Cornu Perold

Experience

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  Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI)

  Jan 1988 - May 1993

  Learner Official - Instrumentation

  Progressive training program in industrial instrumentation rotating between studies and practical experience on various mines & plants. (JCI was unbundled in the early 90s with many group companies now part of Anglo Platinum)

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  SA Defense Force

  Jan 1989 - Jun 1990

  Instructor

  Drill, discipline & physical training instructor.

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  Rhine Ruhr (Pty) Ltd

  May 1993 - Jul 1994

  Instrument Technician

  Sales, Projects, Service and support of analytical instrumentation into the Grain and other food markets.

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  Siemens

  Aug 1994 - Sept 1996

  Product Engineer (Sales)

  Sales of the Simatic range of products (S5 & S7) into the Chemical, Petro-chemical and Cement Industries.

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  Rockwell Automation

  Oct 1996 - Sept 1998

  Industry Manager - Oil & Gas

  Sales of Rockwell Automation Solutions into Oil & Gas and Chemical Industries.Co-ordination of strategies with internal teams.

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  Siemens

  Sept 1998 - Jan 2005

  In this extremely interesting albeit challenging role I took charge of a turn-around strategy aimed at improving customer satisfaction levels while driving revenue and profit growth.As part of the corporate Energy & Industry Cross Functional Sourcing strategy, I took charge of after sales service (repairs, field service, telephone support, spare parts) in the Industrial, Power Generation and road traffic signals industries across South Africa which entailed a staff compliment or around 120 persons located at all the major Siemens offices throughout South Africa and Zambia.This division was also responsible for Siemens' Facilities Management Business which at the time was considered a strategic focus area for growth. Show less Responsible for the product management and marketing activities for Automation and Instrumentation business for Siemens Ltd, including Profit & Loss accountability, channel strategies and annual negotiations with the various groups in Head Office.This was a very exciting position which entailed strong focus on strategy, sales, marketing, channel management, supply chain management including inventory control and guiding a team of highly competent product specialists and product promoters. P&L responsibility meant that revenue and profitability growth was always top of mind and key to business success. Show less

  • General Manager Service

    Jan 2003 - Jan 2005

  • Divisional General Manager - Process Control

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  • National Product Manager – Automation

    Sept 1998 - Feb 2001
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  Honeywell Southern Africa

  Aug 2005 - Jan 2007

  Regional Sales Leader

  In this challenging role I was responsible for managing the sales team to drive sales growth largely in the non Petro-chemical industry in order to minimize the dependency on Oil & Gas and Petro-chemicals. Geographical coverage included Sub Sahara Africa with strong focus on South Africa, Angola, Zambia and Ghana.It was during this placement where I was exposed to the electronic security industry which would later guide the establishment of metavation.

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  Metavation

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2012

  Owner

  I started this business to deliver electronic security installation services in the commercial and industrial space as a specialist installation sub contractor to the large turn-key project houses. Our focus was on high quality work with firm attention to health & safety and quality control.Over time, metavation evolved to a full project house responsible for design, implementation, engineering, commissioning and support with offices in Johannesburg and Durban implementing projects all over South Africa as well as countries such as Mozambique, Mauritius and Zambia. Show less

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  ELB Engineering Services (Pty) Ltd

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  EC&I Engineer

  Electrical, Control and Instrumentation design on materials handling projects.

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  Conductor Systems

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2015

  General Manager

  Creation and implementation of a turn-around strategy for this small manufacturing concern.Managing the factory, to ensure accurate delivery of projects in a profitable and safe manner.Managing the relationship with ELB Engineering who was our main client and share holder, driving 3rd party sales to materials handling OEMs, project houses and end-users.Securing and managing relationships with overseas suppliers.

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  Master Power Technologies

  Jul 2015 - Jan 2017

  Business Development Professional

  Driving sales of secure power solutions and modular data centers in Southern Africa. Client base consisted of the major banking institutions and consulting engineering firms.

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  Perold Consulting

  Jan 2017 - now

  Founding Partner
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  Fourways Community Chamber of Commerce

  Mar 2018 - now

  Member
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  IS3 - Industry Software Solutions and Support

  Aug 2019 - now

  Strategic Account Executive