Sheldon Shane Govender

CIRRICULUM VITAÊ OF SHELDON SHANE GOVENDER PERSONAL INFORMATION ID NO: - Nationality: South African Address: Unit B4 Avon Sands Avonmouth Cresent Parklands North Cape Town Driver’s License: Code 8 Health: Excellent Contact Details: -- Marital Status: Married Language: English (1st Language) Afrikaans (2nd Language) Ethnicity: Indian WORK EXPERIENCE • May 2014 – Current o Company – DDS (Pty) Ltd o Position – Solution Architect / Product Owner o Responsibilities Maintaining backlog of tasks for primary operational system used by entire DDS Group. Stakeholder management / engagement Conducting sessions with business to construct user stories Planning of iterative releases of operational system based value add and alignment to Group goals Road mapping of products life cycle, including future functionality and integration points Product Management Judging releases against minimum acceptance criteria Sprint planning for development team Requirements gathering from business and translation into technical specifications Ensuring that the vision of the internal operational system aligns to strategic goals of the DDS Group Root cause analysis in conjunction with development team with respect to bugs within the operational system Conducting JAD sessions Requirements Gathering – BRS, FRS and TRS document creation Main contact between development and senior business leaders Business Analysis UAT / Regression Testing management UML, Wire framing and Story boarding Ensuring system improvement is aligned to core strategy Deployment of new systems to South African operations as well as other African countries - including Botswana Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho, Zambia and Swaziland Implementations Implementation of Business Intelligence portals using SQL, C#, ASP.NET and Javascript. Client engagement around system and reporting requirements Management of new client implementations, including all integration and data requirements Management of projects entailing major changes to operational system Project Management Weekly check point reporting Deadline management Change management Stakeholder management / engagement Task prioritisation Development and maintenance of business intelligence portal Development and maintenance of custom built android application Hands On Development Ad hoc SQL reporting Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets o Notable projects (done in conjunction) Project Duration Team size • Responsibilities Refresh Android Application 1 year Started with myself but handed the product of over Requirement gathering. Detailed business specification compilation. Development. Project Management DDS Enterprise Major functional changes 6 months 6 Requirement Gathering. Detailed business specification compilation. Stakeholder management. Architecture advisory. DDS / Coca-cola South Africa Integration 2 months 10+ across organisations Complete owner of the DDS side of the integration. Detailed business specification compilation and architecture advisory. DDS / Unilever Integration 6 months 10+ across organisations Complete owner of the DDS side of the integration. Detailed business specification compilation and architecture advisory. June 2013 – May 2014 o Company – Toll Global Forwarding o Position – Software Developer o Responsibilities Implementations Development Handle Warehouse Management System (WMS) Implementations Development Lead on WMS integration using C#, SQL 2012 and ERP SDK's namely Pastel. Design and Architect sustainable solutions for use in both Warehousing and Distribution of goods. Designing and implementing of Data Warehouses as well as BI reporting using custom BI Solutions. Ad-hoc SQL reporting Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets Project Management Manage delivery of functionality in integration projects with respect to the internal Warehouse Management System Tracking timelines, deliverables and deadlines Stakeholder management and engagement Client expectation management Requirements gathering Business Analysis Use case development Business requirement specifications and Technical requirement specifications o Notable projects (done in conjunction) Project Duration Team size Responsibilities Toll / Megarom Integration • 6 month 6 Development of integration using the SAGE Pastel API to link warehousing to customers finance system. Specification and design of integration. January 2012 – June 2013 o Company – Volition Consulting Services o Position – Analyst Developer / Consultant o Responsibilities Development of ASP.Net Web applications using C# and SQL Server 2008 Development Development of KPI Dashboards and Business Intelligence portals using Microsoft Silverlight Design and implementation of OLAP Cubes using SSAS and SSRS reports to be used in a Business Intelligence solution Ongoing support and maintenance to .Net applications Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets Project Management Management of personal deliverables Deadline tracking and obstacle reporting Business Analysis Requirements gathering System testing and scoping Business requirement specifications and Technical requirement specifications o Notable projects Project Duration Team size Responsibilities TRAC N4 12 month 4 Development and maintenance of a web application using c#, ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL. ABSA Cash Services 6 month 5 Creation of SSAS cubes to process data from a data mart. Pick n Pay Transport Management System 8 months 7 Web application development. MS SQL data development • June 2011 – December 2011 o Company – SunGard Financial Services o Position – Associate Treasury Consultant o Responsibilities Development Development of custom applications that interface with Corporate Treasury systems in order to calculate specialized loan schedules. VB Scripting to enable the generation of import files. Crystal Report writing T-SQL command writing Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets Project Management Management of personal deliverables Client engagements – expectation management Deadline tracking and obstacle reporting Implementations Implementation of SunGard AvantGard Treasury software Master Data setup – Extract, Transform and Loading • January 2010 - June 2011 o Company - Volition Consulting Services o Position – Consultant / Developer o Responsibilities Development Developing both Windows and Web based Applications for various clients using mainly C# and Microsoft SQL Server Being a technical lead to a team of developers on certain projects Developing reports to be hosted through general ASP.Net web pages and Microsoft SharePoint. Maintenance to .NET applications working with an Oracle back end, mostly using PL/SQL. Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets Development of ETL’s using SSIS Development of KPI dashboards using Microsoft Silverlight and asmx web services. Project Management Management of personal deliverables Deadline tracking and obstacle reporting Business Analysis Requirements gathering System testing and scoping Business requirement specifications and Technical requirement specifications • December 2008 – December 2009 o Company – Altech Nupay o Position - .Net Software Developer o Responsibilities Development Development using C#, ASP.NET Database querying using T-SQL Maintenance of systems using Delphi Maintenance to .NET applications working with an Oracle back end, mostly using PL/SQL. Ad hoc data analysis using excel pivot tables and data driven spreadsheets Development of ETL’s using SSIS Development of KPI dashboards using Microsoft Silverlight and asmx web services. Business Analysis Requirements gathering System testing Business requirement specifications and Technical requirement specifications Reason for leaving:  I left Altech Nupay due to lack of personal as well as career growth. While I did enjoy my time there, the work was not challenging enough. 2004 – 2006 o Company – First National Bank o Position - Bank Teller (Bulk and Express) / Customer Service o Lessons Learnt:  Although working at FNB did not give me any experience in development or the computer science field, it did teach me how to deal with clients effectively. I also learned a lot about patience as well as a great deal about my own temperament. o Reason for leaving:  Part time job while studying o • EDUCATION • University of the Witwatersrand Business School (Pending thesis submission)– Masters in Business Administration (MBA) o Subjects  Critical Enquiry Skills  Management, Accounting  Economics  Technology & Operations  Strategy • • • • • • •  Organisational Design  Society & Collective Action  Marketing in a Connected World  Finance & Investment  Entrepreneurship  Business Integration  Case Competition o Achievements  Came in the top 3 finalist for the Wits Business School 2017 MBA Case Competition University of the Witwatersrand Business School (2016)– Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration o Subjects:  Business Law  Critical Business Skills  Strategy  People Management  Marketing and Sales  Entrepreneurship  Economics for Business  Operations and Technology Management  Management and Financial Accounting and Finance Torque IT (APMG International) – Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner Torque IT (APMG International) – PRINCE2 Foundation SAGE South Africa o Subjects: o Financial Modules in SAGE 300 ERP o Implementation of SAGE 300 ERP Torque IT (APMG International) – ITIL Foundation University of the Witwatersrand (2009) - Bachelor of Science (Computer Science and Mathematical Techniques) o 1st Year subjects:  Computer Science 1 (With distinction)  Mathematics 1  Psychology 1  Economics 1 o 2nd Year Subjects:  Computer Science 2 • Operating Systems (With distinction) • Application and Analysis of Algorithms (With distinction) • Database Fundamentals  Mathematics 2 • Basic Analysis (With distinction) • Multivariable Calculus • Algebraic Techniques (With distinction) • Advanced Analysis  Economics 2 o 3rd Year Subjects:  Computer Science 3 • Networks and Architecture (With distinction) • Finite Languages and Automata (With distinction) • Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence • Software Engineering  Mathematical Techniques 3 • Abstract Algebra • Sets and Logic • Coding and Cryptography • Number Theory • Special Functions • Mathematical Economics Alberton High School (2003) – Matric Exemption with Merit o English o Afrikaans o Mathematics o Physical Science o Biology o Geography **Please Note all subjects done on higher grade AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS • • • I have attained numerous first class passes through my university career, especially so in Computer Science In my third year I was chosen to help tutor the 1st year Computer Science students, a right normally reserved for post graduate students. Came in the top 3 finalist for the Wits Business School 2017 MBA Case Competition