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THE PANEL OF JUDGES
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Ulandi ExnerPresident of the IITPSA and Group IT Executive, Vunani Limited
Ulandi holds a BCOM in Informatics as well as a CISSP and CISA certification. She is passionate about technology and innovation and is dedicated in helping people to develop their skills and raise their professional standard. With an intimate understanding of both business and technology, she is fully aware that the field of ICT has moved beyond "keeping the lights on" and therefore must be regarded as one of the business's key decision drivers. Professor Helena BarnardGordon Institute of Business Science
She has published academic research in Advances in Qualitative Research, the Journal of Management and Governance, and the International Journal of Technology Management. She has presented her work at numerous competitive conferences, e.g. the Academy of Management, the Academy of International Business, European Academy of International Business and Globelics (Global network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence-building Systems). Neville WillemseHead of Consulting, Gartner Africa
Ranka JovanovicEditorial director, ITWeb
Prior to joining ITWeb, Ranka was editor of InformationWeek Southern Africa and deputy editor of ComputerWeek. She immigrated to SA in 1994 from Yugoslavia, where she was involved in education, general publishing and IT publishing for over 10 years. Adrian SchofieldManager - Applied Research Unit – Wits University
Schofield's past achievements include holding the title of president at the following establishments: Information Industry SA as well as the Information Technology Association of SA. In 2000 he was also elected vice-chairperson for Africa of World Information Technology Services Alliance. Schofield is also an active member of the Project Steering Committee of the Savant project, the Executive Council of the Computer Society of SA, and the ICT Sector Steering Committee at NEDLAC. Tony ParryExecutive director of the CSSA
He has over 20 years' experience in IT, having started his IT career with Cobol and Natural Adabas. Among the degrees he holds is an honours degree in African Languages and Linguistics from the University of the Witwatersrand, and an MBA from Henley Management College in the UK. He is a member of a number of professional bodies, including the Institute of People Management (SA), the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa and is a professional member of the Computer Society of South Africa. Immediately prior to joining CSSA, he was CIO of Shared IT Services at Barloworld Limited, having spent almost 18 years with the Group. He has served in a number of capacities in the Barloworld Group's various divisions and associated companies, and spent 17 months in Sydney, at Barloworld Coatings' Australian operations. He manages to find time to tutor third year Masters students undertaking UNISA SBL's Online MBA Programme. Wellington MatopeImmediate past president of IITPSA, Portfolio head: GTSS Foundational Infrastructure CBT Business Releases, Standard Bank
As Portfolio head: GTSS Foundational Infrastructure CBT Business Releases at Standard Bank, Wellington is accountable for SAP Core Banking Transformation business releases. Practical and hands-on, Wellington has successfully handled various roles in Southern Africa in the retail, insurance and risk management, ICT consulting and banking sectors. Jane SteinackerEditor, ITWeb Brainstorm
She has recently returned from Shanghai, where she spent three and a half years studying Mandarin at Jianguo University and Economics through UNISA. While in China, Steinacker also wrote for MoneyWeb. Steinacker has been the editor of Brainstorm since October 2014. Tshifhiwa RamuthagaCIO Financial Services Board and the 2014 Visionary CIO
Under her watch, the FSB's engagement with various stakeholder groups was enhanced with the introduction of portals, eg, Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) portal and Consumer Education portal, and automated stakeholder access for regulatory submissions. The ICT environment that she is in charge of is a crucial enabler to the FSB's vision to promote and maintain a sound financial investment environment in SA. Ramuthaga is also currently the FSB's exco representative for the Committee of Insurance, Securities and Non-Banking Financial Authorities (CISNA), which forms part of the Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment Directorate with the Southern African Development Community. Her career began at Statistics South Africa as a programmer, on graduation from the then Technikon Witwatersrand. She later joined Telkom and worked her way up until she was appointed senior manager, ICT at Telkom, the first black female to hold this position, at the age of 26. Her responsibilities included ICT system availability and SLAs for both Telkom internal systems and Telkom hosted services. Her qualifications include an MBA degree from the Gordon Institute of Business Science, master's in IT from the University of Pretoria, and a B Tech degree (IT) from the then Technikon SA. |
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