Jonathan Benjamin Rushwaya

Experience

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  COMPUTER PROSSESSING GROUP

  Jan 1981 - Dec 1986

  Business Analyst

  Was part of a turnkey software development team responsible for founding the Integrated Accounting System (IAS) which ran on proprietary Wang VS platforms and on bureau platforms of NCR Century and ICL mainframesDeveloped and supported turnkey solutions in Commercial Accounting, Municipal Accounting, Banking, Manufacturing and Distribution for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Oil industry (Mobil, Caltex and Total) Manufacturing ( BICC CAFCA, Cotton Printers, Border Timbers, Bata Shoe Company, Zimbabwe Alloys, USAID, and EDGARS group, Show less

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  COOPERS AND LYBRAND ASSOCIATES

  Jan 1987 - Jun 1988

  MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT- IT

  ICT strategy consultant responsible for helping corporates migrate from legacy mainframe systems to more open PC based networkUndertook migration strategy studies for leading body corporates and state owned enterprises and recommended and in some cases supported the migration to open platforms. Organisations included :-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, RAL Merchant Bank, National Airline (Air Zimbabwe),Agricultural Marketing Authority which included the Grain Marketing Board and Cotton Marketing Board, The Minerals Marketing Corporation, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, City of Harare, CIMAS Medical Aid Society, Central African Cables Limited, and Cotton Printers Ltd Show less

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  CENTRAL AFRICAN CABLES LIMITED

  Jul 1987 - Nov 1991

  Group Data Processing Manager

  Maintained and phased out the Wang based accounting systemSet up and implemented the first ever MRP system in Zimbabwe running on a PC based DOS clients and Novell Net-ware serverIntegrated the order processing , manufacturing, costing , invoicing distribution and financial reporting for the leading cable manufacturing system which was a subsidiary of the British Insulated Calendar Cables (BICC) InternationalWas awarded membership to the Institute of Data Processing Management (UK) following a paper on Information Security that I had submitted and outstanding achievement in the implementation of the first PC based MRP system in Zimbabwe Show less

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  MOBIL OIL CENTRAL AFRICA GROUP

  Dec 1991 - Jun 1994

  GROUP INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER

  Managed migration of systems from the Cape Town Office to Harare Regional OfficeMaintained a turnkey Wang VS accounting system which was running on a mini computerImplemented a Novell Net-ware based network running DOS 5 and Windows Clients in a client server environmentSupervised the set up Novell Net-ware based networks in Ndola(Zambia) Lusaka (Zambia) Lilongwe (Malawi) Beira( Mozambique) and Maputo MozambiqueConsolidated the Central Africa Group quartely reports for inclusion into the New York Stock Exchange quoted Mobil Oil Corporation. Show less

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  CAPS HOLDINGS LIMITED

  Jul 1994 - Dec 1996

  GROUP IT MANAGER

  Managed the migration from a centralised legacy system used for accounting to a fully integrated MRPII system with the company,s pharmaceutical production plant in Southerton with the wholesale companies in Harare and BulawayoImplemented integrated order taking, invoicing, production planning, costing, marketing ,distribution and accounting within the group.Took part in the overall group strategic management processLinked independent retail pharmacies to the group's wholesale business in Harare, creating virtual warehouses from which stocks would be drawn and orders placed and invoiced via a dial up lineManaged the automation of the 10 retail pharmacies (QV) and linked them to their Harare head office Show less

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  Harare

  Jan 1997 - Sept 2006

  National Social Security Authority

  Managed the transition from outsourced consultant run IT department to an internally run oneTook part in structuring the IT department.Liaised closely with the suppliers of proprietary hardware and software that was runningManaged the ICT strategy formulation and aligned it with the core business of social security delivery nation wide Drew up requirements for the distributed system in liaison with all key stakeholdersEngaged the key developer in Ireland to set up a joint development team in line with the chosen strategyProvided key liaison between internal development team, external consultants, the external development team, key internal and external stakeholders and hardware suppliersOversaw the development of a turnkey social security administration system which later became the reference point in Africa for social security systemsLed a team that drew up two strategic plans for Zimbabwe National Social Security (NSSA)Was nominated twice by the International Social Security Association (ISSA) to present papers at international fora in Marrakesh (Morocco) and Seychelles on Managing International Consultants and leveraging administrative efficiencies in Social Security administration using ICT,sWas nominated to sit in the NSSA Management Investment CommitteeWas seconded to the Ministry of Public Service Labour and Social Services (Zimbabwe) as a consultant to assist in the identification selection and implementation of the Government of Zimbabwe Pension System.Drew up specifications and a migration plan from legacy systems at NSSA to open systems Show less

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  Sept 2006 - Jun 2012

  Independent Consultant

  Independent Business Consultant Business Strategy formulation, ICT Strategy Implementation, Client Business Analysis, Business Process Re-engineering, Systems Integration, Implementation Planning and lecturing in Professional Business Courses

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  Harare Institute of Technology

  Jul 2012 - now

  Lecturer

  -Lectured E- Commerce courses at undergraduate and post graduate levels.-Designed programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level -Collaborated with UNDP Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Farmers Union to create local and export market linkages using mobile platforms.- Piloted a climate adaptation study with external sponsors to provide farmers in drought-prone regions in Zimbabwe with weather, cropping, livestock and farming advisory information to match forecast seasonal conditions onto their mobile phones.Supervised the following student projects which are being considered for commercialisation:--A Cyber Taxation model for Zimbabwe using payment gateways.-A shopping application fo the visually handicapped in Zimbabwe.-Intellectual Property Valuation for student inventions.- Commercialization of E-Commerce Prototypes.-Using unmanned vehicles (Drones) to monitor streambank cultivation in Harare and Chitungwiza.Current Research Projects:- -Deploy Artificial Intelligence and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition to mitigate the discharge of greenhouse gases, solid and industrial waste into the atmosphere, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by manufacturers. ---- -Deploy Blockchain technology to Zimbabwe’s devolution agenda to improve local governance. – Empower local supply chains to value add and reduce shortages on local production processes. -Economic, Social and Institutional Governance as an investment criterion for investor selection for developing countries,-Decongesting urban transport systems through clean energy trains. Show less