Johannesburg, 12 Jul 2016
EnterpriseWorx, a specialist provider of data management, business intelligence and software engineering services, has announced new executive assignments to support the company's rapid growth.
These changes were made in the hopes of strengthening the management structure as the company expands into the overseas market. Despite economic conditions, the company is expanding in terms of new acquisitions and has increased its product line-up, with new additions to its Conductor4SQL suite.
As a results-driven organisation, with its balance of existing and new skills and experience, the company is well on its way to deliver on its growth mandate for the coming year.
Michael de Andrade's career successes
Michael de Andrade has over 18 years of commercial experience, a track record of developing quality software solutions and a wealth of management and leadership experience.
His education includes a BSc in computer science/information systems specialising in software engineering, amid other certifications in various computer programming, DB development and scripting languages.
De Andrade's current role
"I joined EnterpriseWorx in 2003 as a co-founder, and, in addition to my current duties as MD, in the past, I have been the Technical Manager of the Data Management team, BI team, and custom Software Development team."
De Andrade is ideally positioned to lead EnterpriseWorx, the application development, data management and business intelligence (BI) specialist, as he has a strong background of technical expertise, inclusive of Microsoft and open source platforms and extensive Java, Linux and Unix integration knowledge, all in the enterprise arena.
How De Andrade impacts on EnterpriseWorx
"My most favoured and greatest passion is now to grow EnterpriseWorx, and in doing so, develop people's careers in the technology space - from development to execution."
How De Andrade impacts on company clients
As Managing Director, his focus is to support the executive team - so as to fulfil its promise as per its value proposition as an organisation: "A promise to the customer that we will implement the best solution for their unique needs."
Sean Longhurst's career successes
Sean Longhurst has been a leader on various successful large-scale BI projects, from delivery of the data warehouse to enabling hundreds of users on various BI platforms.
He is the creator and current Product Lead for a unique commercial Microsoft SQL Server product that is currently delivering value to large JSE listed companies.
Longhurst's current role
Longhurst is currently the head of Conductor4SQL (C4SQL), which is an EnterpriseWorx in-house developed product. His main role and passion is ensuring that the product vision is in place, making sure product development is focused on delivery for customers' needs, and focusing on the growth of the product locally and internationally.
Additionally, Longhurst serves as an Executive Director on the Board of Directors for EnterpriseWorx, to ensure the company is engaged in the right technologies, delivering value to customers through the best fit technologies for them. He is also responsible for the overall strategy of technology within the organisation's strategic vision.
How Longhurst impacts on EnterpriseWorx
Conductor4SQL is a key strategical asset to EnterpriseWorx, and the success of the product is critical to the organisation. Longhurst's role is focused on growing and maintaining the success of the product, thereby driving profitability and sustained growth within the organisation.
"Within my role as Director, its key impact is with the direction and strategy of technology moving forward in the organisation, which is of utmost importance for an IT company."
How Longhurst impacts on company clients
Longhurst strives to engage one-on-one with all C4SQL clients, offering his personal advice and services, as well as making sure EnterpriseWorx customers are getting value out of the product.
"I also engage with our clients to understand their needs for the product and ensure that these are delivered in the development roadmap of the product. Ensuring client satisfaction is one of the most important aspects of my role within the organisation."
Why EWX believes Longhurst is the right person for this role.
"Besides being the longest standing co-shareholder and co-executive director in the business, he has been an amazing innovator in the Conductor4SQL space, with extensive and in-depth knowledge of the MS SQL engine," says De Andrade.
Ian Child's career successes
Ian Child is a Chartered Accountant who has an honour's degree it IT. In his financial capacity, he has had various roles as the CFO in large organisations. This role has typically been coupled with the dual responsibility of CI/IT Director. Child held the position of Group CIO at the JD Group for nine years, and a further six years as CIO for the Ellerines Group. Child has a unique blend of technology, finance and business skills.
Child's current role
Child's current role at EWX is that of the Chief Operating Officer; in this capacity, he is responsible for a number of areas, ranging from service delivery excellence to the creation of unique solutions for EnterpriseWorx clients. In addition to this, he is responsible for driving business development and has proven himself passionate about the continual elevation of skills within the company.
How Child impacts on EnterpriseWorx
By continually scanning the environment for new technology and business opportunities, Childhopes to help EWX achieve its very aggressive growth targets for 2016. Additionally, Child aims to see a substantial elevation of technical skills within the team, ultimately contributing to making EWX a preferred employer within the company's market sector.
How Child impacts on company clients
Child's unique combination of business skills, backed by a good understanding of technology and its application, makes him the perfect client liaison. "I would like to add value to clients either by helping them grow revenues or reduce costs by providing innovative technical solutions."
Why EWX believes Child is the right person for this role.
"Probably the longest standing supporter of EnterpriseWorx, he has now joined the organisation as an executive director, to help with operations. He comes with a wealth of experience from his past as CIO and CFO at various organisations," says De Andrade.
Jonathan van der Berg's career successes
With a proven track record of providing clients with BI solutions using various toolsets, Jonathan van der Berg has been able to solve many a client's pain points, enabling them to accurately track business strengths and weaknesses with the use of intuitive visual models.
With the addition of prescriptive analytics to Van der Berg's portfolio, he is able to give clients new insights and advice to fast-track and improve business-specific performance, resulting in an increased ROI.
Van der Berg's current role
Van der Berg is currently heading up the BI space as an Executive for EnterpriseWorx. "I aim to gain a clear understanding of the client's business architectures and pain points, allowing us to provide the best suited solution to overcome these pain points, and in so doing, achieve maximum business output and growth."
How Van der Berg impacts on EnterpriseWorx
Van der Berg's role enables EnterpriseWorx to provide clients with a BI solution tailor-made to fit their current and future needs. His belief that EnterpriseWorx should remain product agnostic allows for the right solution to be put into place, resulting in strategic alignments with business and long-lasting partnerships.
How Van der Berg impacts on company clients
Having worked on projects across a multitude of industries, such as retail, financial services, insurance, etc, Van der Berg has gained invaluable insight into stakeholders' businesses and has developed strong client relationships over the years by enhancing and adding value to business processes.
Why EWX believes Van der Berg is the right person for this role.
"Also a co-shareholder who has grown with the business and been involved in numerous areas of the business, but found a passion in the business intelligence area... He has the right ambition to take his team to the next level when it comes to BI and advanced analytics," says De Andrade.
Neal Donnan's career successes
Neal Donnan has worked in the enterprise software development space for more than 16 years, both locally and overseas in Ireland. His extensive experience includes the design and implementation of enterprise integration solutions, BPM solutions and custom Web applications in both the financial services and retail industries.
Donnan's current role
Donnan is a longstanding exco member at EnterpriseWorx and is responsible for the management and growth of the custom software development practice of the company. This includes architecting solutions for clients and overseeing the implementation of projects in both Java and Microsoft .NET technologies.
How Donnan impacts on EnterpriseWorx
Donnan's vision is to create an environment that allows software developers and practitioners to do what they do best, with all the right tools for the job. "This fosters great teamwork and personal growth and learning for developers to thrive and advance their careers."
How Donnan impacts on company clients
Donnan is passionate about keeping up to date with the latest technologies and trends in the IT industry. He has a track record of using cutting-edge technologies to the benefit of EnterpriseWorx, enabling the company to deliver solutions in more cost-effective and efficient ways. This allows customers to deliver real business change and meet their ever changing business requirements.
Why EWX believes Donnan is the right person for this role.
"Another co-shareholder who has brought new blood into the application development team... He comes with extensive experience and a wealth of knowledge in the enterprise application development and architecture space," says De Andrade.
Kevin's Vock's career successes
Kevin Vock successfully completed multiple diplomas, including honour's in Comprehensive Programming and a distinction in Web and Java development.
He boasts 10 years' experience in data management and development, during which time he fully architected and delivered enterprise data warehouses to multiple retail clients, as well as experience on multiple BI projects implementing QlikView and Analysis Services.
He has extensive knowledge in all the major relational databases as well as database appliance experience and is well known for his optimisation skills.
Vock's current role
Having found his passion, Vock currently heads up the Data Management team and is responsible for the growth and advancement of data management BI, services, analysis and development, within EnterpriseWorx.
How Vock impacts on EnterpriseWorx
Vock has the ability to learn rapidly and has a reputation of becoming highly skilled in a new technology within a short period of time. "I endeavour to learn all the intricacies of any technology I work with and pass these concepts on to grow members of my team as much as possible." Vock is able to deliver sound advice and quality developments timeously.
How Vock impacts on company clients
Vock prides himself in making sure every one of his clients gets the best solution for their unique needs, with high quality work and a quick turnaround time, enabling the client to realise the value quickly. "I fight for the best interests of my clients and treat the situation not as if my team was a crew of external consultants, but rather an in-house development team for their company."
Why EWX believes Vock is the right person for this role.
"A longstanding colleague who has grown the data management competency at EnterpriseWorx with seriously niche knowledge when it comes to database administration and development. He has been appointed as an executive to assist in the dedicated and smooth execution of the data portion of solutions EWX offers to clients," says De Andrade.
Kathleen McAdam's career successes
Kathleen McAdam has over 17 years' experience in the IT arena. She has extensive knowledge in managing IT project portfolios and a wealth of experience leading successful IT projects across the retail, financial service and cinema industry verticals. One of the significant recent highlights in her career was where she successfully managed the full business transformation of the legacy 35mm projection technology onto the state-of-the-art digital platform for the most prominent cinema chain in South Africa, delivering the solution as the fastest known deployment worldwide.
McAdam's current role
McAdam's current role is that of Delivery Executive at EnterpriseWorx in which she is responsible for ensuring delivery excellence within the four corners of the company. McAdam works closely with the rest of the executive team, thereby enabling each team to deliver quality solutions to their customers.
How McAdam impacts on EnterpriseWorx
McAdam has proven herself able to provide leadership and to support the enterprise development teams, enabling them to meet delivery objectives according to project executives, partners, and client needs. She prides herself on being able to provide the necessary tools to enable the EnterpriseWorx teams to deliver quality solutions. A firm believer in leadership in delivery excellence, McAdam implements a solution-driven, people-centric approach.
"It's about bringing the right people together within a delivery framework that is customised for that specific need, and effectively delivering the required solution."
McAdam has a diploma in formal project management, is a certified Prince 2 practitioner, and is also a qualified Scrum Master.
How McAdam impacts on company clients
By encompassing the agile values and principles, McAdam's main focus is to lead and enable the development teams to deliver value and quality to EnterpriseWorx customers.
Why EWX believes McAdam is the right person for this role.
"Another new introduction to exco. She too has been appointed as an executive to drive delivery with EnterpriseWorx as an organisation, and to ensure that all tools are made available to those executing solution delivery at our clients - so that we can indeed deliver on our promises, on time and within budget," says De Andrade.
Brett Kanichowsky's career successes
Brett Kanichowsky has had somewhat of a shorter career than his peers, being the youngest Executive member of EnterpriseWorx. However, this has in no way hindered his successes or deterred him from adding value to the company and its clientele.
These successes are illustrated by the growth and diversification of EnterpriseWorx's client base. Kanichowsky continues to aid EnterpriseWorx in developing the company's pool of skill-sets while maintaining organic growth.
In just over two years, Kanichowsky, along with those supporting the new business team, has managed to grow the company client base by 150% by increasing the range of industries from 16 retail and insurance focused clients to over 40 clients spanning more than five industry verticals.
Kanichowsky's current role
Kanichowsky, from the initial step in all EnterpriseWorx engagements, brings together the necessary skill-sets to ensure the customers' needs and requirements are gathered and scoped with both business and technical input.
"EnterpriseWorx is a boutique technology service provider, meaning collaboration is key to company success." He's also responsible for tracking progress of all ongoing engagements.
How Kanichowsky impacts on EnterpriseWorx
Kanichowsky's aim is to achieve the desired brand awareness for EnterpriseWorx and to continuously grow the company's value offerings in order to benefit new and existing customers. Kanichowsky has made it his goal to ensure customers and prospects feel comfortable throughout the engagement progress. "I endeavour to ensure long-lasting relationships are developed and maintained."
How Kanichowsky impacts on company clients
Kanichowsky is understanding of customer insecurities and goes beyond the call of duty to make sure as much risk is mitigated, ensuring trust and confidence are instilled in EnterpriseWorx clients.
Why EWX believes Kanichowsky is the right person for this role.
"Also recently appointed as a new business executive... He is an extremely ambitious individual who flies the EnterpriseWorx flag. He is tasked with taking our solutions to market - to help organisations solve their pain points with the help of our other executive team members, says De Andrade, MD, EnterpriseWorx.
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