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% LaTeX document
% Author: Pieter Rautenbach
% Contents: Personal CV
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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% personal %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{Personal Information}
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\cvitem{Surname}{Rautenbach}
\cvitem{Names}{Pieter (Albertus)}
\cvitem{Identity no.}{800218 5052 08 9}
\cvitem{Date of birth}{February 18, 1980}%18th February 1980}
\cvitem{Gender}{Male}
\cvitem{Marital status}{Married (two dependents)}
\cvitem{Nationality}{South African}% Citizen}
\cvitem{Driver's licence}{Code B (no endorsements)}
\cvitem{Criminal offences}{None}
\cvitem{Passport}{444 099 110}
\cvitem{Languages}{Afrikaans and English: Native or bilingual proficiency; \\
German: Elementary proficiency}
\cvitem{Health}{Excellent}
\iftoggle{public}{%
\cvitem{Location}{\href{https://goo.gl/maps/8yN3z7gEyrD2}{Stellenbosch, South Africa}}
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\cvitem{Recreational}{Mountain biking; Running; Hiking; Reading and Writing;
Classical music; Playing piano; A Cappella Singing;
Bridge; Photography; Home Automation Hobbyist}
\end{cvenv}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% contact details %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{Contact Details}
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\cvitem{Web}{\href{http://www.whatsthatlight.com/}{www.whatsthatlight.com}}
\cvitem{}{(Complete contact details available on request)}
\end{cvenv}
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\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Residential address}{5~Fisant Rd,
Onder Papegaaiberg,
Stellenbosch, 7600,
South Africa}
\cvitem{Postal address}{PO Box 12843, Die Boord,
7613, South Africa}
\cvitem{Mobile}{\mbox{{\pp}27 (0) 82 824 3879}}
%\cvitem{Work}{\mbox{{\pp}27 (0)21 888 7000}}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
\cvitem{Web}{\href{http://www.whatsthatlight.com/}{www.whatsthatlight.com}}
\cvitem{}{\href{https://www.linkedin.com/in/parautenbach/}{www.linkedin.com}}
\cvitem{}{\href{https://github.com/parautenbach}{www.github.com}}
\end{cvenv}
}
%\pagebreak
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% education %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{Education}
\cvsubsection{Tertiary level}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Degrees}{M.Sc.Eng.~(Digital Signal Processing and Machine Learning) \\
%(73\% aggregate) \\
B.Eng.~(Electric and Electronic Eng. with Computer Science) %\\
%(70\% aggregate)
}
\cvitem{Last obtained}{April 2005}
\cvitem{Institute}{\href{http://www.sun.ac.za/}{Stellenbosch University}}
% \cvitem{Year of enrolment}{1999}
\cvitem{Master's Thesis}{\href{http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/2875}
{Facial Feature Reconstruction using Structure from Motion}\\
(\href{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcwSmkh1MWA}
{watch a brief demo video})}
\cvitem[1]{Post-graduate modules}{
% \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}ll}
Digital Signal Processing, %\\ %813 & 80\% \tabularnewline
Machine Learning, %\\ %Pattern Recognition %813 & 75\% \tabularnewline
Strategy and Marketing} %813 & 60\%
% \end{tabular}}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsection{Secondary Level}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Qualification}{Senior Certificate with distinction}
\cvitem{Institute}{Swellendam High School}
\cvitem{Year obtained}{1998}
% \cvitem{Distinctions}{Mathematics, Biology, Music (Piano), \\ Music Performance (Organ)}
\cvitem[1]{Subjects}{
% \begin{tabular}[t]{@{}ll}
Afrikaans First Language, %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%B
English First Language, %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%C
Mathematics, %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%A
Physical Science, %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%B
Biology, %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%A
Music (Piano), %\\ %& HG \tabularnewline%A
Music Performance (Pipe Organ)} %& SG \tabularnewline%A
% \end{tabular}}
% \cvitem{}{\textbf{HG:} Higher grade \textbf{SG:} Standard grade}
\end{cvenv}
\vfill
\begin{center}
{\textit{"Software is invisible."}}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
{\textit{"Be the first to do it better than anybody else."}}
\end{center}
\begin{center}
{\textit{"If you get any surprises in your performance review from me today, I haven't done my job."}}
\end{center}
\pagebreak
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% professional career %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{Professional Career}
\cvsubsection{Profile}
I am a technologist and engineer by trade, with an appreciation for science. I have
an affinity for people and what matters to them, with a need to work in a trusting, open
and collaborative environment.
I am intrinsically motivated and have solid analytical and mentoring skills. I value integrity.
I enjoy solving problems while finding a balance between what the business or customer
needs vs. implementing a sustainable solution.
I have managed several teams and successfully delivered projects over more than 20 years
using pragmatic agile principles. I have a passion for process and system automation, and
software quality. I have significant experience in these areas and drive this with every team
that I've been involved with or lead.
My technical domain knowledge entails the design and implementation of distributed, highly
concurrent systems as applied in the fields of social media, location-based services, value-added
services, system integration and retail. I know a variety of programming languages and modern
technologies. Besides software architecture, I'm also well versed in business analysis and
business process modelling. I have contributed to start-ups three times, experienced a major sale
of shares and an acquisition, while being on the due diligence team on both occasions.
Besides my experience in software development, operations and product management, I have
a passion for data analytics, as supported by my qualifications in digital signal processing and
machine learning.
I believe it is important to engage with the ICT community on a regular basis and for that reason
I have participated by means of presentations, interviews and articles.
Living a balanced life is vital to me. I value spending time with friends and family. I compete in
mountain biking and running. My love for music allows me to escape from work in order to
revitalise. I play the piano, among other instruments, and enjoy on-stage performances for
a cappella singing.
\pagebreak
\cvsubsection{Current Position}
\cvsubsubsection{Takealot Online (RF) (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent \href{http://www.takealot.com/}{Takealot} is South Africa's largest online retailer.
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Engineering Director \& \\ General Manager \\ (Dec.~2015--)}
{Engineering Director (Software Development Manager (SDM) until July 2017)
for the Catalogue, Machine Learning and Retail teams and General Manager (GM)
for Takealot's Stellenbosch office, a strategic initiative. I am responsible for
leading these teams to develop a large-scale e-commerce platform using agile practices,
with a strong background in system architecture and engineering best practices.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Machine Learning \\
\cvitembullet Architecting a modern ML platform \\
\cvitembullet Improving search and faceting \\
\cvitembullet Recommendations \\
\cvitembullet Customer behaviour, lifetime analysis and segmentation \\
\cvitembullet Stock management and replenishment \\
\cvitembullet Food delivery forecasting \\
\cvitembullet Catalogue data quality \\
\cvitembullet Event tracking system for analytics and metrics \\
\cvitembullet A/B testing platform \\
\cvitembullet Data pipelining and warehousing \\
Catalogue \\
\cvitembullet Pivotal in defining and executing on an architectural roadmap for
\cvitempbullet the catalogue systems to improve system scalability, consistency
\cvitempbullet and reliability \\
\cvitembullet Revamping Product Information Management (PIM) \\
\cvitembullet Consolidation of inbound feeds for stock, pricing and metadata
\cvitempbullet (ETL) and outbound marketing feeds \\
\cvitembullet Data quality and curation (Master Data Management) \\
Retail \\
\cvitembullet Pricing and Stock Management at scale, using dynamic pricing
\cvitempbullet models \\
\cvitembullet Buyer process optimisation \\
\cvitembullet Competitive pricing analysis \\
\cvitembullet Dynamic pricing and price elasticity \\
\cvitembullet Promotional management \\
Marketplace \\
\cvitembullet Seller portal and third-party API \\
Business Systems \\
\cvitembullet Customer support portal \\
\cvitembullet A multitude of internal portals \\
General Management \\
\cvitembullet Setting up a satellite software development office in Stellenbosch
\cvitempbullet Business case, budgeting, recruitment, functional design,
\cvitempbullet facilities management \\
\cvitembullet Recruitment: Process automation, interviewing question database,
\cvitempbullet graduate programmes, career fairs, onboarding \\
\cvitembullet Development practices and processes, including the introduction
\cvitempbullet of agile development, continuous integration and other forms of
\cvitempbullet automation \\
\cvitembullet Career framework development \\
\cvitembullet Creating teams \\ %Team culture
\cvitembullet Facilitation, mentorship and practical performance management \\
\cvitembullet Diversity and inclusion
}
\end{cvenv}
\pagebreak
\cvsubsection{Employment History}
\cvsubsubsection{Praelexis (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent \href{http://www.praelexis.com/}{Praelexis} is a a machine learning and predictive
analytics company that develop solutions based on advanced mathematical models and known
business principles to find and explain hidden patterns and associations in data.
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Lead Architect and Data Scientist \\ (Sep.~2013--Nov.~2015)}
{Start-up all-rounder responsible for building the team, overall system architecture,
product development, hands-on machine learning, strategic thinking and organisational
structure and mentoring.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Domains \\
\cvitembullet Health care: Fraud, waste and abuse detection \\
\cvitembullet Education: Learner interventions, data warehousing \\
\cvitembullet Supply chains: Inventory management and optimisation \\
\cvitembullet Mining: Predictive maintenance \\
\cvitembullet Banking: Confidential innovation work for two of South Africa's
\cvitempbullet largest banks \\
Products \\
\cvitembullet Bespoke online education portal for descriptive analytics,
\cvitempbullet machine learning and data science \\
Projects \\
\cvitembullet A bespoke, scalable workflow management system and extensible
\cvitempbullet platform for ETL, data warehousing and machine learning \\
\cvitembullet An in-house framework for automated testing of data workflows \\
General Management \\
\cvitembullet Building a cross-functional team that operates on agile principles \\
\cvitembullet General operational management \\
\cvitembullet Business and technical strategic decision making \\
Third-party Systems \\
\cvitembullet SCADA, IBM Watson, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, AWS,
\cvitempbullet Spark, Hadoop
}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent \href{http://www.mxit.com/}{MXit Lifestyle} provides a social network and mobile
instant messaging (IM) platform named MXit, Africa's first and largest. The
company grew from 20 employees in 2005 to its peak size of 150
employees. The platform services millions of active users and beyond IM,
it provides users with services for information, education, games, community
support, and developers with a platform for building applications and much more.
% \includegraphics[scale=0.4,bb=0 0 55 22]{MXit_Lifestyle_Logo_B&W_Small.png}
\\[-3em]
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{}{} % hack to fix spacing problem
\cvitem{Head of Enterprise Architecture \\ (Aug.~2010--Aug.~2013)}
{Building and managing the architecture competency for MXit with regard to
business, information and system architecture for the alignment of goals,
objectives and processes. Specific attention is paid to best practices, business
intelligence, procedures, standards and automation. Continual design and
development of several large-scale systems. Managing and building an architecture
team of two people and a business intelligence team of six people.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Projects \\
\cvitembullet Developer Ecosystem: Team lead, design and implementation
\cvitempbullet of an app store and all supporting systems; team of 4 people \\
\cvitembullet Technical lead of APIs for platform and application developers \\
\cvitembullet Value-Added Services (VAS) switch for aggregating VAS providers
\cvitempbullet for airtime and electricity payments: Team lead, design and
\cvitempbullet implementation; team of 4 people \\
Business Intelligence/Data Science \\
\cvitembullet User data warehouse and mathematical models for churn analysis:
\cvitempbullet Design and technical lead \\
\cvitembullet Consolidation of legacy reporting systems and reports \\
\cvitembullet Redesign and replacing legacy reporting systems with modern and
\cvitempbullet automated technologies \\
\cvitembullet Assisting the product team with deep analyses and report
\cvitempbullet definitions \\
Other \\
\cvitembullet Defining the vision and mission for \href{http://www.ponderingpanda.com/}{Pondering Panda}, MXit's
\cvitempbullet consumer insights company \\
\cvitembullet Steering committee convenor (2011) \\
\cvitembullet Assisting auditors regarding data analysis, control checks and
\cvitempbullet corporate governance \\
\cvitembullet Internal representative for technical due diligence during the
\cvitempbullet acquisition by \href{http://www.worldofavatar.com/}{World of Avatar (Pty) Ltd} \\
\cvitembullet In-house notification system (hardware and software) for notifying
\cvitempbullet developers of broken builds from the build server using a USB
\cvitempbullet LED device (personal project)
\\}
\cvitem{Software Architect \\ (Dec.~2008--Jul.~2010)}
{Architecture and analysis of software products and systems across five
development teams (40 developers) and enterprise-wide business processes, with
special focus on development processes and automation; System architecture
regarding large-scale client-server, distributed and fault-tolerant systems;
Steering committee member for approval of development requests; Frequent
liaising with external parties, including business partners and legal advisors.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{General \\
\cvitembullet Scrum/Agile practitioner \\
\cvitembullet Business/Requirements Analysis and Scrum story writing \\
\cvitembullet Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC): Design and
\cvitempbullet implementation of several SDLCs regarding process, procedures
\cvitempbullet and document artifacts \\
Development environment \\
\cvitembullet Procedures and administration of all code repositories, issue
\cvitempbullet tracking, continuous integration and other automation systems,
\cvitempbullet and internal documentation wiki \\
\cvitembullet Organising formal Test-Driven Development training \\
Products \\
\cvitembullet Idols SA Voting Platform: Design and technical lead \\
\cvitembullet MXit EVO client application suite: Product Owner and managing
\cvitempbullet an outsourced development team of three people, including
\cvitempbullet contract negotiations \\
\cvitembullet Suggest-a-Friend recommendation system: Design \\
\cvitembullet Fantasy league game for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup: Design \\
\cvitembullet Credit topup and banking integration system: Design \\
\cvitembullet MXit third-party developer SDK: Conceptual design \\
Other \\
\cvitembullet Conducting developer interviews and technical inductions \\}
\cvitem{Team Lead \\ (Oct.~2006--Nov.~2008)}
{Managing a team of two people for services development, a team of two people for
\href{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/}{ejabberd} development and a team
of two people for ejabberd operational support;
Retain previous role as lead developer for the Jabber/XMPP IM core.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Products \\
\cvitembullet Content portal for content delivery by platform integrators:
\cvitempbullet Design and team lead; system is a major source of revenue \\
\cvitembullet Dynamic chatrooms: Redesign and team lead \\
\cvitembullet Premium Rated SMS integration system: Design and development \\
\cvitembullet Developing the ejabberd IM platform \\
Training \\
\cvitembullet Erlang/OTP training of new employees \\
\cvitembullet Jabber/XMPP training of new employees \\
Other \\
\cvitembullet Defining and implementing a 3-tier operational support structure \\
\cvitembullet Maintaining the relationship with
\href{http://www.process-one.net/en/}{Process-One}, the maintainers
\cvitempbullet of ejabberd \\
\cvitembullet Internal representative for technical due diligence during sale of
\cvitempbullet shares to \href{http://www.naspers.com/}{MIH Holdings (Pty) Ltd (Naspers)}}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Software Engineer \\ (Dec.~2005--Sep.~2006)}
{Lead developer for the Jabber/XMPP IM core based on the
\href{http://www.process-one.net/en/ejabberd/}{ejabberd} Open Source platform.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Products \\
\cvitembullet ejabberd: Development, operational support \\
\cvitembullet Advertising platform: Design and development for delivering
\cvitempbullet text-based and graphical impressions to mobile phones using a
\cvitempbullet custom in-house modelling system with adaptive prediction of
\cvitempbullet available inventory; system is still the main source of revenue \\
Operational \\
\cvitembullet 24/7 standby and support \\
\cvitembullet Server setup and fine tuning (Linux/Windows) \\
\cvitembullet Maintaining the relationship with
\href{http://www.process-one.net/en/}{Process-One}, the maintainers of
\cvitempbullet ejabberd}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Cellfind (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent \href{http://www.cellfind.co.za/}{Cellfind} is a Wireless Access Service Provider (WASP) that specialises in
Location-Based Services (LBS), such as Look4me, Look4help and asset vehicle tracking. It
also provides services for mobile content delivery (Lucky Mobile, Fresh Mobile and more).
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Software Engineer \\ (Jan.~2005--Nov.~2005)}
{Lead developer for Cellfind's LBS product suite, including
\href{http://www.look4me.co.za/}{Look4me}, a peace of mind
service to locate friends and family, and
\href{http://www.look4help.co.za/}{Look4help}, a mobile panic
button to send a distress message with your location to friends and family.}
\cvitem{Contribution Highlights}
{Development, design, operational and customer support}
\end{cvenv}
%\cvsubsubsection{Oxford Brookes University}
%\begin{cvenv}
% \cvitem{Research Associate \\ Nov.~2004}{Offer declined}
%\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{SWiST Group Technologies (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent SWiST (acquired by Altech) is a software development house that specialises in large-scale storage of
caller data (Datavoir) and fraud systems. The mobile instant messenger service named MXit was
born in its research and development department.
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Junior Developer \\ (Contractor) \\ (Dec.~2001--Jan.~2002)}
{Unit testing of GSM messaging ANSI C libraries}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Stone Three Signal Processing (Pty) Ltd}
\noindent \href{http://www.stonethree.com/}{Stone Three} specialises, among other things, in image processing solutions
for major players in the mining industry such as Anglo American and the De Beers group.
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Junior Developer \\ (Contractor) \\ (Dec.~2000--Jan.~2001)}
{Developed a prototype optical motion sensor to detect the velocity of moving froth}
\end{cvenv}
\pagebreak
\cvsubsection{Courses and Training Attended}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2010}{Formal Test-Driven Development Course}
\cvitem{2010}{Naspers Harvard Business School Programme on Strategy}
\cvitem{2009}{Certified Scrum Master Programme}
\cvitem{2009}{Level One First Aid}
\cvitem{2008}{Formal Unified Modeling Language Course}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsection{Professional Memberships}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2009--2011}{Member of the Scrum Alliance Society}
\cvitem{2011--2015}{Member of the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society}
\cvitem{2005--2009}{Member of the IEEE and IEEE Signal Processing Society}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsection{Interviews, Presentations and Community Involvement}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2024}{A CTO’s Playbook: Avoiding salary mistakes that will cost you developers in 2024 (OfferZen Webinar)}
\cvitem{2023}{Guest Lecture: Red \& Yellow Creative School of Business}
\cvitem{2022}{\href{https://medium.com/takealot-engineering/machine-learning-at-takealot-4c1a7faa01c4}
{Machine Learning at Takealot}}
\cvitem{2017}{\href{https://www.offerzen.com/blog/how-takealot-com-is-scaling-their-developer-team}
{How takealot.com is scaling their developer team} (OfferZen)}
\cvitem{2016}{Back to Basics Meetup: Data Structures and Order Complexity}
\cvitem{2014}{Workshop for grade 11 learners on Computer Science as a career}
\cvitem{2012}{Presentation to high school pupils on Software Engineering at
Stellenbosch University Engineering Faculty's Winter School programme}
\cvitem{2012}{Hack Stellenbosch Meetup: Having Fun with Continuous Integration}
\cvitem{2011}{Bushradio 89.5fm: On the history of MXit}
\cvitem{2010}{Participant in the 2010 Cape IT Initiative (CITi) Colloquium on Agile in the Enterprise}
\cvitem{2010}{Cape Argus Newspaper: Software engineering is `pure thought-stuff' creativity}
\cvitem{2006}{The Citizen Newspaper (orig. transl.: Die Burger): Engineers create a bright
future for themselves and fellow beings}
\end{cvenv}
\pagebreak
\cvsubsection{Proficiencies}
\cvsubsubsection{Programming}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Languages}{ANSI C/\cpp, \cs, Erlang/OTP, Python, Java, PHP, SQL, \\
Node.js, x86 Assembler, PIC C, VHDL}
\cvitem{Scripting}{Shell, Batch, Python, Ant, NAnt}
\cvitem{Web}{HTML, XHTML, PHP, ASP.NET, JavaScript, CSS}
\cvitem{Scientific}{MATLAB, Octave, Pylab (SciPy, NumPy, scikit-learn, Pandas)}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Quality}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Versioning Systems}{Git, Github, Bitbucket, Subversion, CVS}
\cvitem{Testing}{MSTest, NUnit, JUnit, Python Nose, PHPUnit, XUnit, Selenium, Mocha, Karma}
\cvitem{Mock Frameworks}{NMock, Mockito, jMock, moq, PhantomJS}
\cvitem{Code Coverage}{dotCover, Python Nose, Coverage.py, Istanbul}
\cvitem{Continuous Integration}{TeamCity, CruiseControl, CruiseControl.NET, Hudson,
Jenkins, uBuild, Buildbot}
\cvitem{Web Automation}{CasperJS}
\cvitem{Code Quality}{ReSharper, StyleCop, FxCop, PEP8, several linters,
code duplication tools, code coverage tools}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Technologies}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Platforms}{Linux (Debian and Red Hat-based), MS Windows, .NET \\
Familiar with OS X, iOS}
\cvitem{RDBMSs}{MySQL, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Greenplum, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery}
\cvitem{NoSQL}{Couchbase, Hadoop family, Titan Graph DB, Spark}
\cvitem{Caching}{memcached, Varnish}
\cvitem{Search}{ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene}
\cvitem{Queueing/PubSub}{Microsoft MQ, RabbitMQ, Kafka}
\cvitem{Web Frameworks}{ExpressJS, AngularJS, Django}
\cvitem{Analytics}{Google Analytics, KISSmetrics}
\cvitem{Cloud Services}{Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Linode, Microsoft Azure}
\cvitem{Virtualisation}{VMWare, EC2, Docker}
\cvitem{Monitoring}{OpsGenie, Sensu}
\cvitem{Other}{Avro, Thrift, Luigi}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Tools}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{IDEs}{MS Visual Studio, Eclipse, PyCharm, WebStorm, IntelliJ, among others}
\cvitem{Management}{Jira, MS Project, Bugzilla, Mantis, YouTrack, Bugzilla, Zendesk}
\cvitem{CASE}{Enterprise Architect, MS Visio for Enterprise Architects}
\cvitem{Documentation}{MediaWiki, Confluence, Notion, MS Sharepoint, JavaDoc, JSDoc, Doxygen, etc.}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Other}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Patterns}{RESTful services, SOA, GoF design patterns}
\cvitem{Software Modelling}{UML2, ERD, BPMN, SOA}
\cvitem{Other}{\LaTeXe, Microsoft Office Suite, Google Apps Suite}
\end{cvenv}
\pagebreak
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% university %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{Achievements and Involvement}
\cvsubsection{Post-tertiary Level}
\cvsubsubsection{Leadership}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2013--2017}{Chairman of the trustees for the Libert\'{e} residential complex,
responsible for managing a million rand budget for 50 sections}
\cvitem{2009--2023}{Trustee for the Libert\'{e} residential complex}
\cvitem{2007--2013}{Trustee of the MXit Lifestyle workers trust}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Cultural}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2015--}{Member of the Schola Cantorum Academic Choir}%\textit{}
\cvitem{2006--2012}{Member of the Stellenbosch Madrigal Singers}%\textit{}
\cvitem{2007}{Member of the Novum Cantores Chamber Choir}%\textit{}
\cvitem{2006}{Member of the Coristi Allegri Chamber Choir}%\textit{}
\cvitem{2005}{Member of the Singkronies Chamber Choir}%\textit{}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Sport and Physical Activities}
\begin{cvenv}
% note: mtb start 2013--
\cvitem{2023}{Western Provice XCO MTB Colours: XCO and XCM}
\cvitem{2022}{Western Provice XCO MTB Colours: XCO}
%\cvitem{2017}{Mountain biking personal best: \\ Sub 4-hours over 75km -- Stellenbosch MTB Challenge}
\cvitem{2017}{Mountain biking personal best: \\ Top 100 Argus Cape Town Cycle Tour MTB Challenge}
%\cvitem{2005--}{Social participation in running events; hiking}
\cvitem{2008}{Summit Mt Kilimanjaro}% (Uhuru peak, 5985m amsl) on 6 Aug 2008 via the Machame route}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Other}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2013--2019}{External examiner for master's theses at Stellenbosch University}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsection{Tertiary Level}
\cvsubsubsection{Academic}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2005}{Honours for Meritorious Service (Stellenbosch University)}
% \cvitem[1]{2004}{Tutor for Mathematics 114 and 144}
\cvitem[1]{2004}{Tutor for Mathematics modules}
% \cvitem[1]{2003}{Tutor for Computer Systems 214 and
% Systems and Signals 344}
\cvitem[1]{2003}{Tutor for Computer Systems and
Systems \& Signals modules}
\cvitem{2001}{Invited to the University's Top Achievers' Banquet}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Leadership}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2003--2004}{Voice group lead: responsible for the acquisition of the
repertoire to the basses of the
Stellenbosch University Choir}
\cvitem{2003}{Stellenbosch University Choir management (Portfolio: Secretary)}
\cvitem{2002}{Official advisor to first year students at residence}
\cvitem{2001}{Faculty of Engineering Winter School committee member}
\cvitem{2001}{Subeditor of residence's newspaper and jubilee issue: \\
Each awarded campus' best in respective categories}
\end{cvenv}
%\pagebreak
\cvsubsubsection{Cultural}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2002--2004}{Member of the Stellenbosch University Choir}
\cvitem{2004}{Won the Mixed Youth Choir division at the Choir
Olympics in Bremen, Germany, and a fourth place
in the Folklore a capella division}
%\cvitem[1]{2004}{Member of the choir for \textit{Sinfonia Africana},
% a symphony by the South African composer
% Hendrik Hofmeyr}
\cvitem{2001--2002}{Member of the Pro Cantu Youth Choir of Cape Town}
\cvitem[1]{1999--2002}{Contributions to the residence's annual
collection of essays and poetry}%,
%Die Penveer}
%and actively participates in cultural gatherings}
\cvitem[1]{1999--2000}{Member of residence's serenade}
\cvitem[1]{2000}{Third place in the local serenade competition}
\cvitem[1]{2000}{Member of residence's drama party}
\cvitem[1]{1999}{Member of residence's culture committee}
\end{cvenv}
%\pagebreak
\cvsubsubsection{Sport}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{2004}{Half marathon personal best 1h44}
%(bronze medal, Safari half marathon, Wellington)
\cvitem{Other}{Regular jogger and social participant in athletics (relays),
mountain biking and squash}
\end{cvenv}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% school %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsubsection{Primary and Secondary Level}
\cvsubsubsection{Academic}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{1998}{Academic merit awards (honours)}
\cvitem[1]{1998}{Third round Old Mutual Mathematics Olympiad}
\cvitem{1992}{National Winner: Soil Conservation Project (SANTAR)}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Leadership}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{1998}{Member of Student Council}
\cvitem{1998}{Chairman of the Debating Society}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Cultural}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{1998}{\href{http://www.unisa.ac.za/}{UNISA}\footnote{University of South Africa}:
Pass Grade 8 organ examination Cum Laude}
\cvitem{1998}{UNISA: Pass Grade 8 piano examination with
Honourable Mention}
\cvitem{1998}{Cultural merit awards (honours)}
\cvitem{1998}{Gazette editorial member}
\cvitem{1995--1998}{Organist for the Dutch Reformed Church}
% \cvitem[1]{1991--1998}{Participant in North Boland, Ratem,
% Stellenbosch and Paarl eisteddfods;
% received various Class Winner, Cum Laude
% and Golden awards for piano, poetry
% (Afrikaans and English),
% school choir and serenade recitals}
\cvitem[1]{1991--1998}{Participant in numerous eisteddfods;
received many class winner, cum laude
and golden awards for piano, poetry
(Afrikaans and English),
school choir and serenade recitals}
\cvitem{1988--1998}{Member of school choir}
\cvitem{1996--1998}{Founder member of boys serenade}
% \cvitem[1]{1998}{Participant in ATKV\footnote{Afrikaanse Taal- en Kultuurvereniging}
% and Rapportryers orator's competitions}
\cvitem{1995}{UNISA Roll of Honour: Grade 6 piano examination}
\cvitem{1995}{Completed Toastmasters course presented by the
Stellenbosch Toastmasters Club}
\cvitem[1]{1995}{Leading part in local production of Grease, the play}
\end{cvenv}
\cvsubsubsection{Sport}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem[1]{1996--1998}{Participant in North Boland athletics championships}
\cvitem{1998}{First rugby team}
\cvitem[1]{1994--1996}{Sanlam cycling fun ride}
\cvitem{1994}{Second place in 400m at SWD\footnote{South-Western Districts}
athletics championships}
\cvitem{1993}{Provincial colours (SWD) in 100m and 4$\times$100m relay}
\cvitem{1993}{Third place in Relay at former Cape Province
championships}
\end{cvenv}
\pagebreak
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% references %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\cvsection{References}
%\begin{cvenv}
% \cvitem{Mr.~A.T. Knott-Craig} % Jr
% {Chief Executive Officer \\
% Cellfind (Pty) Ltd}
% \cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 (0)11 848 8200}
%% \cvitem{E-mail}{}
% \cvitem{Capacity}{Former employer}
%\end{cvenv}
%\begin{cvenv}
% \cvitem{Prof.~J.A.~du Preez}
% {Former Digital Signal Processing Group Chairman \\
% Faculty of Engineering \\
% Department of Electronic Engineering \\
% Stellenbosch University}% \\
%% \href{http://www.dsp.sun.ac.za/~dupreez/jadp\_cv/index.html}
%% {http://www.dsp.sun.ac.za/~dupreez/jadp\_cv/index.html}}
% \cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 (0)21 808 4342}
% \cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:[email protected]}{[email protected]}}
% \cvitem{Capacity}{Study lead for M.Sc.Eng.~thesis}
%\end{cvenv}
% DAVE WEBER
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Stuart~Redpath}{Data Scientist at Praelexis (2013--2015)} %(2010--2013)
%\cvitem{Company}{Praelexis (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://www.praelexis.com/}{www.praelexis.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 72 049 0439}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Team member}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Wikus~Brink}{Data Scientist at Praelexis (2013--2015)} %(2010--2013)
%\cvitem{Company}{Praelexis (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://www.praelexis.com/}{www.praelexis.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 72 049 0439}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Team member}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Marnus~Freeman}{Technical Director at MXit Lifestyle (2005--2013} %(2010--2013)
%\cvitem{Company}{MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://www.mxit.com/}{www.mxit.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 82 990 3910}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2010--2013}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Direct manager}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Adam~Nachman}{Software Architect and Team Lead at MXit Lifestyle (2010--2013)} %(2010--2013)
%\cvitem{Company}{MXit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://www.mxit.com/}{www.mxit.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}61 426 277 474}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2010--2013}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Team member}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{P.W.~Nel}{Chief Technical Officer at MXit Lifestyle (2008--2010)}
%\cvitem{Company}{Kuza Mobile (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://kuza.com/}{kuza.com}) / YouNow, Inc. (\href{http://younow.com/}{younow.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}1 617 794 8427}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Web}{\href{http://www.pwnel.net/}{www.pwnel.net}}
%\cvitem{Period}{2008--2010}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Direct manager and mentor}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Gerhard~Esterhuizen}{Software Engineer at SWiST Group Technologies (2001) and \\
Stone Three Signal Processing (2000)}
%\cvitem{Company}{Yila Consulting (Pty) Ltd (\href{http://www.yilaconsulting.com/}
% {www.yilaconsulting.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 82 370 9737}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2000, 2001}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Colleague and mentor}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Aslam~Khan}{Industry Associate (2009--)}
%\cvitem{Company}{factor10 (\href{http://factor10.com}{factor10.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 82 498 8876}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2009--2012}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Industry associate and provided training services to MXit Lifestyle (2009--2012)}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Francois~Swanepoel}{Chief Executive Officer at Stone Three Signal Processing}
%\cvitem{Company}{Stone Three Venture Technology (Pty) Ltd
% (\href{http://www.stonethree.com/}{www.stonethree.com})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 83 302 2282}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2000, 2009--2010}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Former colleague at Stone Three Signal Processing (2000) and business partner
for outsourced development for MXit Lifestyle (2009--2010)}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Ben~Herbst}{Professor at Department of Applied Mathematics}
%\cvitem{Institution}{Stellenbosch University (\href{http://www.sun.ac.za/}{www.sun.ac.za})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 83 566 4466}%{{\pp}27 21 808 4217}
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{2003--2004}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Study lead for M.Sc.Eng.~thesis at Stellenbosch University (2003--2004)}
\end{cvenv}
\begin{cvenv}
\cvitem{Joan~Roux}{Lecturer at Departement of Mathematics (retired)}
%\cvitem{Institution}{Stellenbosch University (\href{http://www.sun.ac.za/}{www.sun.ac.za})}
\iftoggle{public}{}{%
\cvitem{Phone}{{\pp}27 83 652 5691} %{+27 21 808 3282}%3275 % HOME: 021 883 3463
\cvitem{E-mail}{\href{mailto:\[email protected]}{\[email protected]}}
}
%\cvitem{Period}{1999--2004}
\cvitem{Capacity}{Stellenbosch University \\
Mentor; Lectured to the author (1999); \\
Author was tutor for lecturer's subjects (2000--2004)}
\end{cvenv}
\iftoggle{public}{
\centerline{\emph{Contact details of references available on request.}}
}{%
}
\end{document}