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Chris Freddy

Chris Freddy

Solution Advisor and Architect

Technology / Internet

Cape Town, City of Cape Town

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Seasoned Solution Advisor and Architect with 20+ years of experience in Software Development and Integrations, bridging legacy and cloud technologies. Founder of a successful tech startup later acquired by a major IT vendor. Expert in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) integration, custom application development, and data pipeline design. Recognized speaker at SAP conferences covering topics such as non-Embedded (native) AI platforms that integrate across multiple vendor applications solving for scenarios that are not addressed by embedded AI technologies like Joule; and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and the role it plays in integration and software development.

Solution advisor
Software development
Custom application development
Architect
Ai solutions
Data pipeline design
Data engineer
Approximate rate: ZARR 1,400 per hour

Experience

Solution Advisor and Architect - Sanlam (2018 to 2024) Africa's largest non-banking financial services company

• Led dual-track digital transformation as Solution Architect and Data Engineer.

• Developed AI solutions to streamline HR processes across multiple vendor applications.

• Created enterprise data pipelines architecture that aggregate data from diverse HR sources into a cloud-based data lake (Snowflake) enabling predictive HR analytics.

• Architected employee survey solution integrating Microsoft Power Platform with SAP SuccessFactors.

• Integrated SAP applications and technologies like SAP SuccessFactors, S/4HANA, ECC6 and BTP with both cloud-based and on-premise applications including Identity Access Management and various multi-vendor solutions.

• Integrated SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) with on-premise networking and application platform to create a secure and trusted hybrid platform for single sign-on (SSO) and secure data transfers.

• Architecture and design, and development lead for the employee mobile app based on SAPUI5 and Cloud Foundry in SAP BTP.

Solution Advisor and Architect - Illovo Sugar Africa (2023-2024) Africa's largest sugar producer

• Spearheaded digital transformation from 20 year old legacy systems to SAP S4/HANA and SuccessFactors – application and integration architectures involving Kronos time management and Payspace payroll applications.

• Designed end-state architectures for group-wide rollout across six African countries.

Head of Software Development - EOH (2014-2016) Following acquisition of Karobar Software

• Managed 50+ ABAP developers and established the integration competency.

• Led software development for large public sector SAP implementations.

• Provided strategic pre-sales consultation for complex enterprise solutions

Founder & Owner - Karobar Software (2008-2014)

• Built a successful SAP development company from the ground up.

• Delivered complex custom solutions across diverse industries and SAP implementations.

• Secured partnerships with major enterprises including Media24 (Naspers), Engen Petroleum, and British American Tobacco.

Education

SAP Certified Technical Consultant

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics Engineering

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