Mmule Sapula

Experience

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  Oracle Corporation

  Jan 2005 - Nov 2007

  Associate Consultant

  I was in a Consulting role, developing and configuring Oracle Products for our clients. In this role I worked in the Higher Education, Telecommunications, Media and Banking industries.I joined Oracle Consulting (SA) in 2005 after completing a BSc degree in IT(majoring in Computer Science and Information Systems) at the University of Johannesburg. The Oracle products and languanges I used were Oracle Forms, Reports, SQL, PL/SQL and Oracle Application Express (APEX).In this role, I learned to adapt to new environments, build and maintain relationships with clients and to translate client requirements into a working solution that supports the client's business Show less

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  PruProtect

  Dec 2007 - May 2013

  I am an IT Development Manager at PruProtect, which is a joint venture between Discovery and Prudential in the UK. PruProtect sells insurance products to the UK market. Our operations are based in South Africa while the marketing and sales are run in the UK. I am the technical owner of the Finance and Commissions Systems at PruProtect. I build and manage relationships with the respective Business owners and support their areas to ensure their business objectives are met through the use of the Systems. My role entails the development of new System functionality and maintenance of existing systems. I oversee a team of technical specialists, developers, business analysts and test analysts who deliver projects by following the Agile development methodology of SCRUM. Agile development allows us to respond to business requirements faster and deliver on functionality in four-week cycles, thus enhancing the transparency of the development effort and minimizing the risk of project failures.My role primarily ensures that the applications we build remain both adaptive and innovative enough to cater for the needs of business so that PruProtect remains competitive. Some key outputs:~ Planning, organizing, leading and controlling activities~ Project management by prioritization, sizing, scheduling and reporting of work through the use of an Agile Project Management tool called Jira~ People management, both technical capacity and personal development; performance management; resource planning~ Client relationship management and networking~ Delivery of quality systems that are stable and reliable ~ Support production processes; communication & quick resolution of incidents~ Improve existing processes; seeking & introducing new technologies to enhance team effectiveness Show less I worked in the PruProtect Systems team and was involved in the development of systems which enable users to carry out their daily tasks. Our Systems are built on the Oracle and JAVA platforms and I specialized in Oracle. I worked in the development of our company’s website: www.pruprotect.co.uk. I was also responsible for the development of back-end processes.I used SQL, PL/SQL with the Oracle 11g database.Part of my responsibilities was also the maintenance of existing applications, with the exposure of working in a live environment. Below are some of the skills and lessons I learnt from this role:1. Ability to solve problems on the spot and thus deliver value which our internal clients could experience immediately.2. Managing client expectations and keeping within SLAs, and communicating when there were delays.3. Working on Production taught me the ability to work under pressure while ensuring that the system does not deteriorate. 4. Sharpening of technical skills on a regular basis - we constantly had to seek new ways of solving complex problems which current coding objects could not address5. Work with highly skilled team mates who challenged my thinking6. Leading a Systems Improvement Team to support maintenance of the systems. I was subsequently promoted to Development Manager in Sep 2011. Show less

  • IT Development Manager

    Oct 2011 - May 2013

  • Senior Oracle Developer

    Dec 2007 - Sept 2011
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  Discovery Health

  Jun 2013 - Sept 2014

  Manager - Strategy, Innovation & Technology Consulting
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  Standard Bank Group

  Oct 2014 - Mar 2019

  Head of Innovation and UX at Transactional Products and Services, Standard Bank

  • Head of IT SA - Transactional Products and Services

    Aug 2018 - Mar 2019

  • Head of Innovation and UX at Transactional Products and Services

    Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

  • IT Delivery Lead

    Oct 2014 - May 2017
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  Altron People Solutions

  Jun 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Head of CX Enabling Technologies

    Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  • Head of IT

    Jun 2020 - Sept 2021
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  Nutun

  Oct 2021 - Apr 2024

  • Executive: Commercial Projects and Sustainability

    Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  • Non Executive Director & Board Member (Nutun Transact)

    Mar 2023 - Apr 2024

  • IT Executive: Special Projects

    Oct 2021 - Oct 2023
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  United Way South Africa

  May 2023 - now

  Board Member
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  Nedbank

  Aug 2024 - now

  Portfolio Executive