Resume
My work experience, skills, education & awards.
Intermediate Software Engineer
2025 - PresentAvochoc
- Team lead on a fleet fuel loyalty program website for fleet management, oversight, and fuel rebates.
- Selected to lead the development of a fleet fuel loyalty program for fleet management, oversight, and fuel rebates serving business clients.
- Lead the full rebuild of the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) website with over 300 unique page designs.
- Head of all maintenance projects — including a Maths app for NMU and a learner reading Unity-based app and admin portal.
- Performed an infrastructure analysis of a fuel tanker tracking system and implemented a reliable backup solution to safeguard operational data.
Leading development of new and existing applications.
Avochoc Customer Satisfaction
Award
Certifications
EducationCybrary
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- Amazon AWS Cloud Practitioner
Bachelor of Science in Informatics
EducationUniversity of South Africa
- Programming Coursework: Intro. to Programming, Visual Programming, Human-Computer Interaction, Databases, Advanced Systems Development, Software Project Management, Structured Systems Analysis
- Management Coursework: General Management, Business Management, Small & Global Business Management, Strategic Planning, Implementation, & Control, Financial Accounting, Statistics
MTN App of the Year
Award
Senior Web Developer & Platforms Manager
2016 - 2024ACGL
- Designed and built 6 websites and 3 apps from the ground up, growing the platform to 150k+ registered users and 1M+ annual visits.
- Engineered a tournament management system with gamification, wallets, and live chat — scaling to 5k+ tournaments, and 40k+ teams.
- Scaled infrastructure reliability for 5 VPS instances and 2 bare-metal servers, delivering 99% uptime over 3 years.
- Directed 100+ multi-team projects, featuring collaborations with brands such as BMW, Burger King, MTN, Radisson, Red Bull, and Xiaomi.
- Selected to lead the support team, resolving website and tournament tickets for 150k+ users.
Designed and developed 6 websites and 3 apps, attracting over 150k registered users with 1m+ annual visits.
ICT Teacher
2016 - 2018Dr. Viljoen Primary School & Piet Retief Primary School
- Overhauled the school network of 60+ devices — modernized 30+ PCs, built 10+ new machines, and installed 5 WiFi access points across campus, improving reliability for staff and students.
- Taught ICT classes from Grade R through Grade 7, educating 1,500+ students over 3 years with a gamified curriculum covering fundamental computer skills and digital literacy.
Oversight of school infrastructure & Taught ICT classes for students in Grade R through to Grade 7.
FNB Leadership Award
Award
Skills & Stacks
Languages
PHPJavaScriptTypeScriptCSS & HTMLSQLPythonC++SwiftKotlin
Frontend
ReactAngularNext.jsAstroVitejQueryTailwind CSSBootstrap
Backend
LaravelSymfonyNestJSFastAPIWordPressDrupalComposer
Databases
MySQLPostgreSQLMariaDBSQLite3
DevOps & Cloud
AWSAzureDockerAnsibleGitHub ActionsAzure PipelinesAWS CodeBuild
Tools & Other
GitGitHubGitLabOAuthEntraSAMLPHPUnitPower BIGoogle AnalyticsElevenLabsWhisperVS Code