Quintin Van Heerden

Experience

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  Columbus Stainless

  Jan 2008 - Feb 2008

  Student Engineering Vacation Work

  I analysed the order book to determine repetitive orders and find assignable causes as well as major customers.

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  VGI Consulting

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2009

  Student Engineering Vacation Work

  I developed an Information System for the control and flow of external codes and specifications. I also developed a Procedure for the use of the Information System which forms part of the QMS of VGI in terms of ISO 9001 standards.

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  VGI Consulting

  Dec 2009 - Dec 2009

  Student Engineering Vacation Work

  I developed an Information System for the control and flow of external codes and specifications. I also developed a Procedure for the use of the Information System which forms part of the QMS of VGI in terms of ISO 9001 standards.

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  ATEC PMC

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2010

  Student Engineering Vacation Work

  I developed a simulation model to determine the optimal haul truck fleet size at a mine.I also developed a procurement management workflow diagram to form part of the procurement management section in cost management.

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  Structuring Mobility

  Dec 2011 - Dec 2012

  Industrial Engineer & Transport Modeller

  Data analysis and visualisation. Transport modelling with emphasis on the development ofan agent-based commercial vehicle population and simulation model. Validation of the synthetic population. Also provided coding assistance to students.

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  Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2022

  - Project and technical lead on a large, multi-year research project (developing research avenues, managing researchers, managing finances, and reporting on deliverables)- Project and technical lead on 2 other large multi-disciplinary projects for external clients using AgilePM and PRINCE2 principles- Guiding, managing, and participating in developing web-apps to provide better decision-support to cities- Standardising and automating data structures, cleaning, storage, maintenance, and analytics pipelines- Led the initiative to standardise the public transport data of transit operators in Gauteng Province- Led the team in developing the first provincial cloud-based urban growth simulation model in Africa- Pursuing my PhD in simulation-optimisation to provide improved decision-support tools to cities Show less - Project manager of the Gauteng Integrated Smart City Modelling Centre- Leading a number of projects in urban growth modelling, simulation, optimisation, and analytics using AgilePM and PRINCE2 principles- Leading a team of researchers in developing web-based systems to standardise public transport, transport and urban growth simulation models, analytics and dashboards, optimisation algorithms- Led the initiative to standardise public transport data in GTFS format for transit in the 3 metros in Gauteng- Led the team towards implementing the first cloud-based urban growth simulation model for a city-region in Africa- Managed client relationships, reporting, financial planning and declarations, invoicing, and team productivity- Mentored numerous junior staff members in career planning and personal development- Supervised and led a number of research outputs in the form of international journal publications and a technology demonstrator Show less - Transport modelling as input to urban modelling- Simulation modelling of a production facility for Transnet using Simio- Developed a GUI and data pre-processor in Java for data conversion from SAP to Simio- Social media data mining for transport and urban planning insights- Developed a web-based asset management system for the Western Cape Government- Team member analysing freight movement and supply chains in various sectors in California for CALTRANS- Took over as lead on urban modelling work Show less

  • Senior Industrial Engineer / Researcher II (Urban & Regional Dynamics)

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Senior Industrial Engineer / Researcher I (Urban & Regional Dynamics)

    Apr 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Industrial Engineer / Researcher (Urban & Regional Planning)

    Apr 2014 - Mar 2018

  • Candidate Industrial Engineer / Researcher (Transport & Freight Logistics)

    Jan 2013 - Mar 2014
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  Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pretoria

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2017

  Final Year Project Supervisor
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  Inhance Supply Chain Solutions

  Jan 2023 - Oct 2024

  Data Science and Engineering Lead

  Responsible for Data Science and Data Engineering roadmaps as part of the Control Tower product as well as consulting support. Led the design, development, and implementation of the following in the Data Science and Engineering team:- Advanced ETL pipelines to ingest, transform, and integrate various data sources (Denodo API, Xero API, MiX Telematics API, Cartrack API, CTrack API, Freshdesk API, Azure Synapse, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, Redshift, CSV, XLSX)- Standardised deployments using IaC (Docker & SAM CLI) - Streamlined data loading to standardised data models for use in business intelligence and analytics dashboards- Route solver for primary, secondary, and on-demand environments- Combinatorial optimisation model for optimal sourcing and consolidation- Standardised geospatial tools and pipelines to calculate TATs- Serverless API to enable Analytics as a Service (AaaS) integrated with an event-driven system- Automated document validation and verification as well as signature detection- LP model to determine optimal fleet mix based on order forecasts- Neural net to forecast order volumes in courier industry Show less

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  Bash

  Nov 2024 - now

  Operations Research Engineer