Hercules Venter, IT Manager

Hercules Venter

IT Manager

Bell Equipment Company

Lieu
Afrique du Sud
Éducation
Diplôme, Datametrics
Expérience
30 years, 7 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :30 years, 7 Mois

IT Manager à Bell Equipment Company
  • Afrique du Sud
  • octobre 1996 à mars 2015

30 years’ professional experience including almost 20 years with Bell Equipment Company, with key
achievements including:
* Successfully delivered more than 95% against SLA for performance contract on all systems
* 100% systems availability in IT Operations Centre
* Expanded the Bell network into the African subcontinent: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of
Congo, Malawi and Mozambique; and throughout Europe Germany, UK, Spain, France and Switzerland
Extensive project management experience, including the development and implementation of four new Customer Service Centre office blocks
Built several computer rooms from scratch including a R55million IT computer room comprising infrastructure, Metro Ethernet, wireless and Layer 3 networks
Managed IT expense budgets in excess of R41million; administrated IT system and security compliance audits from Deloitte
Gained and developed extensive knowledge in Capacity Planning on IBM Power 7, Blade Centres, IBM SAN systems and Cisco Network switches
Specific IT projects:
o Upgraded Impro access control and T&A system to the latest MS SQL version + SAP interfaces
o Installed Wireless campus in Jetpark & Richards Bay, enabling barcoding and cellphone access
o Upgraded IBM iSeries Power 6 to Power 7+ system with 13 logical partitions; installed SAP
o Implemented Cisco Call Manager IP Telephony system
o Designed and built a new Disaster Recovery Hot Site
• Developed and nurtured a mentoring programme for BEE students from local technical colleges and the university; attracted students to new graduate positions within Bell

Facilities Manager à DeBeers Finsch Mine
  • janvier 1995 à janvier 1996
Senior Technical Analyst à Infogold
  • Afrique du Sud
  • janvier 1984 à janvier 1995

Senior Technical Analyst, PC Support, for Anglo American Gold division.

Éducation

Diplôme, Datametrics
  • à Unisa
  • mars 2003

Diploma in Datametrics

Diplôme, Aviation Instrumentation
  • à Kempton Park Technical College
  • décembre 1982

Aircraft instrumentation trade.

Diplôme, Trade Test - Aircraft instrument Technician
  • à Olifantsfontein Trade Test Centre
  • novembre 1982

Trade Test in Aircraft instrumentation, with the following major subjects. Aircraft instruments Electronics Avionic Computer principles Mathematics

Specialties & Skills

IT Project Management
IT Management
Cisco Switches
IBM iSeries
IBM Storage
IBM Enterprise Storage
Business Analysis
IBM System i
BUDGETING
Network Cabling
CAPACITY PLANNING
MICROSOFT PROJECT
IT Management
WAN Protocols - MPLS; VSAT, DIGINET; ADSL; Metro Ethernet
Fibre to the Home/ Business
IT Security
Project Management

Langues

Afrikaans
Expert
Anglais
Expert
Allemand
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