Vaughan Mason

Experience

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  The IQ Business Group (Pty) Ltd, RSA

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2009

  Consultant

  Development of website for the use as an educational toolReconciliation of ABSA Clearing Account and GBP 51 AccountDevelopment of a Performance Support Tool, to assist in the Business Change Lifecycle.

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  PwC South Africa

  Mar 2009 - May 2014

  Business and System Analysis involving the development of innovation activities and the implementation of business process. Responsible for the Business Intelligence stream which involves the development of SSIS and SQL solutions as well as the management of resources involved in the development of these products. Also responsible for the database environment. Development of a data warehouse and BI environment. With knowledge of both Oracle to SQL database environments.Development of SSIS packages to facilitate ETL activities from various data sources, transforming data using SSIS tools as well as C# code and loading data with custom built package that can be applied to multiple servers and databases with minor configuration. Development of BI website for use by Partners of the firmImplementation of data integrated Global Product to PwC South AfricaDevelopment of Qlikview Models to be used within department.

  • Manager

    Jul 2012 - May 2014

  • Assistant Manager

    Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  • Business Technolgy Consultant

    Mar 2009 - Jun 2011
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  KPMG

  Jun 2014 - Apr 2015

  Manager IT Advisory

  Development of service offerings for IT Advisory in the Papua New Guinea market focusing on Business Intelligence and Data Analytics.

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  Netsurit

  May 2015 - Sept 2015

  Business Intelligence Manager
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  PwC

  Oct 2015 - Jul 2016

  Senior Manager

  Responsible for the development teams working across various technologies including; Business Intelligence, Microsoft .Net and Lotus Notes applications.Business Intelligence and Data Analytics technical lead driving data initiatives within PwC. Coaching and mentoring of technical resources to achieve PwC data goals.Application solution architect ensuring that applications and solutions are designed and developed in accordance with PwC standards.

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  KPMG South Africa

  Aug 2016 - Nov 2017

  Senior Manager

  Leading the Data & Analytics service offering for KPMG Technology Advisory departments; defining the go to market strategy, delivering on client engagements and management of the Data & Analytics team.Working with the other KPMG departments to embedded Data & Analytics into all client engagements.Participate in Business Development activities relating to Data & Analytics; speaking at external and internal events, identifying and quantifying opportunities for KPMG.Driving the relationship between Microsoft and KPMG, ensuring that the go to market strategies are aligned.Data Architect ensuring solutions are designed and developed in accordance with KPMG policies.Coaching and mentoring of resources within Technology Advisory. Show less

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  PwC South Africa

  Dec 2017 - May 2020

  Senior Manager

  Technology Lead for the Cloud Transformation team for the PwC Advisory department; defining the go to market strategy for Cloud Computing and Cloud Transformation, delivering on client engagements.Participate in Business Development activities relating to Cloud Transformation and Data & Analytics; providing technical expertise and assisting in identifying and quantifying opportunities for PwC.Driving the upskilling and knowledge sharing of Cloud Computing within PwC Advisory.Working with PwC’s key alliance partners in Cloud Computing (Amazon, Microsoft and Google)Development of Data & Analytics solutions; Proof of Concept solutions and deployment of global solutions. PoC was developed, that utilized cloud technologies and machine learning to classify text based on content, this PoC was instrumental in winning a client engagement.Data Architect ensuring solutions are designed and developed in accordance with PwC policies.Coaching and mentoring of resources. Show less

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  Silica

  Jun 2020 - Jun 2021

  Data Change Lead
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  FNZ Group

  Jun 2021 - now

  Head of Engineering