Professional Experience
CEO – Infinea Group. From inception to exit. Up to 340 people at peak in four countries in five companies.
Incubation and New Technology Director- Microsoft UK
Vice President-Africa – VMWare Corporation. All up sales, marketing services and operations responsibility
Chief Technology Officer – Microsoft – Overall accountability for technology, sales, and tech center operations for MS in South Africa
education background
English Speaking Union of the Commonwealth Scholar (Rhodes). Canada to United Kingdom
Computer Science, Webster Private University – Geneva Switzerland
Economics – Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
57 technical exams, with 9 computer vendor technical certifications
Notable Achievements
Youngest director Microsoft UK at 27
Microsoft Chairman Award winner 2004, perfect 5.0 performance (top 0.5% performer)
Top performing commercial unit GLOBALLY 2007, and again 2008. 98% workplace satisfaction score. Microsoft UK
Raised £20m in capital, 2 exits
Role at Finxone
Principal founder, who has designed the idea, incubated it, Bootstrap funded, and raised first Angel round. Currently CEO, with complete accountability of the business across all divisions.