Gerrit Olivier is founder and CEO of About IT and 30-year industry veteran. He is a qualified chartered accountant who was a co-founding member of CS Holdings, later sold to Bytes Technology Group, and is a former partner at Coopers & Lybrand, which is PricewaterhouseCoopers today.
He has a rich history in financials and ERP, has developed his own project methodology, developed a cash receipts system for Pastel, has worked with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, and a number of blue-chip brand names in South Africa.
Olivier passionately pursues the evolution of IT as businesses embrace new methods of working, new ways to engage customers, and the benefits of data analytics in the era of digitalisation and cloud.
He is chief architect of About IT’s strategy for evolving the cloud ERP value chain in lockstep with these emerging trends. His strategy hinges on developing About IT’s infrastructure-as-a-service and data analytics products, services and professional consulting to empower medium to large business owners and managers.
Olivier ardently pursues accessorising cloud technologies for medium to large operations so they can gain operational efficiencies and financial benefits for added value.Articles