Sven Olaf Potstada

Rainmaker @ SBCFE, Information Technology and Services

Hi, I'm Sven Olaf Potstada. I help people create, run & maintain their business (identity) in the cloud!

Sven Olaf Potstada's Bio:

Sven Olaf Potstada's Experience:

• CTO at Ukuketa Advantage Investments

  2010 - October 2011

  Establish and manage it environment and align w business strategy

• Project Manager / IT Solutions Architect at Absa

  July 2010 - April 2011

  Involved in the project management, solution design and implementation of a number of strategic & tactical projects for Group Finance; representing Group Financial Reporting in the project work-streams & working as the interface between business owners and Group IT & Group Information Services ensuring strategic alignment, common understanding & driving stakeholder management. Additionally working with the stakeholders such as the Data Governance & Information Security departments, mitigating and managing data- & information risk, -ownership & -accountability.

• Strategic Advisor at Chess Plains Coaching

  2010 - 2011

  Positioning and business development / strategy

• Credit Portfolio Manager at Teba Bank

  June 2007 - June 2010

  Responsible for management and monitoring of the bank's credit portfolio including portfolio reporting, -analysis and informing strategic decision making through direct liaison with executive and senior management as well as working closely across business units, with strategic partners and regulatory bodies (e.g. NCR-, Basel II reporting to SARB) and sitting on the bank's statutory credit committee and regional credit committees. Additionally representing the Bank at the Credit Providers Association and serving on the bank's Business Intelligence Committee, the User Change Forum and on the Basel II Reporting Review Committee. Involved in establishing credit application scoring for various products.

• Leadership Coach at Wits Business School

  2010 - 2010

  Coaching w focus on development of leadership skills

• Senior IT Project Auditor at Teba Bank

  May 2006 - June 2007

  Involved in providing assurance through auditing within the following projects and areas such as IT General Controls and the Bridgate - Banking System Development - project. Additionally working on the Debit Card Front End Roll-Out Project and assisting in the Basel II Implementation Project. Auditing the Project Office business unit.

• MBA Student at Wits Business School

  April 2005 - April 2007

  Research Topic: "Instant Messaging Adoption in Banks in South Africa" Specialised Electives: - Competitive Intelligence, - Corporate Finance, - Equity Investing, - Investments, - Marketing Research, - Negotiation, - Project Management, - Storytelling in Organisations

• IT Management Trainee at IBM Germany

  October 2001 - 2005

  During a dual study at university while being fully employed at IBM, gaining experience and exposure in consulting and project management, software development / design, IT architecture & security, customer fulfillment, database design & modeling, data warehousing and business intelligence. Developed "a practical approach to project management for small and medium sized projects within IBM Software Services for Websphere" and worked closely with clients in the financial industry on an analysis of "the effects of the new Basel II laws on data population and data quality". Technical Skills accumulated: - project management - MS Project (time & resource levelling. . . ) - conflict management - leadership & management training - presentation- & moderation techniques - Internet / e-business - database systems / design / administration-basics (DB2) - communication systems (LAN, Client/Server) - operating systems (Linux; Win9x, NT, 2k, XP) - network -management, -administration (Win2k, Linux), -security (Win2k, Linux) - Lotus Notes / Domino (GroupWare, DB Development) - programming skills (Java (J2EE, J2SE, SaX, DOM), JSP, ASP, C, XML, HTML, ObjectREXX (also on S/390))

• IT Management Trainee at IBM South Africa

  May 2003 - September 2003

  developing an asset management / tracking system for the strategic outsourcing department at IBM South Africa

• Founder at networkteam

  1997 - 1998

  Mainly engaged in driving negotiations, customer relationship management and business operations & financial management. Integral participation in preparation and execution of management buyout.

• rainmaker | director at Small Business Cloud for Enterprise

  2011

Sven Olaf Potstada's Education:

• University of the Witwatersrand

  2010 – 2010
  Post-MBA Certificate in Leadership Coaching
  Concentration: Coaching

• University of the Witwatersrand

  2005 – 2007
  MBA

• University of Cooperative Education, Stuttgart

  2001 – 2004
  BSc / MSc
  Concentration: IT Management (international)

• Staffordshire University

  2003 – 2003
  BSc
  Concentration: IT Management

• Midland Senior High School

  1996 – 1997
  High School Dloma

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