Product Development & SaaS Operations: Technology and operations leader with 20+ years of commercial experience turning ideas into scalable production platforms and executing complex operational initiatives. Founded ventures including Plinth-Cloud (architecting Plinth property management SaaS and DADO AI maintenance engine) and We Heart Events, driving product strategy, roadmap execution, modernization programs, and end-to-end delivery across software, logistics, insurance, fintech, and hospitality industries.
Event Management & Hospitality Operations: Founder and Managing Director of We Heart Events (Pty) Ltd, leading end-to-end planning, production, and live execution for major public festivals, food truck events, corporate activations, and large-scale catering operations across Gauteng. Successfully secured and delivered the primary food and beverage contract for inaugural Comic Con Africa 2018, coordinating over 50 independent food truck vendors and managing operations serving ~45,000 attendees across seven operational days.
Regulatory Compliance & Operational Governance: Highly experienced in navigating complex event compliance and regulatory frameworks, including municipal approvals, temporary liquor licensing, food safety regulations, emergency planning, and coordination with law enforcement (SAPS), private security, and emergency services. Hands-on expertise managing vendor contracts, venue negotiations, sponsorship activations, crowd control, and post-event financial reconciliations.
Full-Stack & Enterprise Mobility: Hands-on architect and engineer with deep expertise across Next.js 16, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Hono, Supabase, C#, .NET MAUI, Xamarin, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Flutter, Ionic, and Capacitor PWAs. Proven track record of modernising legacy systems, including leading SmartTask's migration from Xamarin to .NET MAUI and overhauling FedEx's national courier mobile application to boost adoption by 70% and backend API data transfer speeds by 200%.
AI & Systems Architecture: Enterprise and Edge AI systems architect, designing DADO's offline voice-to-invoice pipeline using whisper.cpp, quantized Llama 3.2 SLM, WatermelonDB SQLite sync, and cloud pgvector HNSW vector similarity search. Expert in non-custodial open-banking 4-factor auto-reconciliation algorithms, hierarchical multi-tenancy with PostgreSQL Row-Level Security (RLS), RS256 JWT federation, and scalable cloud infrastructure.
Fractional CTO & Strategic Advisory: Provided high-level architectural guidance, technical due diligence, system health reviews, and modernization strategies for enterprise clients across the UK and South Africa through AZ Consulting, Bumblebee Consulting, and SmartTask. Trusted advisor aligning commercial goals with pragmatic engineering standards, multidisciplinary team management, and sustainable operational growth.
