Roy Sinclair

Experience

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  Semtex Computers

  Mar 2000 - Feb 2015

  Owner

  Web Development, PHP, MySQL, Database management, Software Support, Hardware Support, Clients Systems analysis, Networking infrastructure, VPNs, remote support, data recovery, hardware assembly and configuration, web development consulting, Windows, Linux, Mac, SMB server solutions

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  Shout Media Alliance

  Apr 2008 - Jan 2013

  Lead Software Developer

  • Led IT infrastructure and development role out.• Worked directly with software and hardware vendors.• Custom web browser and software development.• Specialized development in PHP, MySQL and Javascript.• Created corporate cellular APN network.• Create remote access and monitoring of all touch screens.• Worked to grow the company to have the most significant touch screen footprint in South Africa.Description:During my time at Shout Media, I worked directly with the company directors, running day-to-day operations for the development and IT infrastructure. I worked directly with global and local vendors to develop the companies custom platform, sourcing touch screen and panel providers in Taiwan and computer hardware from local vendors.I worked with the development team to create UI for the touch screens, building a custom web browser to provide a kiosk mode for the companies application. Finally, I made the CMS that managed client content and advertising in PHP and MySQL. Show less

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  Sticky Fudge

  Mar 2013 - Dec 2015

  Lead Software Developer

  Lead Software Developer Led the business processes for automation, developed E-commerce site, developed custom applications, led training programs. Worked with Directors and department heads to conduct reviews of business processes to implement automation to solve core problems, improving order management, courier collection, stock distribution and warehouse management, both in the organisation and online, decreasing stock loss, increasing productively and sales. Integrating and Maintaining IT Systems: Developed E-commerce website and custom apps, led software integration, and maintained all apps. E.g. built warehouse stock management, online order fulfilment, bar code system creation and scanning, stock transfer and upload to the site. Increased sales from ~R80 000 to 14.7M in 10 months. Show less

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  City Varsity

  Oct 2014 - Nov 2014

  Guest Lecturer

  Lecture in Mobile Application Development

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  Social Engine SA

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2024

  We're a cutting-edge software development company that specialises in mobile application development, using strategic thinking to digitally evolve businesses.Key Accomplishments:* Leadership: Guided a dynamic team in software development projects, from project planning to execution, across various domains such as gaming and mobile app development, while also overseeing the company's server infrastructure. * App Development: Conceptualized and developed the multi-award-winning iOS and Android application, Latest Sightings. * Infrastructure Optimization: Redesigned server infrastructure, leading to a 45% cost reduction while boosting client capacity by 400%. * Project Management: Managed the R2.7M budget for Playthunee, an MTN App Of The Year second-place winner. Successfully led the project from its inception to its growth, attracting ~2000 daily active users and registering over 15M multiplayer games. Roles and Responsibilities:* Collaborating with stakeholders to understand and refine software solution requirements.* Evaluating software solutions, monitoring system performance, and supervising the software development team.* Guiding the development team in designing, developing, coding, testing, and debugging applications.* Setting team goals and ensuring project delivery within timelines.* Delegating duties and managing day-to-day activities of the software development team.* Hiring and training new developers, while establishing development standards.* Formulating budget and timeline for development projects.* Performing routine maintenance and monitoring performance metrics.* Staying updated with new software technologies and adhering to best practices in cybersecurity. Show less

  • Solutions Architect

    Mar 2019 - Feb 2024

  • Chief Technology Officer

    Feb 2016 - Mar 2019
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  Smoke Customer Intelligence

  Mar 2019 - Aug 2024

  As an Application Development Manager, I lead a diverse remote team, using a tech stack including Go, Vue.js, PHP8, Node.js, TypeScript, and NestJS, and focus on people development.Achievements:* Implemented and managed an effective remote working model, leading a team spread out within and outside South Africa across different time zones.* Demonstrated a strong focus on people development, providing training and upskilling our team members, including transitioning manual testers to automation engineers, nurturing a senior developer into a Lead Developer role, and growing a resource from the support team into a software developer role.* Orchestrated the transition from a waterfall development approach to Scrum, a first for the company, resulting in more efficient delivery cycles and enhanced team collaboration.* Established CI/CD pipelines, significantly improving deployment times and reducing manual errors.* Implemented Docker for development and production, ensuring consistency across environments and easing deployment processes.* Pioneered test automation, significantly reducing bug rates and improving product quality.* Initiated code review processes and enforced code coverage, leading to a marked increase in code quality.* Matured the tech stack by integrating TypeScript and NestJS for microservices, enhancing the flexibility and scalability of our services.* Successfully implemented and enforced unit tests in the codebase, leading to early detection of bugs and improved product reliability.* Revamped QA team tools, adopting software that integrates with Jira for improved visibility and tracking.* Led a successful migration of our software product from PHP 5.6 to 8.1, greatly enhancing performance, security, and enabling the use of newer features.My role involves balancing team management, meeting deadlines, maintaining high-quality outputs, and navigating a complex tech stack. I continue fostering a culture of innovation and growth Show less Being an accomplished team leader in software development goes beyond charisma - it's about mastering a range of skills, understanding your team's needs, and providing clear direction.Accomplishments:* Exemplary Leadership: Recognized with the highest rating from my team for management in the company.* Performance Enhancement: Amplified the team's overall performance by 1.5 times through attentive listening and project adjustment based on team feedback.Roles and Responsibilities:* Conducting meetings, sprint planning, and retrospectives.* Guiding team development efforts towards successful project delivery.* Providing technical leadership and mentorship to team members.* Upholding high software quality standards within the team by establishing effective practices and habits.* Identifying and promoting areas for growth and improvement within the team.* Collaborating with software developers, business analysts, and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications.* Assisting in the collection and documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates, and work plans.* Participating in peer reviews of solution designs and associated code.* Refining and tuning integrations between applications.* Analyzing and resolving technical and application issues.* Evaluating opportunities for application and process improvement. Show less Enterprise SASS company before starting my role as lead developer, I was a senior developer during which I was responsible for developing some of the company's core integrations and systems.Achievements:Genesys Cloud: Contact centre in the cloud, built the integration between our software and Genesys, allowing for single sign-on, data synchronizing and collecting interaction data from calls, webchats, email, SMS and much more.IVR: Rebuilt the IVR survey system from the group up in Node.js using Asterisk as a base, which resulted in a substantial infrastructure cost-saving, handling five times more concurrent calls.SMS: Redeveloped the core SMS distribution system from PHP to Go exceeding expectations and increased the performance from 34 to 1268 SMS sent per minute.Development Docker: Helped build the complete Docker environment that the company uses for all developers.Roles and responsibilities:* Responsible to draw up specification requirements for features and bugs.* Develop Source Code within these software products, utilizing the standard tools, libraries and frameworks the organisation uses.* To debug, fault-find and improve existing software features within the products.* The developer will get involved in all software project phases including requirement gathering, software analysis and design, coding, and testing all their related documentation (e.g.functional requirement specification, design specification, validation and acceptance test plans, installation/user manual) and be responsible for code review.* To work within the Agile and Scrum methodologies and frameworks.* To work within a DevOps methodology and framework.* Document code revision changes, work progress, database changes and operational requirements in the source code management system (source control software).* Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.* Responsible for actively driving and managing own performance targets. 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  • Application Development Manager

    Feb 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Lead Software Engineer

    Nov 2020 - Mar 2023

  • Senior Software Engineer

    Mar 2019 - Nov 2020
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  HeadsUP

  Feb 2024 - Aug 2024

  Application Development Manager
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  RIoT IO

  Aug 2024 - now

  Co-Founder

  Software, Engineering, Research And Development Engineer