2. Generated an incremental cash flow benefit of over R10m by extending the need for additional
equipment purchase by six months; led the consolidation of two environments, sharing resources
Avoided considerable potential disruption and down-time by driving a strategic and initiated a new
‘holistic’ project to reflect the requirements of the entire environment rather than a ‘quick fix’ model
previously instigated.
Delivered an improvement in daily backup success of almost 25%; achieving an increase from 75% to
99.8%;
Similarly, improved the time to deliver requests (Storage, Backup, Restore) from around 3 weeks to just
3 days; dramatically simplifying the process and improving efficiency across the business.
Transformed the quality and post-project deployment and level of customer satisfaction
Managed the successful implementation of a Credit Risk Management system for an International
Investment Bank. Managing a team of local and international suppliers and developers. Integrating data
feeds from 9 different source systems.
Automating Regulatory reporting.Successful led the migration of over 15000 users from distributed File
and Print servers to a consolidated NAS environment; used a batch approach to the task with each user
receiving a personal communication to keep them fully informed and significantly reduce the impact of
this major initiative.
Reduced the delivery time for additional storage capacity for key projects from up to 8 weeks to
immediate availability; led intense negotiations with the vender to hold ‘buffer capacity’ for draw-down
on demand; considerably improving project turnaround.Received a special award for delivering major
improvements in the auditing process for the African region.
Created an ‘audit pact’ encompassing all areas;Application, Operations, Platforms, Data Centres,
Networks,Asset Management.
