Candidate Name
Director of Security
South Africa
Summary
Experienced and CISSP-certified security professional with a strong leadership, engineering and software development background.
Today, I lead the Security, InfoSec GRC and IT teams for a fast-growing fintech startup in Africa. Our goal is to build the infrastructure necessary for other digital finance innovations to grow and scale more quickly across the continent.
I led software and DevOps teams at xneelo before pivoting my career into security. Before that, I was also a firmware engineer, which provided me with deep insights into the security and reliability needs of systems ranging from Industrial OT to the Cloud.
Work experience
01/08/2022
26/08/2025
26/08/2025
Director of Security
01/03/2022
01/08/2022
01/08/2022
Digital Security Lead
01/07/2020
01/02/2022
01/02/2022
Senior Security Engineer
Education & certifications
01/01/2004
01/01/2006
01/01/2006
Master of Science in Engineering
Mathematics and Computer Science
01/01/2010
01/01/2011
01/01/2011
Bachelor of Philosophy
Sustainable Development, Sustainable Agriculture and Renewable Energy
01/01/2000
01/01/2003
01/01/2003
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Electronic Engineering
Open to relocate
Skills
Information Security Python Security Awareness Threat Intelligence Kali Linux Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Git AWS Linux C# SQL C++ Ruby Docker CISSP Security Auditing ISO 27001 PCI DSS Kubernetes DevSecOps Penetration Testing