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Education

Academic foundation and professional qualifications

Academic Degrees

MBA

University of Warwick

United Kingdom

September 1998 - September 2001

H Dip Tax, Taxation

Rand Afrikaans University

South Africa

1992 - 1993

Dip Acc, Accounting

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

1990

B Comm, Commerce

University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa

1986 - 1988

High School

Westridge High School

South Africa

1981 - 1985

Professional Qualifications

Chartered Accountant (SA)

SAICA

South African Institute of Chartered Accountants - December 1993

SAFe 4 Certified Product Owner/Product Manager

Scaled Agile, Inc.

Issued February 2018

Continuous Learning

Formal education provided the foundation, but the real learning happens through building. Current focus areas include:

AI & Machine Learning

Building transformers from scratch, understanding neural network internals, deploying production AI systems

Computer Architecture

Built an 8-bit computer from logic gates to understand computing from first principles

Python Development

Advanced Python for data analysis, automation, and AI application development

Full-Stack Web Development

Next.js, React, TypeScript—building this very website as a learning project