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South Africa

USD 200 /hr

ICT/business processes and systems improvement analyst

Profile Summary

I am a practical yet innovative ICT business analyst and information management consultant.

I successfully developed and apply a holistic business analysis approach that result in speedier development of supporting ICT platforms, resolution of conflict between ICT practitioners and business clients, less re-work, and maximum user acceptance with minimal change management efforts.I effectively apply it to analyze and improve ICT/business processes and systems; gather user-centric business requirements and, in the process, identify and resolve conflicting views between ICT developers and business end-users.

I effectively: 
- deconstruct large amounts of data;
- present and organize extensive amounts of information in a clear and concise manner; 
- communicate complex ideas effectively in a range of formats to diverse audiences; and
- empower decision makers by means of interpreted data, data visualization and informative info graphics;

I also:
-  make a positive difference as an influential and practical academic researcher, university lecturer, ICT business analyst and ICT management expert;
-  do, as well as guide, practical academic and industry research, and community engagement projects; 
-  teach purposeful analysis for, and design of, ICT artifacts; and
-  improve the school's ICT curriculum and align it with industry best practices.

My research focus areas include practical business requirements analysis for purposeful artifact design; innovative information management; socio-economic effects of ICT; optimized business and management information systems; action, interpretive and design science research; and alignment of IT/IS/CS curricula with industry. I publish in scholarly journals and present research at various local and international academic conferences. 
 
Before joining the academia, I was employed in industry where I gained vast experience in ICT business analysis, IT/IS service management and enablement, IT/business alignment, optimization of IT project/portfolio management and governance, as well as improvement of decision support enablement in a capital project environment. I still provide independent ICT analysis and consulting services to industry.

Subject Matter Expertise

Services

Writing
Research
Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Associate Professor / Senior Researcher and Lecturer / ICT Business Analyst

North-West University

August 2016 - Present

IT Governance Consultant

AEL Mining Services - Virtual Alliance

June 2016 - July 2016

Researcher / Lecturer

North-West University

February 2016 - June 2016

Research and Teaching Assistant

North-West University

February 2015 - December 2015

ICT Business and Systems Analyst

Sasol

January 2000 - January 2015

Education

PhD Information Technology

North-West University

January 2013 - December 2015

M.Com Information Systems

University of the Witwatersrand

January 2001 - December 2003

B.Com Honours Computer Science

North-West University

January 1999 - December 1999

B.Com Informatics and Accounting

North-West University

January 1996 - December 1998

Certifications

Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2019). Teaching of Essential Professional Skills Required by IT Graduates . International Journal for Digital Society.

(2019). A Critical Systems Approach to Elicit User-Centric Business Intelligence Business Requirements . Systemic Practice and Action Research.

(2018). A Report and Reflection on an Application of Critical Systems Practice to Improve a Business Intelligence System's Business Requirements . Systems Research and Behavioral Science.

(2017). The Use of Critical Systems Heuristics to Surface and Reconcile Users' Conflicting Visions for a Business Intelligence System . Systemic Practice and Action Research.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2019). Contextualisation of Abstract Programming Concepts for First Year IT Students: A Reflective Study . Communications in Computer and Information Science.