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Herman van Heerden

Vancouver,Surrey

Summary

More than 20 years of experience is a wide variety of fields, both technical and organizational. This have provided the opportunity to gain experience in a vast array of technologies and the management there of.


An organized and dependable resource, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.


A detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. The ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Consultant, Interim CTO

The Coaches Site
08.2022 - Current

Managed and built the technology and process for a young startup, incorporating Blockchain technology, and readying the company to become social media driven. Oversaw the increase of registered members grow to more than 18000.

  • Management skills: Process definition for development and support, Project management
  • Technical skills: Blockchain implementation, System development (LAMP), Systems integration, Cyber security, and system pen testing

Program Director

Ayogo Health INC
06.2020 - 02.2023

Managed the 2 core development teams, defining and harden processes in the project, program and product management fields while gaining experience into the health care industry of Canada and the United States.

  • Management skills: Agile/Kanban project management, Strategic planning, Project process definition and implementation, Customer satisfaction management
  • Technical skills: Setup support desk, Review software architecture, Native, React, MySQL, AWS

Senior Project Manager

M56 Studios
03.2020 - 05.2020

Established myself as a skilled Project Manager in the North American market, while overseeing the launch of the key product: Fit52

  • COVID retrenchment
  • Management skills: Agile/SCRUM project management
  • Technical skills: Architectural review, PHP, Laravel, React/Native, MySQL

Technical Consultant, Interim CTO

IPeerion LLC
02.2018 - 02.2020

Managed the tailoring of new disruptive Blockchain technology for the US market

  • Management skills: Project process definition, Development project management, Strategic planning
  • Technical skills: Blockchain technology, PHP, Java, LAMP, Azure, AWS, RabbitMD, Kafka

Owner/Managing Editor

Prime 43 INC
02.2016 - 02.2018

Established and built a startup in the North American Economy, selling 2 core products, Blockchain and Encryption, to iPeerion LLC

  • Management skills: Company build, Strategic planning, Project Management, Product Management
  • Technical skills: C/C++, Java, PHP, LAMP, Kafka, RabbitMD, RSA encryption, TCP/IP, Networking

Owner/Managing Editor

Starship Systems CC
02.2003 - 01.2016

Starting and building a new business, defining the technology, and hiring a team to continue on the groundwork I put in place

  • Spun off the Blockchain and Encryption technology into Prime43 to be established in North America
  • Management skills: Company build, Strategic planning and execution, Team building, System Architecture, Network Architecture Software Architecture, Development Management, Support Management
  • Technical skills: C/C++, Java, PHP, Linux, MS Windows Server and Back Office, MacOS Servers, Email servers, Data Warehousing, SAP, JD Edwards, Networking, CISCO, NAS and SAN, SecOPs, DevOPs, VMWare, Oracle, MS SQL Server, VPNs, UML, CRM

Clients and projects:

  • Nissan/Renault South Africa, UK, France and Japan - Technical consultant, Project Management, Team Management, Data Warehousing, SecOPs, DevOPs, PEN testing, Network architecture, MS Windows, LINUX
  • Jaguar/Land Rover SA and UK - Technical consultant, Project Management, Team Management, Data Warehousing, SecOPs, DevOPs, Java, PHP, LAMP
  • Accolade Consulting - Technical consultant, Project Management, System architecture, PEN testing, Systems audit, System Forensics
  • South Africa Post Office - Project Consultant, Team Management, SecOPs, PEN testing
  • VISTA clinic - Networking, SecOPs
  • Orange Cash Loans - Project consultant, Networking, SecOPs, Project Management, VPN, LAMP
  • South African local government - System architecture, Software Architecture (UML)
  • South African Financial Services Board - Project Management, VPNs, NAS and SAN, Project Management, Networking, VMWare, DevOPs, MS Windows, LINUX
  • SUN Microsystems International - Project Management, CRM, Project Management
  • Pinnacle Micro Computers - Project Management, Support desk setup, manage and train
  • Comperio Forensics: Team Management, Data forensics, PEN Testing, System forensics

Interim CEO

NEWORDER Industries Pty LTD
01.2011 - 07.2014

Managed to build a new venture and handing it over to the long term team as soon as it reaches viability. Increased the client base from 1 to over 20.

  • Management skills: Company build, Strategic planning, Project Management, Process definition and implementation, New business development, Course creations and Ethical hacking trainer
  • Technical skills: OWASP standards, PEN testing tools, Kali/Backtrack, SIEM, NAS and SAN, LINUX, MS Windows, MacOS, Networking, WiFi, Bluetooth, Encryption breaking and investigation, Exploit tracking, Reporting and rectifications

Clients and projects:

  • MTN South Africa - Project Management, Team Management, PEN Testing
  • Harmony Mining - Project Management, Team Management, PEN Testing, System audits, Network Audit, WiFi audit
  • Goldfields Mining - Project Management, Team Management, PEN Testing, System audits
  • ATOS Origin - Client liaison, Team Management, Server systems audit, SAN and NAS implementation
  • CipherWave - Project Management, System audits
  • BCS Group - Project Management, PEN Testing, System audits
  • Merit - Project Management, Team Management, PEN Testing, System audits
  • QUEMIC Risk Solutions - Security Consultant, Project Management, System audits, Network audit
  • Bravura Holdings - Project Management, Team Management, PEN Testing
  • Investec South Africa - Technical Consultant, PEN Testing, System audit, Network Audit
  • Vault IT - Technical Consultant, PEN Testing, System audit, Software exploit rectification
  • SAICB (The South African Insurance Crime Bureau) - Technical Consultant, PEN Testing, Network audit, Mail system audit, Secure mail system configuration
  • ACFE South Africa - PEN Testing, Network Audit, WiFi audit

Education

Certification in Ethical Hacking -

CISE
South Africa
2012

Diploma in Project Management (PMBOK) -

Rand Afrikaans University (RAU)
South Africa
2001

B. Sc. Honors - Project Management, AI, Expert Systems, Networking

University of The Free State
South Africa
1997

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Applied Mathematics

University of The Free State
South Africa
1996

Skills

Management:

  • Project Management (PMBOK, Agile, SCRUM, Kanban)
  • Strategic panning
  • Team building and process definition
  • Company Executive and Director
  • System and Software architecture (UML)

Technical:

  • Security and PEN testing (Ethical Hacker)
  • Development (PHP, Java, Java Script, C/C, Small Talk, NET, C#)
  • Servers and server systems (MS Windows, LINUX, MacOS, NSA/SAN, VMWare, Docker)
  • Networking (Infrastructure, WiFi, Switches and Switching)
  • Data warehousing (MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL/MariaDB)
  • Blockchain technology
  • Cloud services and servers (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure)

Accomplishments

Wrote a book, "A first course in Ethical Hacking" which I used as handbook to train ethical hackers. I made it available on Amazon, Apple, and Lulu for general consumption.

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Technical Consultant, Interim CTO

The Coaches Site
08.2022 - Current

Program Director

Ayogo Health INC
06.2020 - 02.2023

Senior Project Manager

M56 Studios
03.2020 - 05.2020

Technical Consultant, Interim CTO

IPeerion LLC
02.2018 - 02.2020

Owner/Managing Editor

Prime 43 INC
02.2016 - 02.2018

Interim CEO

NEWORDER Industries Pty LTD
01.2011 - 07.2014

Owner/Managing Editor

Starship Systems CC
02.2003 - 01.2016

Certification in Ethical Hacking -

CISE

Diploma in Project Management (PMBOK) -

Rand Afrikaans University (RAU)

B. Sc. Honors - Project Management, AI, Expert Systems, Networking

University of The Free State

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science And Applied Mathematics

University of The Free State
Herman van Heerden