Gavin Waldeck

I’m a results-driven individual who excels in converting complex concepts and innovative ideas into profitable businesses. I have achieved this by putting together exceptional teams and ensuring professional stakeholder management. 

I have experience in large corporates, small companies as well as start-ups. Results driven, interactive “Team Management” philosophy and leadership style, which has yielded enhanced profitability, shareholder value and organisational development. 

My experience goes back more than 33 years, Practice Manager for 4 years managing a team of Migration consultants doing the largest Cloud migration in EMEA, and Project Management (more than 20 years), Program/Project Office Management (more than 10 years). I worked across many different areas of business in South Africa including Telecommunications, Financial management, Personnel/HR management, Logistical, Billing management and managed to build products/system for multiple industries running as SaaS etc. During this time, I have managed Cloud migrations and modernisation programs with AWS ProServe, Billing, Revenue Assurance, Insurance, Customer Relationship Applications, IT programs, amongst others. My responsibilities included Program Management, Project Management, program scheduling, reporting, financial tracking and controlling, stakeholder management, mentoring & management of project managers and administrators across programs, overall risk & issue & dependency management, third party vendor management and client liaison. I have also been responsible for the establishment & execution of Project and Program Management Offices in a number of environments and organizations, which include the implementation & maintenance of Product and Program/Project Management Processes. My core values are guiding principles that never change. My values such as: Integrity, Excellence, Accountability and Team work are deeply held-convictions, priorities, and underlying assumptions that influence my attitude and behavior.

I’m a results-driven individual who excels in converting complex concepts and innovative ideas into profitable businesses. I have achieved this by putting together exceptional teams and ensuring professional stakeholder management. 

I have experience in large corporates, small companies as well as start-ups. Results driven, interactive “Team Management” philosophy and leadership style, which has yielded enhanced profitability, shareholder value and organisational development. 

My experience goes back more than 33 years, Practice Manager for 4 years managing a team of Migration consultants doing the largest Cloud migration in EMEA, and Project Management (more than 20 years), Program/Project Office Management (more than 10 years). I worked across many different areas of business in South Africa including Telecommunications, Financial management, Personnel/HR management, Logistical, Billing management and managed to build products/system for multiple industries running as SaaS etc. During this time, I have managed Cloud migrations and modernisation programs with AWS ProServe, Billing, Revenue Assurance, Insurance, Customer Relationship Applications, IT programs, amongst others. My responsibilities included Program Management, Project Management, program scheduling, reporting, financial tracking and controlling, stakeholder management, mentoring & management of project managers and administrators across programs, overall risk & issue & dependency management, third party vendor management and client liaison. I have also been responsible for the establishment & execution of Project and Program Management Offices in a number of environments and organizations, which include the implementation & maintenance of Product and Program/Project Management Processes. My core values are guiding principles that never change. My values such as: Integrity, Excellence, Accountability and Team work are deeply held-convictions, priorities, and underlying assumptions that influence my attitude and behavior.

EDUCATION

Pretoria Technicon                        National Diploma: Computer Data Science              1990

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/ CERTIFICATIONS

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Agile project management, UCT
• Project management Certification, Damelin
• Oracle ERP Boot Camp, Oracle
• Management mentor program at AST – [Development manager]
• IT Management mentor program MTN – [IT Director]
• Implementation Mentor program – [Virgin Mobile]
• I participated in the Mentor program at EDGE giving PMO mentorship and Business strategy mentorship
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Other Training:

• ITIL foundation
• SAFe Agile
• Management Training
• AWS – Partner Economics
• AWS – Partner Technical