
Timeline
About me
Tech lifer | People & Customer Advocate
Education

University of south africa/universiteit van suid-afrika
2003 - 2008Bachelor’s degree bachelor of business administration
Experience

Dimension data
Jan 2002 - Nov 2007Customer support engineerDuring my employment period with Dimension Data, i experienced a range of managed service environments and the support/technologies/processes across various industries.Experiences gained:Incident & Problem management & reportingVarious customer environments requiring high levels of communication & support within set SLA's.Continuously seeking service and customer experience improvementsSupporting Call Centre infrastructure Genesys Call routing/Nice recording/Avaya PABX supportWindows Desktop/Server hardware/softwareMS Active DirectoryVendor escalation and management of issues Show less

Fisher & paykel healthcare
Aug 2008 - Apr 2012Leading a team in the IT Operations department, supporting the delivery of frontline ICT services supporting our local/global users and infrastructure. Supporting the delivery and operation of the organisations ICT resources provided for it's large user base.Incident ManagementCustomer SatisfactionVendor supportMS Deployment/Active directory supportPABX supportEvaluate new hardware platformsAssess new software tools for use in organisation
ICT Operations - Helpdesk Lead
Nov 2009 - Apr 2012Support Technician
Aug 2008 - Nov 2009

Huawei
Apr 2012 - Sept 2013Network operations centre managerNetwork Operations Manager responsible for Incident\Problem\Change management, Service desk and Performance management within a Managed Services environment deploying ITIL and eTOM process fundamentals.

Samsung electronics
Sept 2013 - Oct 2016Enterprise services managerResponsible for leading, development of the IT service operations aligned to global standards to our Enterprise customers. The role includes the management of technical engineers, partnering with service providers to support enterprise customers.

Datacom
Mar 2017 - Jan 2021I have the pleasure of leading the delivery, performance and support of our SaaS and Private Cloud Customer Experience Platforms(CXP). My team of 20 perform implementations, customise and support the products based on varied customer requirements. Focusing on culture, customer and quality keeps us aligned across our AU, NZ, KL, UK customer base. A key focus of the role is people care, accurate implementations, highly available services and rapid responses/resolution. Manage On Premise and Cloud platforms, teams across 4 locations. Lead vendor relationships related to platforms, SLA achievement and uplifting support capabilities along with transitioning new customer for support. I keep the team focusing on the right things and clear their paths to be succesdfull
Manager - Technology Services
Nov 2017 - Jan 2021Support Manager
Mar 2017 - Oct 2017

Plexure
Feb 2021 - nowHead of customer supportDevelop, lead and execute our Global customer support strategy, aligned to our engineering ways of work bringing us closer to achieving better business and customer outcomes. This involved scale based on aggressive growth in our SaaS platform, agile tools /ways of work, global remote team leadership, devops and continuous improvement.
Licenses & Certifications

Leading strategic projects: portfolio and programme management certificate
The university of aucklandFeb 2024
Agile foundation of devops
IcagileJul 2018
Itil v3
AuldhouseJan 2010
Languages
- enEnglish
- afAfrikaans
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