Rentia Barnard

Experience

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  Armscor

  Jan 1987 - Dec 1990

  Senior Scientist
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  IFS

  Jan 1991 - Mar 2007

  Business Consultant, Solution Manager, Chief Designer (Defence)

  Major international ERP and Defence applications/productsParticipated in major international IFS projects including Sweden, UK, USA, Norway, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, India, Canada, Italy, France, etcERP component knowledge - Includes PLM, inventory and material management, customer and purchase orders (supply chain), product data management, configuration, maintenance management, part catalogs, fleet and asset management, service management, HR, etc. Very experienced in business consultation, understanding customers business and translating requirements and business models for successful implementation and training.Management of international product development (full SDLC), product customisations per customer/project requirements, product and project baseline and release management, implementation, support, maintenance, technical application architecture. Show less

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  PBMR

  Nov 2007 - Mar 2014

  Consultant to PBMR in Software Engineering, Enterprise and Systems Architecture, IP Preservation and Nuclear Software Engineering Processes Section Manager: Engineering Processes and Systems Implementation – Responsible for implementation and support of all engineering tools (COTS), development of new engineering management and support applications and integration between all tools. Chief Solution Architect – Ensuring fully integrated tools and applications in support of full engineering life cycle in design and development of PBMR nuclear reactor, complying with nuclear quality requirements of full traceability. Software Engineering Subject Domain Owner – Responsible for establishment of software engineering processes for whole of PBMR with participation from different engineering disciplines including but not limited to control and instrumentation, engineering simulators, thermo-hydraulic controllers, nuclear engineering analysis.

  • Consultant

    Nov 2010 - Mar 2014

  • Section Manager - Engineering Processes and Systems

    Nov 2007 - Oct 2010

  • Chief Solution Architect

    Nov 2007 - Oct 2010

  • Software Engineering Subject Domain Owner

    Nov 2007 - Oct 2010
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  Eskom

  Apr 2011 - Feb 2012

  Lead Systems Architect - B2B Engineering Tools

  B2B Engineering Tools, Systems: Lead Architect – Functional lead in major engineering transformation program called “Back 2 Basics”. Responsible for definition of high-level process, system, information, data, integration and technology architecture, ensuring alignment and integration between enterprise, business, system, data and technology architecture implementation, application architecture definition, quality control, requirement management, design authority and technical management within Eskom Engineering which included Generation, Transmission and Distribution business.B2B Engineering: Subject Matter Expert on Business Solution Realisation – Responsible for defining and maintaining the Roadmap on Business Solution Realisation, detailing the full life cycle to be followed from established business/project need to acceptance and handover of solution to support. The Roadmap included a full description and supporting templates and governance (controls) on the following perspectives Project Management, Business Process Management, Application Implementation Management, Data Management, Infrastructure and Configuration Management, Training Management, Communication and Change Management and Quality Management. Show less

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  Aurecon

  Mar 2012 - May 2013

  Enterprise Architect

  Responsible to define an enterprise architecture strategy and roadmap for the global engineering company with special focus on global collaborative engineering activities especially in developing countries / emerging regions. Activities included project management, supply chain (procurement), contract and sub-contract management, engineering lifecycle (i.e. feasibility analysis, design, procure, construction, commissioning, handover, maintenance, operation, decommissioning), enterprise asset management, etc. This included bid/tender support to best leverage in-house processes and applications to the benefit of clients which in turn result in better executed and more successful projects for the company. Show less

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  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

  Jun 2013 - Nov 2017

  Initiated and lead an initiative to have impact in South African industry with the development of SMME’s in a multi-disciplinary collaborative engineering environment ready for participating in global supply chains. This included business development to secure international funding and PLM suppliers like Siemens, Dassault System and PTC. Negotiations were conducted with international funders in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and UK as well as the different European offices of the 3 mentioned PLM vendors. Setting up supply chains for collaborative product development and manufacturing incorporating large international OEM’s as well as local OEM’s and SMME’s. Implementation of and training on PLM solutions at SMME’s to be able to participate in the supply chains. Show less

  • Manager : Enterprise Architecture and Engineering

    Apr 2014 - Nov 2017

  • National Industrialisation Support Initiative (NISI) Lead

    Apr 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Principal Enterprise Architect

    Jun 2013 - Nov 2017
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  ASML

  May 2018 - now

  • Principal Architect

    Jan 2019 - now

  • Senior PLM Architect

    May 2018 - Dec 2018