Pragasen Govender, Technical Director

Pragasen Govender

Technical Director

DURBAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Location
South Africa
Education
Diploma, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Experience
21 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 6 Months

Technical Director at DURBAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
  • South Africa
  • My current job since October 2008

Strategic Planning of ICT Services
Service Delivery Management
Infrastructure Management
COBIT, TOGAF and ITIL implementations
Technical Resource Management
Presentations and reporting
Financial Management

National Services Manager at GijimaAST
  • South Africa
  • May 2008 to September 2008

Align the business to ITIL V3
Implement Good Governance Practices (COBIT)
Project Management
Develop client relationships and steering meetings
Operational management & Service Level Management
Draft service improvement plans and standard operating procedures
Influence & gain buy-in where required.
Risk Mitigation
Incident and Problem Management
Capacity Management
Resource Management
Financial Management
Performance Management

Service Delivery Manager at Dimension Data
  • South Africa
  • July 2007 to April 2008

Project Management and steering meetings
Influencing & gaining buy-in where required.
ICT Management
Contract Management
Engaging of relationships various stakeholders
Developing Information Technology policies and procedures for the clients
Change Management
SLA & OLA Management
Incident Management
Problem Management
Resolve contracts, scope and invoicing issues
Financial Management
Report writing and Presentations
Root Cause Analysis and trend analysis

Senior Technical Consultant I.T Projects at Gijima AST
  • South Africa
  • May 2005 to June 2007

Project Management of Enterprise Active Directory, Exchange Server implementations, Virtual Server Installations and configurations, DRP systems, SQL Servers and Anti Virus Servers
Operational Level and Service Level Contract Management
Technical staff training and development
Develop and implement I.T procedures
Provide CARE Reports
Asset management of Servers, Desktops, notebooks, switches, printers and other equipment

Senior I.C.T Consultant at EOH Consulting
  • South Africa
  • November 2002 to April 2005

Project Management of enterprise Active Directory Servers, Exchange Servers, Remote Desktop Servers and DRP systems
Financial Management
router and Firewall management
Implementing ERP Systems
Managing Service Level Agreements & Operational Level Agreements and SOP
Asset management
Sales
Implementation of Good Governance Methods
Developing and implementing I.T policies and procedures for clients
Worked on foreign project in Zimbabwe

Education

Diploma, INFORMATION SYSTEMS
  • at IT ACADEMY
  • November 2000
Bachelor's degree, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
  • at DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
  • July 1994

Name of University Durban University of Technology Degree Obtained: Masters Diploma in Technology (1994) Majors: Digital Systems, Microprocessor Systems

Specialties & Skills

Active Directory
Disaster Recovery
Customer Service
Project Management
IS Governance
Presentation and Reporting
Active Directory
Management
Microsoft Exchange Server
Project Proposals
Networking Technologies
Windows Server Management
Strategic Planning
Senior Systems Engineer
Service Level Management
Disaster Recovery Planning
I.S Infrastructure Management and Design
People Management
Cisco Networking
Resource Management
Centrally Managed Anti Virus Systems
Wireless and Fiber Optic Syetems
Trainer
Financial Management
Project Management
Microsoft Office 2010
Virtual Server
ERP Systems
HR Management
Staff Skill Development

Memberships

NGO Rainbow Center of Hope
  • Chairperson
  • July 2012

Training and Certifications

HP SERVICING HP DESKTOPS AND THIN CLIENTS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999
HP ACCREDITED PLATFORM SPECIALIST (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999
F SECURE POLICY MANAGER (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2003
Valid Until:
January 9999
Project Management Intermediate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2008
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Cerified Trainer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2001
Valid Until:
January 9999
IBM X Series Server and Desktop Support (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2006
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified Netware Administrator (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 1995
Valid Until:
January 9999
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2001
Valid Until:
January 9999
ITIL (I.T Service Management Information Technology Information Library) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • CARPENTRY
    I enjoy building furniture
  • SWIMMING