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Mervyn Mooi

Director of Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID) and represents the ICT services arm of the Thesele Group.

Mervyn Mooi is a director of Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID). His competencies and focus is within data/information management and governance.

He has been in the ICT and data solutions industry for 38 years, beginning his career as an operator at the CICS bureau in Johannesburg in the early 1980s. Thereafter, he was appointed as a programmer at state-owned oil exploration and production company SOEKOR.

In 1986, Mooi joined Anglo American's head office ICT department where he remained for almost 12 years. Here he progressed to become a senior programmer, analyst, database administrator and technical support specialist.

After completing his degree in informatics, he then left to join Software Futures, where he worked as a senior consultant for 18 months in the data warehousing and business intelligence arena.

Mooi joined KID in 1999 as a data warehouse and business intelligence specialist. His experience in ICT disciplines includes operations, business and systems analysis, application development, database administration, data governance/management, data architecture/modelling, software support, data warehousing and business intelligence.    

Articles

4:10

Avoid data chaos and costs – use data ontology

The keystone building blocks and practices behind the scenes that prepare data to deliver quick wins and enable fluency are too often ignored.

4:30
Storage
Feb 1, 2023

Conquer data basics before tackling emerging trends

Companies must maximise metadata and get governance right to harness 2023’s big data trends.

4:10
Storage
Oct 7, 2022

Data management: Beware of springing a leak

Data is now essential for everything we do, and is as valuable as water – and worth going to war over.

4:00

Enter the great authenticator – data’s new superhero

Data authentication in a world of disinformation could pave the way for a new, specialised role – that of the data authenticator.

5:10

Time to focus on meta analytics to harness mighty metadata

Metadata can be deployed for a great deal more than audit and forensics, and is already in use to support a myriad of applications today.

4:10
Storage
Feb 9, 2022

Data fabric focus to drive bandwidth, compute capacity demand

Data fabric solves the challenge of seamlessly accessing and consuming data, and functions in distributed and remote ICT and business environments.

4:10

Data governance has yet to mature

The management of the data landscape can quickly become a nightmare for even the most dedicated and skilled teams, due to the vastness and implications of the task.

4:10

AI in data management: The cream between layers of cake

Artificial intelligence has the capabilities to address the concerns that hamper adoption: data quality, data silos and the ability to explain how it arrived at a decision.

4:10
Storage
Jul 23, 2021

POPIA in force: A win-win for business and customers

Both companies and customers benefit when firms are POPIA compliant and secure permission to contact customers, as this ensures a target of willing clients.

4:30
CX
Jun 24, 2021

Democratising data ownership for true ‘know your customer’

Inverting the ‘360-view of the customer’ model could create a win-win situation for both customers and vendors in an environment of infinite online possibilities.

4:20

AI offers solution to standardisation, automation challenges

Conflicting rules and decisions mean standardising processes is notoriously difficult, but machine learning / artificial intelligence offer a solution.

3:30
Storage
Apr 23, 2021

Should blockchain tech be regulated more, or is it too late?

With the POPIA deadline fast approaching, the use of blockchain for storing personal information may have to come under scrutiny.