Arno Strydom

Experience

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  North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Math Tutor and Grader at North-West University

  - SI Facilitator- Grade assignments and tests for the Natural Sciences Department- University Math Teaching- Lecturing

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  Airvantage (Pty) Ltd

  Nov 2015 - Jun 2018

  Junior Software Developer (Vacation Work)

  - Vacation work- Work on various software projects- Raspberry Pi Automation- Unit Testing- Database Replication- Java Coding

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  O-line OBO Bettermann

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

  Software Developer

  Created a system to support stock-taking tasks- VBA- Microsoft Excel- User Acceptance Testing- Automation

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  North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit

  Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  UX Development Assistant at North-West University

  Assistant in a PhD project- Creation of UX design for upper management web-application- Developing a web-application- Using Vuetify and ECMAScript with a MySQL database

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  Synthesis Software Technologies

  Dec 2018 - now

  -------------------------> Additional Information-------------------------- Synthesis is a leading South African software development company and is a subsidiary of the Capital Appreciation Group- I am part of the RegTech Team specialising in crafting financial sector solutions. This includes products for BOP (Balance of Payments), Tax and Markets.- Our Submission product solves complex regulatory requirements to provide timely and accurate BOP reporting to multiple regulators (SARB, BON, CBL, CBE, RBM)- Our FinSurv solution allows for STP (Straight-Through Processing) of BOP reports to Regulators facilitated by tools included to evaluate, validate, capture and monitor BOP reports- We also focus on streamlining client payment processes, simplifying and improving the BOP experience, saving costs and meeting reporting timelines------------------------------> Roles and Responsibilities:------------------------------- Managing GTB (Grow-the-Business) projects and working with teams to ensure successful delivery.- Engaging with our clients, including most major Banks (Authorised Dealers) and Financial Institutions (Authorised Dealers with Limited Authority) in South Africa.- RegTech Pre-Sales, Proposals and Marketing.- Software development lead and subject matter expert on the TXstream Submission System.- Providing SME (Subject Matter Expert) knowledge and development assistance for RTB (Run-the-Business) incidents and service requests.- Assisting with BTB (Build-the-Business) sprint planning and development.- Configuring and Managing Digital Twin environments to streamline support functions.- Growing our people through mentoring, performance reviews and career guidance.- Training and upskilling people within the team.- Driving UX/UI projects and design initiatives within the company. This includes wireframes, interaction design, user research and graphic design tasks. Show less

  • Senior Software Engineer and UX/UI Designer

    Apr 2022 - now

  • Software Engineer and UX/UI Designer

    Dec 2018 - Apr 2022