Rodney Power

Experience

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  Perseus

  Feb 1985 - Mar 1990

  Systems Engineer

  At Perseus I was a Advanced Support Group Engineer responsible for:• Went through all the Perseus training programs• Advanced Technical Support on Data General mini and mainframes• Unix and TCP/IP Internals Trainer• Provided 24/7 support for SBSA Forex dealers

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  Open System Integration

  Mar 1990 - Jan 1996

  Systems Engineer

  At Open Systems Integration I was a senior systems engineer responsible for:• Systems Design and Integration• IT Support (Unix and Linux)• Network Support• Disaster recovery planning• Project Management• Hardware and Software sales

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  Corporate Integration Services

  Jan 1996 - Sept 2000

  IT Consultant

  Corporate Integration Services was a company founded by me and was co-owner. We provided:• IT support• Systems design• Strategy Planning• Disaster recovery planning• Project Management• Bespoke Development

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  Imperial Fleet Services

  Sept 2000 - Oct 2002

  IT and Operations Manager

  Imperial Fleet Sevices was the Fleet Management division of Imperial Holdings. It was later rebranded as Equestra.As Production Manager I was responsible for managing the IT country wide as well as being the National Sales Support Manager.Responsibilities: • Overall IT support• Managing Operation and Financial systems design and implementation• Managed all customer contracts• Managed asset disposals• Managed customer care center with 10 agents• Held responsibility for maintenance fund income and expenditure• Negotiated all goodwill claims• Authorized all asset maintenance• IT strategic planning• DR and BC planning Show less

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  FleetAfrica

  Oct 2002 - May 2006

  General Manager Information Technology

  FleetAfrica is a leading provider of fleet solutions in southern Africa with a reputation for market leading performance history in the management of commercial and specialised fleets. FleetAfrica provides flexible, turnkey fleet management solutions, which are designed to meet the specific transport and vehicle management needs of its customers.As GM Information technology I was brought in to manage the FleetAfrica IT division. Responsibilities: • Provide 1st Level Infrastructure and Application Support.• Served on MANCO and EXCO• Member of Risk Committee• Manage customer integration• Budgeting and cot management• IT Strategic Planning• Implemented BI solution• Implemented SharePoint Portal• Implemented automated workflow• DR and BCP • Managed installation of On Board Computers for key customers Show less

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  MiX Telematics

  Jul 2006 - Aug 2020

  MiX Telematics is a leading global provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions delivered as Software-as-a-Service or SaaS. The MiX Telematics range of products and services is sold in over 120 countries worldwide with over 750,000+ subscribers to date – and growing. MiX Telematics have offices in South Africa, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uganda, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.Reported into the Head of Development and SaaS, lead a team 25 employees excluding subcontractors. I had the following direct reports:• Systems Operation Centre – 16• SaaS Infrastructure – 3• Database and System Administration – 4• Developers – 1• Office Administrator and PA – 1Main Responsibilities:• Managing SaaS operations in USA, Europe and Asia Pacific:o Design, provisioning and support of SaaS operations o Manage 24/7 Systems Operations Centre o Manage DBA teamo Redundancy, availability and business continuityo Software deploymento System maintenance• Compliance:o ISO/27001 certification and complianceo ISO/9001 certification and compliance. o Information Securityo Risk management• Development of IT Strategy in support of Company Strategy• Driving technical Innovation• Budgeting and cost optimization• Supplier management• Tender and RFI responses• Performance and Uptime management• Member of IT Steering committee• Customer Integration• Manage supplier SLA’sSpecial achievements:Defined and implemented of Virtualization strategyDefined and implemented Cloud adoption strategyMigration to AWS Cloud - Migrated 1000+ servers from legacy platform to AWS cloud with minimal downtimeInstrumental in the successful ISO/27001implementation and certification project.Successful start-up of business critical Operations Center business unitArchitecting a highly available redundant system infrastructureReduction in Cost per Connection through consumption based utilization model Show less

  • SaaS, Hosting and IT Operations Head

    Jul 2006 - Aug 2020

  • Hosting and Operations Executive / Head of Infrastructure and Technical Operations

    Jul 2008 - Jun 2020

  • Bureau Technical Manager

    Jul 2006 - Jun 2008
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  Helderberg gas and Solar

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2020

  Owner at Helderberg Gas and Solar (Pty) Ltd
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  Self Employed

  Aug 2020 - Aug 2020

  Owner
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  Power Telematics (PTY) Ltd

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  Owner
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  First Horizon

  Jun 2021 - now

  First Horizon is an Amazon Web Services consulting partner specializing in workload migration as defined in our “7 steps to a successful migration” process. Our 7 steps encapsulate the entire lifecycle from cloud readiness assessment, to planning, migration and review. Our solution extends beyond migration to ongoing optimization, monitoring and support of your exciting cloud journey.Services include:AWS Billing with 135% BBBEE preferential procurement benefitAWS Architectural Services AWS Technical Support Well Managed Architecture reviews and remediation Workload migration Show less

  • Senior Manager

    Feb 2023 - now

  • General Manager

    Aug 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Business Unit Manager - AWS

    Jun 2021 - Aug 2021