I have 30 years’ experience in the Information Technology, Banking and HealthCare industries, with 18 years’ experience specific to Project, Programme and Portfolio Management. I have spent almost 20 years in the Insurance industry and approximately 8 years in the Financial sector. I hold a BSc Degree in Computer Science and Information Systems, CUC Entry Level Programming Diploma and Turbo C Diploma. I also hold Certificates in Information Technology Project Management (PMBoK; PMI), Managing By Projects – Techniques and Processes, P3O Foundation, ITIL Foundation, Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner and MSP Foundation and Practitioner. I have worked at reputable companies such as: Liberty Life, Edgars, Post Office, Discovery Life, Medscheme and Standard Bank. I started my career as a Trainee Programmer and worked my way through various roles such as a Team Leader, Systems Developer, Consultant, Senior Systems Analyst, Systems Owner, IT Programme Manager, Middleware Manager, Portfolio Manager, Senior Infrastructure Delivery Manager, Head of Customer Engagement, Head of Open Systems Infrastructure Delivery Management and am now the Strategic Programme Manager for Medscheme / Helios. My major achievements in being a Senior Project/Programme Manager include, but are not limited to, the following: • Portfolio & Programme Management; Change Management; Relationship Management • Financial Management; Vendor Management; Resource management • Risks & Benefits Management; Problem and Incident Management • Implementing multiple projects; • Defining career model and job profiles for all staff as well as Business Analysts • Developing training programs; Evaluating current architecture; Developing Health systems I have well developed analytical thinking abilities, proven effective Managerial, Project / Programme Leadership and Stakeholder Management skills. My work is of a high quality standard and I always ensure that my deliverables are completed on or before the set target dates, within scope and costs. Some of my major accomplishments are: • Establishing a Life Insurance ****@*****.*** • Establishing the only tier4 datacentre in South ****@*****.*** Bank • Implementing Core ****@*****.*** Bank • Implementation of the Bonitas Value Added Products