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Technology Director - Chief Operating Officer
Gauteng, South Africa

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  • BrandMed
    Technical Director and then Chief Operating Officer
    BrandMed
    Sep 2019 - Current (5 years 11 months)
    Researched and built advanced technologies, previously outsourced (e.g. iOS apps, telehealth). Promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO), based on skills and experience in delivery. Managed rollouts, delivery of stock, client success, partner training, sales and delivery teams. Worked directly with legal, sales to create and review client contracts and partner agreements. Presented to the board, with members including Cipla's (R5bn company in SA) CEO and COO. Achievements Built telehealth from scratch (WebRTC, .NET Core and SignalR on serverless Azure web services). Improved stability of iOS application (using ObjectiveC) and added new device integration via SDKs. Built full project plans as part of rollouts agreed with Novo Nor
  • Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd
    Product Manager
    Ovations Technologies (Pty) Ltd
    Jul 2017 - Aug 2019 (2 years 2 months)
    Lead a strategic business unit implementing key projects, creating products and selling them. Lead developers, BAs, UI/UX designers, marketing, infrastructure and DevOps specialists. Implemented solutions in AWS and Azure Cloud, applying serverless and microservice approaches. Used MEAN Stack (MongoDB, Express, Angular, NodeJS) and other NoSQL (e.g. DynamoDB). Created new sales channel of K2 consultants, creating and closing opportunities from scratch. Achievements My teams won team of the year each year at Ovations (3x), on different projects. Compliance product I led was built from scratch and onto a bank shortlist in less than a year. Invoice Portal for SANBS delivered on time and on budget, quickly providing millions in pote
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    Founder
    The Prosperity Café
    Feb 2017 - Jun 2017 (5 months)
    A short period running my own business, until I realised that I far prefer working in wider teams: Worked with K2 and Harmony Gold, re-imagining multi-million Rand politically sensitive K2 solution. Achieved Google AdWords certification and implemented Google Analytics, WordPress and CSCart. Created events app called Venue Secure (PHP and WordPress based), finding first clients in 8 weeks. Provided sales consulting to K2 partners, guiding how to present the K2 value proposition.
  • Concourse IT
    Managing Director
    Concourse IT
    Jul 2014 - Jan 2017 (2 years 7 months)
    (joint, owning commercial responsibilities) Johannesburg, South Africa July 2014 to January 2017 Responsibilities Management of 25 development and support staff, along with project managing rollouts. Managed systems controlling more than R1.5 billion Rands of quotes and policies. Sold cloud-based insurance admin system to new brokers and service providers. Built partnerships with other insurers beyond Renasa (e.g. Hollard). Negotiated fees, proposals, commercial contracts and other agreements. Created of company budget and representing company in Group ExCo. Escalation management for critical customer issues. Carl Townsend Achievements Managed on-boarding of first +R250m of customer insurance policies on the system. Wo
  • K2
    Services Director
    K2
    Mar 2011 - Jun 2014 (3 years 4 months)
  • K2
    Product Owner
    K2
    Jan 2010 - Feb 2011 (1 year 2 months)
  • K2
    Business Development Manager
    K2
    Aug 2007 - Jan 2010 (2 years 6 months)
  • K2
    Lead Technical Specialist - Europe/South Africa
    K2
    Oct 2003 - Jul 2007 (3 years 10 months)
  • Systematic
    Software Engineer
    Systematic
    Oct 2001 - Oct 2003 (2 years 1 month)
  • Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
    Shaun Leisegang, Global Services Director
    Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
    1999 - 2000 (1 year 1 month)
    (Exeter, Devon, UK) 1999-2000. Year-in-industry for degree, created MS Access based Business Intelligence (BI) system. Endorsements "I have worked with Carl in many different capacities and roles over the last 8 years and there is always one thing that you can guarantee about Carl: set him a target or goal and he will not only always deliver but he will consistently over achieve. Carl has an excellent track record over a variety of roles and I have no doubt that whatever challenge is put in front of him he will continue to excel and over achieve." Shaun Leisegang, Global Services Director, K2 (Now CEO of one of Australia's leading UiPath, K2, Nintex and Microsoft partners) "Carl is a talented Product Lead with strong leadership qua
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    B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science Computer Science
    Fielden Park College
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    A-Levels in Computer Science Economics & Business
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    K2 won Microsoft ISV of the Year in South Africa during this time, using my wins for the entry
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    B.Sc. (Honours) in Computer Science - 2:1
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    (2003). 11 years at K2 with many achievements. One of very few
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    My teams won team of the year each year at Ovations (3x), on different projects