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Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    GenAI Application Developer

  • Education

    • Maritzburg College

      1984 - 1988
      Matric

      Activities and Societies: Basketball - South African Schools 1987,1988

    • University of KwaZulu-Natal

      1989 - 1993
      Bachelor of Commerce ( not completed ) Economics, Business Administration, Business Finance

      Activities and Societies: Basketball - Junior Springbok 1989, 1990, 1991

  • Experience

    • Paragon IT

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2003
      Senior Recruitment Consultant

      I specialised in IT Security and Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery markets. I quickly established relationships with some of the bigger players in the industry including winning Preferred Supplier status with one of the Big Four.

    • VeriSign

      Oct 2004 - Jun 2006
      Territory Manager – Managed PKI for SSL

      UK Territory Manager for the Managed PKI for SSL part of the business.

    • PGP Corporation

      Jun 2006 - Dec 2007
      Inside Sales Account Manager

      Inside Sales Account Manager for the Netherlands, Sweden and Africa.My role involved developing stronger relationships with both reseller partners and customers in the Netherlands, Sweden and Africa to deliver tailored encryption solutions around email, disk and file encryption.

    • Quest Software ( Vizioncore )

      Oct 2008 - Jul 2011
      Inside Sales Representative

      Inside Sales for the Nordic region for Quest's virtualisation offering.

    • CA Technologies

      Jul 2011 - Jun 2015
      MSP Account Manager

      Started off as Inside Sales selling Nimsoft's system management solution into Southern Africa, Israel and the Nordics, both direct and through the channel. Progressed into field sales, selling CA's full suite of solutions direct into UK Managed Service Providers.

    • Entrust Datacard

      Jul 2015 - Sept 2017
      Strategic Account Manager

      Responsible for developing net new SSL/TLS Certificate business within G2000 type customers in the UK, France and various other countries in EMEA, working directly with end customers and large Systems Integrators.Closed the 2nd largest net new deal in company history ( largest competitive replacement ) for a global bank.

    • Deep Fried Cyber

      Jan 2018 - Nov 2024

      Deep Fried Cyber is a marketplace designed to help increase the visibility of cybersecurity companies globally, and help potential customers in researching and choosing a new solution.Currently, there are just over 2,500 cybersecurity companies listed on the site, which is free to use for vendors and customers.

      • Founder

        Jan 2018 - Nov 2024

      • Founder

        Jan 2018 - Dec 2022

    • DFJ Couriers

      Aug 2018 - Jun 2022
      Owner Driver

      To provide backing for my Cybersecurity startup I worked as a Self Employed Courier Driver.

    • DFC Forex

      Jun 2022 - now
      Forex Trader

      Trading major forex pairs, indices and commodities. Developing MQL5 Expert Advisors ( trading robots ) based on Bollinger Bands with the help of various AI solutions.

    • Self-employed

      Sept 2024 - now
      AI Application Developer

      Developing AI apps for various markets including forex trading, property and cybersecurity.

  • Licenses & Certifications