Mischa Naidoo

Experience

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  HealthMed Business Solutions

  Jul 2000 - May 2001

  Developer

  CRM software development for Doctors - Coded in Delphi

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  Blake Group

  May 2001 - May 2005

  - Managed a team of +- 15 Database Administrators.- Controlled the operational workflow of data received from clients and CRM processing. - Delphi development on an Interbase and MSSQL backbone

  • Information Technology Manager

    May 2003 - May 2005

  • Software Development Specialist

    May 2001 - May 2003
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  Interactive Solutions SA

  May 2001 - Jan 2018

  - Strategic planning through understanding the organisational capabilities, relevant technologies, coupled with market opportunities to identify products that will be a differentiator.- Using a Product Innovation Charter, set the product objectives, understand how it will contribute to the organisations wider goals and define the technology and product scope.- Focus areas include: Consumer requirements, proof of concept creation, market share analysis, marketing strategy (SEO) and profit contribution. Show less Managed the IT operational aspects related to the Blake Holding Group (http://www.blake.co.za)Overall objectives: Aligning and infusing pride to the strategic goals and vision of the organisation. Quality controls and process optimization. Monitoring and proactive reporting. Project management methods – Enforce standards. Understanding customer needs. Track and measure staff performance through task monitoring and turnaround times.Teams Managed:• Software Development team - Java and .net• SQL Development team - MSSQL, AWS Aurora, Azure, NoSql• Business Intelligence - PowerBi, Sharepoint, Qlikview, Bime, Grafana• Data Science - Python, AWS Redshift, R, Azure Cloud • Data Processing• Predictive Dialler - Realconnect, Presence• Business/ Systems analysis and Project management. Show less

  • Operations Director - New Product development

    May 2012 - Jan 2018

  • Operations Director

    May 2001 - Jan 2017
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  Traceps

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2017

  Managing Executive

  Metonymy is the Data Component of the Blake Holding Group. Responsibility: Software development, Database development and sales and marketing strategy.

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  Wi-Fire

  May 2014 - May 2017

  New Product Development Manager

  Maintained and enhanced a product called WifireTeam of 13: Java Developers, SQL Developers (MSSQL) and AWS Redshift, Devops Engineer, Data Scientists and Solutions Architect

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  Inspirit

  Jan 2018 - now

  Director - Inspirit

  Co Founder of Inspirit Data Analytics Services (IDAS) and creator of Inspirit Data Debtor Tracing Tool (https://www.inspiritdata.co.za)IDAS is an online application designed to trace and verify a person's detail with a built-in realtime Bach Tracing module. Powered by XDS (Registered Credit Bureau), IDAS is an authorised agent and is one of the major suppliers of business and consumer credit data in the SA market.