• Managed all regulatory compliance including municipal approvals, temporary liquor licensing, health and safety, risk management and coordination with SAPS, EMS and private security providers where required.
• Negotiated and managed relationships with venues, sponsors, entertainers, production companies, food vendors and key suppliers.
• Led marketing campaigns, sponsorship activation, vendor recruitment and customer engagement to maximise attendance and commercial success.
• Directed all live event operations, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, contractors, logistics and operational delivery across build-up, event days and strike.
• Completed post-event financial reconciliation, supplier settlements, operational reviews and continuous improvement planning.

Skills: Event Management, Live Event Operations, Hospitality Operations, Vendor & Supplier Management, Municipal Licensing & Regulatory Compliance, Crowd & Safety Management, Event Logistics, Sponsorship Activation, Budgeting & Financial Reconciliation, Risk Management

Notable Achievements: - Secured and delivered the primary food and beverage contract for the inaugural Comic Con Africa 2018 at Kyalami International Raceway, managing operations serving approximately 45,000 attendees across seven operational days. - Coordinated Southern Africa's largest gathering of food trucks, managing over 50 independent vendors simultaneously. - Conceptualised, produced, and operated high-volume recurring event IPs, including Food Truck Fridays, International Beer Day Music Festival, Avocado & Margarita Festival, Prawn & Beer Festival, and The Grande Parade. - Managed multi-outlet hospitality and beverage operations, including flagship festival beer gardens, corporate product launches, brand activations, and private functions across Gauteng.

• Strategic Roadmapping: Oversaw the end-to-end product lifecycle for national logistics applications, prioritising features based on regulatory constraints and operational impact.
• Performance Optimisation: Architected backend improvements that increased data transfer speeds by 200%, directly supporting rapid operational scaling.
• User Experience Impact: Delivered a comprehensive UX overhaul that resulted in a 70% increase in application adoption and usage.
• Vendor Management: Directed external vendors in the complex porting of legacy Windows Mobile applications to modern platforms, ensuring delivery within scope and budget.

Skills: Strategic Roadmapping · Performance Optimisation · User Experience Impact · Vendor Management

Notable Achievements: - Managed the product roadmap and technical execution for national courier applications.