About
Looking for work in the United Kingdom so that I can be near my family. Currently based in Cape Town, South Africa. I have many years of experience in a variety of fields, including IT and general office support/admin.
Skills

Software Engineering 5 years Beginner

General 27 years Expert

Others 18 years Intermediate

Experience

Customer Service Associate - Digital

Amazon.com facebook.com

Jul 2018 to Oct 2021Cape Town

Worked with customers and leadership to resolve technical issues with their devices and digital services. Emphasis on punctuality, performance metrics.

  • Consistently recognised as a top performer in my department.

Business Owner/Manager

Self-employed

May 2016 to Jun 2018Cape Town

Created a line of home-cooked Banting-style frozen foods. Cooked all meals, managed all aspects of the business, including promotion and sales.

Debtor's Clerk

Steinbuild (now The Building Company) thebuildingco.com

Sep 2014 to Apr 2016Cape Town

Provided telephonic support for store staff and vetting of new credit applications. Also performed varied admin functions, including monthly reports, filing, email and telephone communications, data capture.

  • Promoted from Data Capturer to Credit Controller within first year.

Front Desk Receptionist

Bryanston Veterinary Clinic bryanston-avian-exotic-small-animal-clinic.business.site

Aug 2013 to Jul 2014Randburg, Gauteng

Managed Front Desk Reception and Telephone at a busy veterinary clinic, including cashier, receiving deliveries, appointments, as well as general office administration.

PC Support Technician & Webmaster

Self-employed

Feb 2002 to Jul 2013Randburg, South Africa

Provided basic computer support to clients, including hardware and software installation, upgrades & maintenance. Website development and maintenance for a number of clients. Also provided antivirus & malware removal and CD/DVD duplication services.

Data Capturer & General Support (Contract employment)

Various

Mar 1999 to Jul 2001Eastern Cape, South Africa

Mostly a variety of data capture projects, also filling in for ad-hoc duties including general computer and network support, reception, filing, drafting, etc.

Junior C Programmer

The Data Base Approach

Jul 1998 to Jan 1999

Implemented as necessary changes to legacy system code using C and SQL. Updated software documentation manuals. Started development of a new website project.

Education

Complete Java Certification Course udemy.com

by Imtiaz Ahmad @ Udemy.com

Oct 2021 to Oct 2021

A practical Java course covering everything from basic object oriented concepts of classes and interfaces, to exception handling, file processing, collections framework, generics, multi-threading, JDBC, streams and memory management.

Python Professional Bootcamp udemy.com

by Angela Yu @ Udemy.com

Nov 2020 to Aug 2021

One of the most comprehensive Python courses available online. Using a number of frameworks, we built a variety projects covering scripting and automation, building websites and web apps, games, and data science.

Full Stack Web Development udemy.com

by Angela Yu @ Udemy.com

Aug 2020 to Jul 2021

Extensively covering HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript, Node, React, MongoDB and many other tools and frameworks. I found this a necessary and useful upgrade to my basic web development skills.

National Diploma Information Technology cput.ac.za

Cape Technikon

Jan 1996 to Dec 1998

With a focus on programming, this diploma included studies of Database & Information Systems, Statistics, Cost Accounting and a few languages namely - C++, Cobol, Natural and Assembly.

Languages

English ⋅ Fluent

Afrikaans ⋅ Basic

Interests

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, horror movies and online trading card games.

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Open Source Activity

Public Repos: 27
Pull Requests: 1
Contributed Repos: 0
Starred Repos: 0
Watched Repos: 27
Organizations: 0
Public Gists: 1