Fred Richardson

Experience

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  Rover Media Productions

  Apr 1999 - May 2011

  Founder

  A software development house specializing in turnkey solutions. Early pioneers of Agile and Extreme programming.

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  Polar Air

  Apr 2012 - Oct 2014

  Managing Director

  Polar Air manufactures and maintains dehydrators. The primary business is supplying and maintaining dehydrators which keep Telkom's copper lines supplied with dry, compressed air.My role was to run the company on a daily basis and along with the board determine strategic direction. The company comprised a maintenance team , a manufacturing team , an electronics department , a sales arm and support staff. The total staff complement was 30 - 35 people.

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  Mindful Runner - 15 Years of Coaching Experience

  Dec 2014 - now

  Founder and Owner

  Mindful Runner is an online coaching business focused on helping people live healthy rich lives.Program creation, delivery and monitoring is via a variety of online platforms. We use a combination of web site and social media to communicate with our clientsMindful Runner is a Lean startup run on Agile principles. Ideas are tested in small bite sized chunks. Measuring the outcomes and customer responses allows us to adapt the business and pivot easily.What started as a running shoe shop has turned into a successful coaching business catering initially to runners. Our client base has now expanded to anybody looking to live a long healthy life Show less

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  Yellow Dog Software

  Mar 2019 - Jan 2020

  Business Analyst

  Business Analysis. Gathering information, analyzing client business processes and re-engineering to suit the proposed software solution.User Interface design.Acting as interface between the client and the software development team.Managing testing. User Training.Trouble Shooting and support on each iteration upon delivery to the client