Olusegun Ajigini

PERSONAL DETAILS Surname:Ajigini First Names:Olusegun Ademolu Nationality:South African Area of Residence:Pretoria Language:English Available:Immediate ID number:- EE Status:Black Male South African Cell No:- Email Address- Postal Address:957 Flamink Street, Silverton Extension 7, 0184, Pretoria COMMENTS I was educated in Nigeria and South Africa having PhD degree in Information Systems, a Master in Information Technology and a MSc in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering. I started my career as a Metallurgical Engineer and later on moved to Information Technology. I started working in South Africa as from February 1992 in Giyani High School. I obtained my South African Permanent Residence status in March 1993 and the Citizenship Naturalization status in March 1998. Presently l am a Part Time Senior Lecturer in the Department of Informatics Tshwane University of Technology and also doing IT consulting. Previously, I lectured at School of Computing, UNISA. I was previously a Senior Lecturer Department of Computer Science and Information Technology in Durban University of Technology, Durban. I was previously a lecturer at Tshwane University of Technology (Formerly Technikon Pretoria). I supervised postgraduate students and published some articles while working in these universities. I was a Business Intelligence Analyst with South African Revenue Services (SARS) and later on became a Data Quality Specialist. I was part of the team that developed the Operational Business Intelligence Application for SARS. I was promoted within SARS to become Application Development Team Leader (PeopleSoft) during which l was involved in project managing of all projects and resolving incidents/problems logged at the Helpdesk for Peoplesoft Application. I joined Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) as a Senior Manager (IS) where l established the IT Division. I developed the RTMC Master Systems Plan as well as IT Policies and Procedures. I also project managed some of the identified IT systems identified and prioritised in the RTMC MSP. I joined Baraka IT Solutions and worked on the Master Systems Planning project of National Disaster Management Center. I was the Data/Information Architect for this project. I was the Head of IT at South African Weather Services, Erasmusland, Pretoria. My duties involved managing the ICT Department resources (systems & people); Master Systems Planning/IT Strategy Development; Information Security and IT Governance; ICT Policies and Procedures Development; Budget/Financial Management; Business Process Improvement. I possess the following skills: research skills, supervisory skills, analytical skills, verbal and written communication skills, project management skills, financial management skills, strategic and visionary skills, decision making skills, problem solving skills, human resource management skills, change management skills and facilitation skills, good teaching skills and facilitation skills. . QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATION INSTITUTION & SUBJECTS DATE STATUS PhD Information Systems University of South Africa (UNISA) Title of Thesis: “A framework to manage sensitive information during its migration between software platforms” 2016 Completed Masters in Information Technology (MIT) University of Pretoria 2003 Completed Organisational Behaviour and Learning Strategic IT Management Information Asset Management Life Cycle Maturity Model for IT Digital Economy IT Project Management Management of Networks IT System Integration IT Service Management IT Research [XML Technologies] Essay: Information Technology Research Method & Research Proposal Thinking about IS Thinking Social Context of Information Technology Management Information & Power Honours. B.Sc. Information Systems UNISA 2000 Completed Project Management Information Management Software Engineering Database Design Systems Analysis Data Communication Network Design Design of Information Systems Research Project Diploma in Datametrics (Information Systems) UNISA 1997 Completed H.E.D. (Higher Education Diploma) UNISA 1994 Completed M.Sc. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Now Obafemi-Awolowo University 1988 Completed B.Sc. (Honours) Second Class Upper Division in Engineering Physics (Specialised in Materials Science & Engineering) University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Now Obafemi-Awolowo University 1983 Completed COURSES QUALIFICATION INSTITUTION & SUBJECTS DATE Python Programming for Data Science DataCamp 2021 Python Programming for Machine & Deep Learning DataCamp 2021 Introduction to R Programming Language The Carpentery Workshop 2018 Introduction to Python Programming Language DataCamp 2019 Successful Contract Management IACCM 2007 Supply Chain Management Course SANMDI 2007 Human Resource Selection, Recruitment short course UNISA 2007 BI Course: Designing & Implementing OLAP Solution with SQL 2000 Torque-IT 2004 BI Course: Data Management Part One SAS 2005 BI Course: Applying Data Mining Techniques Using Enterprise Miner SAS 2004 1. Ajigini, O. A., Van Der Poll, J. A. & Kroeze, J. H. 2012. Towards a Management Framework to Protect Sensitive Information, DeMset 2012 proceedings (The 2nd International Conference on Design and Modelling in Science, Education and Technology, Orlando, Florida, USA (ISBN-13:-) ISBN-13:- CD / ISBN-13: pp 6-13 2. Ajigini, O. A., Van Der Poll, J. A. & Kroeze, J. H. 2014. Towards a Model on Security Challenges during Closed Source Software to OSS Migrations. Nineth International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transanctions (ICITST 2014 proceedings), London, UK, 8 – 10 Dec. 2014, pp. 275-284. ISBN:-. Retrieved 29 January 2015 from http://www.icitst.org/icitst-worldcis-wcst-2014_Proceedings/icitst-worldcis-wcst-2014_Proceedings.pdf. 3. Ajigini, O. A., 2014. Migrating from Closed Source Software to OSS – Security Issues and Challenges, lntemational Journal of lntelligent Computing Research (IJICR), Vol. 5, Issues3/4, pp 503 – 518. ISSN-. Available from: https://infonomics-society.org/ijicr/published-papers/volume-5-2014/ DOI: -/ijicr-. Ajigini, O. A., Van der Poll, J. A., Kroeze, J. H., 2016. A Framework to Manage Sensitive Information during its Migration between Software Platforms, African Journal of Information Systems (AJIS), Vol 8, Issue 2, Article 2, pp 21 – 44, ISSN: ISSN-. https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ajis/vol8/iss2/2/ 5. Ajigini, O. A. 2015. Exploring Security Strategies for Enterprise Data Protection in Organisations, 9th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation (ECIME 2015), Bristol, UK., ISBN:-. Asare, B., Ajigini, O. A., 2017. A Review of Information Systems Development for E-Government, International Conference on Information Resources Management (CONF-IRM 2017 Proceedings), May 17 – 19, Santiago, Chile.ISBN:-. Ajigini, O. A., Mwim, E., 2016. Towards the Management of Cybersecurity threats in Organisations, 10th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation (ECISM), ISSN:- - Accepted Paper. 8. Tahirkheli, S. & Ajigini, O. A. (2022). Factors influencing Digital Innovation Strategy in Organizations - An emprirical analysis. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), Vol35, Issue 1, Article 1, ISSN:-, EISSN:-. Accepted Paper. PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION 1. Ajigini, O. A. (XXXX). Factors influencing the acceptance and usage of IoT in Higher Educational Institutions, Submitted to the International Journal of E- Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI). 2. Ajigini, O. A. (XXXX). A model for the protection of cybersecurity threats in organizations. Submitted to the International Journal of Information Security & Privacy (IJISP). 3. Tahirkheli, S. & Ajigini, O. A. (XXXX). Developing a Model for Large-Scale System Implementation Strategy in Organizations Using the Resource-based theory. Submitted to IGI Global Journal. 4. Tahirkheli, S. & Ajigini, O. A. (XXXX). Accessing the Organizational Readiness for Digital Innovation Strategy: Am Empirical Analysis. Submitted to IGI Global Journal. 1. Member, Association for Information Systems (AIS), USA. 2. Member, South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT) 3. Reviewer for African Journal of Information Systems (AIS) USA and South African Journal of Information Management (SAJIM). 4. Reviewer, Journal of Management Education, a SAGE Journal. 5. Reviewer, Journal of Computers in Education, a SPRINGER Journal. CAREER SUMMARY TOTAL IT EXPERIENCE YEARS POSITION COMPANY DATE Part Time Senior Lecturer Department of Informatics, Tshwane University of Technology July 2017 – March 2021 Senior IT Consultant ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria April 2017 – Now Lecturer School of Computing, UNISA Sept 2014 – March 2017 Senior IT Consultant ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria July 2012 – Aug 2014 Senior Manager (ICT) South African Weather Services, Pretoria. January 2011 – June 2012 IT Consultant ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria November 2009 – December 2010 Senior Enterprise Architect (Information / Data Architecture) Baraka IT Solutions, Midrand August 2009 - October 2009 Senior Manager: Information Systems Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), Pretoria July 2006 - July 2009 Development Team Leader South African Revenue Services (SARS), Pretoria June 2005 – June 2006 Business Intelligence Analyst South African Revenue Services, Pretoria December 2003 – May 2005 Senior Lecturer Durban University of Technology, Durban. June 2003 – November 2003 Lecturer Tshwane Univ. of Technology, Pretoria April 2001 - May 2003 Lecturer Tshwane Univ. of Technology, Pretoria January 1999 – March 2001 Lecturer Tshwane Univ. of Technology, Pretoria January 1998 – June 1998 Founder & Chief Executive Officer Giyani Computer Academy, Giyani January 1995 – December 1998 Lecturer Dept. Of Physics, University of Venda, Thohoyandou. February 1994 – December 1994 Chief Science Educator II Giyani High School, Giyani February 1992 – January 1994 Nigerian Technical Aid Volunteer Ministry of External Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria.Worked in the Kingdom of Lesotho. May 1990 – January 1992 Lecturer II Dept. Of Science Technology, Central University of Technooogy, Lagos (formely Yaba College of Technology, Lagos) Nigeria January 1988 - April 1990 Corrosion Engineer Heartland Engineering Company, Nig. Ltd. Lagos, Nigeria Octobber 1986 - December 1987 Graduate Assistant Dept. Of Physics, Ogun-State University (Now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria January 1986 – September 1986 Metallurgical Engineer Oshogbo Steel Rolling Company, Oshogbo, Nigeria August 1983 – December 1985 SKILLS OVERVIEW LEVEL SKILLS 1 HAD APPROPRIATE TRAINING ONLY 2 LIMITED PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE 3 SOLID PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE 4 WELL VERSED, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE 5 EXPERT, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE Years Level Microsoft.NET 1 1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES Delphi 1 1 ORACLE 3 2 DATABASES DB2 2 2 MICROSOFT ACCESS 5 4 MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 3 3 TERADATA 1 1 ADABAS 1 1 R PROGRAMMING 2 1 DATA SCIENCE LANGUAGES PYTHON PROGRAMMING 3 3 TURNITIN 5 3 E-LEARNING MOODLE 3 2 MyTUTor TOGAF 4 4 METHODOLOGIES SDLC 7 4 PMBOK 5 3 ZACHMAN 3 3 NETWORKS WINDOWS VISTA 2 3 OPERATING SYSTEMS WINDOWS XP 5 4 HP SERVERS 3 3 HARDWARE PLATFORMS HP DESKTOPS 3 3 SAS Enterprise Miner, 2 2 PC APPLICATIONS Designing & Implementing OLAP Solution with SQL 2000, 2 2 People Tools 8.44 1 2 CaseWise Corporate Modeller Version 10 3 3 OTHER DataStage 3 3 DataFlux 2 3 CAREER HISTORY Institution:Tshwane University of Technology Period:July 2017 – March 2021 Position:Part Time Senior Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Career Advancement Summary: Supervision of Postgraduate Students & Lecturing the following Final Year BTech/Honours Course: Principles of Research IV, Research Projects IV, Project Management IV, Advanced Business Analysis IV and Management Information Systems. Currently supervising postgraduate students working on these research topics / areas: (a) Masters’ Research: Factors Impacting Business Intelligence Systems usage on organisational performance in South African Insurance Companies. (b) Masters’ Research: The Impact of Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning Systems with Business Intelligence Systems on Organisational Performance in South African Banking Industry. (c) Masters’ Research: Assessing the Readiness for the Implementation of Cloud Computing in South African Health Institutions. (d) Masters’ Research: Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in South African Higher Educational Institutions (e) Various BTech Research projects that span across all the areas of Information Systems. Company:ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria Period:April 2017 – Now Position:Senior IT Consultant Reason for Leaving:Career Advancement Summary: Consulting on the following areas of ICT: - Data Science, Python Programming, R Programming - Data Analysis and Visualization using Numpy, Pandas and Matplotlib packages - Data Processing and Machine Learning using scikit-learn, seaborn - IT Strategy Planning and Development - IT Master Plan Development - IT Governance Design - IT Security - Open Source Systems - Data Centres Design - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning. - IT Project Management - IT Management - IT Support and Services Management - IT Research International Postgraduate Co-supervision: (a) Doctoral Research: The lack of African American Attorneys at the Partner level in US law firms – PhD Management USA – Completed in 2020. (b) Doctoral Research: The adoption of Tradelens platform as a logistics industry marketplace – DBA USA – In progress (c) Doctoral Research: Strategic road mapping of large-scale system implementation using the resource-based theory of competitive advantage – PhD IT Strategic Management USA – In progress. (d) Doctoral Research: Big data adoption in higher educational institutes of UAE – PhD Information Systems Dubai – In progress. (e) Doctoral Research: Use and Acceptance of Fibre Optics in Higher Educational Institutions of Mano River Union States – PhD Information Systems USA – In progress. (f) The Influence of Transitioning to Chief Information Officer Role on Organizational Performance – A Case of South African Firms – DBA Information Systems USA – In progress Institution:University of South Africa (UNISA) Period:Sept 2014 – March 2017 Position:Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Supervision of Postgraduate Students & Lecturing the following Final Year BTech/Honours Courses: Computer Security IV; Information and Technology Management IV; Incident and Problem Management; Business Analysis IV. Assessor/examiner: PhD and master’s Participated in community engagement and academic citizenship Company:ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria Period:July 2012 – Aug 2014 Position:Senior IT Consultant Reason for Leaving:Career Advancement Summary: Consulting on the following areas of ICT: - IT Strategy Planning and Development - IT Master Plan Development - IT Governance Design - IT Security - Open Source Systems - Data Centres Design - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning. - IT Project Management - IT Management - IT Support and Services Management Company:South African Weather Services, Pretoria Period:January 2011 – June 2012 Position:Senior Manager (ICT) Reason for Leaving:Career Advancement Summary: Overall management of the ICT Division, Development of MSP/Enterprise Architecture Plan, IT Governance; ICT strategy development, Information security; Risk Management; Business Process Management; Budget/Financial Management, ICT Operations, ICT Human Capital Development. Company:ICOMM Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria Period:November 2009 – December 2010 Position:Senior IT Consultant Reason for Leaving:Career Advancement Summary: Assist in the setting up of the organisation, preparation of Tender Proposals for IT projects, IT Master Plan Development, IT Support, IT Supplies Company:Baraka IT Solutions, Midrand. Period:August 2009 - October 2009 Position:Senior Enterprise Architect (Information / Data Architecture) Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Developed Information Architecture using GWEA version 1.2 Designed and developed Data Reference Model Designed internal data flows and external data interfaces Modelling the Data Security Architecture Data Gap Analysis Overall Design of Data and Database-Schemas Implemented Project: Developed the Master Systems Plan of the National Disaster Management Center (NDMC) at the National Department of Local Government, Pretoria Work involved using the GITOC EA Framework called GWEA v. 1.2 to perform the MSP initiative Developed the NDMC Data Reference Model Modelled the AS-IS Data Logical Models as well as the TO-BE Logical Models Developed the Data-Security Models for the TO-BE Applications Company:Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) Period:July 2006 - July 2009 Position:Senior Manager: Information Systems Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Started the IS Division of the RTMC Corporation Provided leadership and management to the IS staff Developed the Integrated Master Systems Plan (MSP) and Enterprise Architecture (EA) Plan for the Corporation Developed standards, policies and procedures for the IS division Ensured that there is alignment of IT to international IT best practices, trends and methodologies within the unit Planned, aligned and implemented IT to the advantage of the corporation focusing on business strategy, the operating model, value proposition and the market positioning Managed the IT Service Management SLA and IT Asset Procurement Developed, managed and implemented disaster recovery and information security plans Directed and managed IS staff, projects, resources, budgets, vendors and other business partners Facilitated ongoing risk identification and management at project and programme levels Identified and facilitated issue management and performance variances at project and programme levels and monitored effectiveness of corrective actions taken Facilitated Steering Committee meetings of projects being implemented Together with Programme Sponsor, managed stakeholder expectations and lobbies for programme support when required Adherence to formal RTMC Corporate and PMO specific policies, processes and procedures Ensured application of change control policy, process and procedures in line with PMO standards Managed integration of and adherence to schedule; identified potential variances and agrees on corrective action with the project teams concerned and monitored the effectiveness of the corrective action taken together with Project Managers Developed weekly and monthly management reports Assisted the programme sponsor in checking that the programme is aligned to the RTMC corporate strategy and objectives on an ongoing basis Managed third party contractors together with Project Managers and project sponsor Developed business and operational plans for the unit Developed the annual budget for the unit Achievements: Established strategic direction, goals and action plans for the IS Division of the Corporation Divisional accomplishments are continuously being measured on an annual basis Roles and responsibilities and performance measures of success were established and communicated to the staff Continuous improvement of effectiveness, efficiency and customer satisfaction for internal and external customers Continuous improvement for people, process and technology in the following areas: Technology Strategy; Application Development; IT Infrastructure and Architecture Established and maintained strong working relationships with internal staff, members and vendors Instilled a structured Project Management Methodology within the IS Division Established Information Technology Policies and Procedures to ensure effective and consistent delivery of Information Technology services Assisted in strategic action plans and the prioritization of IT initiatives Project Management: Project managed the RTMC Enterprise Architecture Plan and IT Strategy Master Systems Plan Project. Value of Project: R2,5 million. Project Duration: 6 months Modernization of RTMC IT Infrastructure. Value of Project: R14million. Duration: 10 months IT Service Management and Security Monitoring Tool: Value of Project: R10million Disaster Recovery Plan. Value of Project: R1million Enterprise Architecture Maturity Capability Model. Value of Project: R0.4million Website Development project. Value of Project: R5million Company:South African Revenue Services (SARS), Pretoria. Period:June 2005 – June 2006 Position:Development Team Leader Reason for Leaving:Career Growth Summary: Led, supervised and conducted successful developments, implementations and maintenance included production support of HR and Payroll (PeopleSoft) solution systems, subsystems and modules Ensured delivery of Projects on time, within budget, according to quality standards and business needs Managed effectively and efficiently a team of resources and maintaining acceptable level of SLA with customer or client and user base The primary role of the SARS-TPD-ADM HR and Payroll Solution Department is to develop and maintain SARS HR and Payroll Application Systems using PeopleSoft v. 8.8 software. This includes the definition of work or business systems requirements through the building and testing of the solutions to the cutting-over to production and their maintenance thereof. The Department has to perform HR and Payroll IT functions so as to enable the HR and Payroll Business users Projects are divided into maintenance projects and new projects which involve developing new modules in PeopleSoft Project Manager for all the projects executed in this Division of SARS and a team of five PeopleSoft Developers reports directly to him. The Systems Life Cycle Methodology is used to implement all projects which comprises of the following Phases: Needs Analysis Process, Technical Architecture and Feasibility Study Process, Detailed Planning Process, Detailed Business Analysis and Software Requirements Specifications, Design Process, Development and Unit Testing, Systems and Integration Testing, Applications Quality Assurance, Pre-implementation and Deployment Review, Implementation and Deployment, Operations and Maintenance Conducted JAD sessions to discuss project activities like task allocation, expected completion time of projects, impact of the project and also see that every team member assigned to complete tasks in every phase do so within the scheduled time and standards are met. Mediate in conflict situations whenever such problems arise among team members Technologies: The Project Management Tools that l use include EPM and Microsoft Project 2003. The HRMS software adopted by SARS is PeopleSoft. The Payroll software adopted and in use is UNIQUE version 11 Achievements: Delivered many HRMS maintenance projects within the scheduled time and with high quality Prepared strategies like Archiving Strategy to be used by the whole organisation Project managed SARS Strategic projects in SARS ADM division due to the successes achieved during the implementation of HRMS projects Company:South African Revenue Services (SARS), Pretoria. Period:December 2003 – May 2005 Position:Business Intelligence Analyst Summary: Worked on OPSBI project – Development of a DataWarehouse and DataMart for SARS Business Intelligence Activities: Total Project Cost: R10million This project was approved by SARS EXCO Committee in October 2003. The project aimed at developing a DataMart for SARS Operational activities, hence the name of the project was Operational Business Intelligence (OPSBI). It is envisaged that the DataMart developed would be used for Data Mining purpose The project team members included SARS employees and outside consultants. A Project Manager from SARS Community was appointed to manage the project. Acted mostly as the assistant to the Project Manager during the duration of the project The project team members came from diverse racial and cultural backgrounds and sometimes conflicts did occur among team members and l participated in ensuring that whenever conflicts occurred, they were immediately resolved by reconciliation and mediation to avoid disasters and project failure The project used the Ralph Kimball Approach to implement the DataMart and it started with the Metadata Design to be used to populate the DataMart. Dimension and Fact Tables were identified to be populated from the Metadata. participated fully in the Metadata Design The Dimension and Fact Tables were then populated by the team members that were assigned to do these tasks. populated one Dimension Table and ten Fact tables that were linked to this Dimension Table using ETL technologies available for the project. The resulting DataMart was fine-tuned and optimized by the Project DBA Consultant Two Applications (SARAS & TBBAS) were written by the project Application Developers in C# to utilize the DataMart as an interface to provide easy access to the DataMart by the end users Technologies: The DataMart was stored in a Microsoft SQL Server with Windows 2003 Operating System. The Metadata was stored in a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet. The ETL tools used to migrate data were Microsoft DTS and DataStage. The Applications on top of the DataMart were written in C# Programming Language. The Applications were Web-Based to provide access to many end users concurrently Achievements: Resolved conflicts among team members, Organizing project meetings when project manager was not available, Motivating Team members to complete tasks allocated to them in time and with high quality. Helping other team members to populate Dimension and Fact Tables Worked on the Data Quality Project: Total Project Cost: R55million The Project was aimed to make available clean, uncorrupted data for Data analysis, Data Mining and Business Intelligence This project was staffed by SARS employees as well as outside consultants. Worked as a Data Quality Architect in this project Involved in the migration of data as well data analysis before and after data cleansing Technologies: The Data Quality Server where clean data were stored was a Microsoft SQL Server and thereafter clean data were migrated to SARS Mainframe Storage. The ETL tool used was SAS ETL Studio, while DataFlux and BASE SAS were used to clean the data Microsoft Excel was used to analyze the results obtained during the cleaning process, i.e. an analysis of un-cleaned (corrupted) data compared to clean (uncorrupted) data was undertaken Institution:Durban University of Technology, Durban. Period:June 2003 – November 2003 Position:Senior Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Career Growth Summary: Taught Computer Science and IT courses (Database Principles; SQL and Information Management) to students Supervision of students Assisted HOD with the management of the department Institution:Tshwane University of Technology, Garankuwa (Formerly Technikon NorthWest) Period:April 2001 - May 2003 Position:Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Career Growth Summary: Taught Computer Science and IT courses (Database Principles; SQL and Information Management) to University Students Supervision of students Institution:Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria (Formerly Technikon Pretoria) Period:January 1999 – March 2001 Position:Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Career Growth Summary: Taught Computer Science and IT courses (Database Principles; SQL and Information Management) to University Students Institution:Tshwane University of Technology, Polokwane (Formerly Technikon Pretoria, Pietersburg Campus) Period:January 1998 – June 1998 Position:Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Taught Computer Science and IT courses to University Students Institution:Giyani Computer Academy, Giyani Period:January 1995 – December 1998 Position:Founder & Chief Executive Officer Reason for Leaving:Business was closed Summary: Proper and Prudent Management of the Computer Academy Monitored, evaluated and reported on key aspects of the organizational performance Provided strategic leadership to the organization Provided financial control to the organization Institution:Dept. Of Physics, University of Venda, Thohoyandou Period:February 1994 – December 1994 Position:Lecturer Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Taught physics courses to third year and first year undergraduates Institution:Giyani High School, Giyani Period:February 1992 – January 1994 Position:Chief Science Educator II Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Taught physical science to stds 6 to 10 pupils Company:Ministry of External Affairs, Abuja, Nigeria Period:May 1990 – January 1992 Position:Nigerian Technical Aid Volunteer Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Posted to The Kingdom of Lesotho and taught in Lerotholi Polytechnic, Maseru as well as worked as a Welding Engineer, Berea Steel Company, Maseru, Lesotho InstitutionDept. Of Science Technology, Central University of Technology, Yaba, Lagos (formerly Yaba College of Technology, Lagos) Nigeria Period:January 1988 - April 1990 Position:Lecturer II Reason for Leaving:Career Growth, Opportunity to work abroad Summary: Taught Materials Science courses as well as Physics courses to National and Higher Diploma students Company:Heartland Engineering Company, Nig. Ltd. Lagos, Nigeria Period:October 1986 - December 1987 Position:Corrosion Engineer/Metallurgical Engineer Reason for Leaving:Contract ended Summary: Supervised workforce on Corrosion Engineering Projects in the Oil Industries as well as on boats and ships InstitutionDept. Of Physics, Ogun-State University (Now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria Period:January 1986 – September 1986 Position:Graduate Assistant Reason for Leaving:Career Growth Summary: Taught Physics tutorials as well as conducted practicum for physics undergraduates Company:Oshogbo Steel Rolling Company, Oshogbo, Nigeria Period:August 1983 – December 1985 Position:Metallurgical Engineer Reason for Leaving:Contract came to an end Summary: Production of rolled steel rods in the Rolling Mill Engineered testing of finished products in the Quality Control Laboratory CONTACTABLE REFREES: 1. Prof. J. A. van der Poll UNISA Professor, ICT Management, Graduate School of Business Leadership, Cnr. Jonadel & Alexandra Avenue, Midrand, 1985. P. O. Box 392, UNISA, 0003. Tel.: - Cell. :- Email:- 2. Prof. Alfred Coleman, UNISA Professor, School of Computing, G J Gerwel Building, Room 4-61, Cnr. Christiaan de Wet road & Pioneer Avenue, Florida Park, Roodepoort, Private Bag X6, Florida, 1710. Tel: -. Cell.:- Email:- 3. Prof. Osden Jokonya Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences CAMS Building, Ground Floor, Room 70 University of Western Cape, Cape Town Tel:- Cell.:-. Fax:- Email:-Alternative Email:- ------0------