Curriculum Vitae

Aleck Swart

Personal Details

Surname: SwartFirst Names: Aleck Lukas CorneliusKnown As: AleckID: 760106 5131 086Date Of Birth: 1976 January 06Marital Status: MarriedAddress for Correspondence: P.O. Box 3070, Bromhof, 2154

Nationality: South AfricanDrivers License: Code 08Home Language: AfrikaansOther Languages: EnglishHealth: Excellent Tel: 083 280 5406

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Education

Highest Standard Passed: 10Year Passed: 1993School: Hoerskool Bastion

Subjects: Afrikaans, English, Mathematics, Science, Biology, Accountancy

Tertiary Education: B.A. Natural Science DegreeYear Passed: 1998Institution: Rand Afrikaans University

Subjects: Geography, Geology, Development Studies, Economics, Statistics, Afrikaans, Computer Studies

Tertiary Education: B.A. Honors Degree - GeographyYear Passed: 1999Institution: Rand Afrikaans University

Subjects: Philosophy and Methodology, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing, GIS, Urban Geography

Tertiary Education: MBAStatus: Currently studyingInstitution: Walden University, Minnesota, US

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Training Courses

Training Course Intergraph ProductsYear attended: 2001Institution: Intergraph Systems - Belgium

Products: GeoMedia Grid Analysis, Terrain, Public Works, IntelliWhere on demand, and Transportation Manager

Training Course Oracle SpatialYear attended: 2005Institution: Oracle University MidrandProducts: Oracle Spatial Version 9

Training Course Hummingbird Document Management 2004Year attended: 2006Institution: IA Systems

Products: Hummingbird Document Management Administration and user interface, Records Management Administration and user interfaceCertified on Hummingbird Records Management

Training Course Hummingbird Document Management 2005Year attended: 2006 Institution: IA Systems

Products: Hummingbird Document Management Administration and user interface, Records Management Administration and user interface

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Training Course Business Writing SkillsYear attended: 2006

Institution: GijimaAst Highveld

Training Course Consultancy CourseYear attended: 2006 Institution: GijimaAst Highveld

Training Course Oracle ECMYear attended: 2007 Institution: Oracle Campus Athol

Training Course Hyperwave ECM (User, Administrative and Development)

Year attended: 2008 Institution: Hyperwave Corporation at GijimaAst

Training Course Real Estate ExaminationYear attended: 2003Institution: JCE College

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Employment HistoryCurrent Employer

Company: GijimaAstPeriod: 1 June 2006 – PresentPosition Held: ECM Consultant

Permanent Employee

Previous EmployerCompany: New Dawn TechnologiesPeriod: 1 May 2005 – 15 May 2006Position Held: GIS Specialist

ECM ConsultantPermanent Employee

Previous EmployerCompany: Intergraph Systems South AfricaPeriod: 10 May 1999 – 31 April 2005Position Held: GIS Specialist

Contractor

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Skills SummaryThe skills summary is a high level overview of the various tasks and roles performed:

Management Roles

Manage training and data capture users for the Census 2001 project

Manage a team of 15 data captures and cleaners to ensure data delivery

deadlines are met

Manage the technical aspects of the site with regards to implementation

and roll out at Stats SA

Manage a skills transfer team of 8 people at the Department of Local

Government and Housing (DPLG)

Integrated 13 business units into the new GIS system and managed the

roll out at Department Local Government and Housing

Project managed certain portions on various GIS sites

Planning future road maps for clients and projects

Assist in starting up the GIS department for New Dawn Technologies

Member of GISSA

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Training

Involved in presenting various training courses on different products and in

different environments ranging from government to private sector:

The training methods used:

Class room training

One-on-one training

Advanced customised training

Train the trainer

On site skill transferal training in a production environment

Technical

Following is a list of some of the technical tasks preformed over the years at various companies:

Technical analysis

Integrations

Research on new products to see how they can benefit customers and if

there is a market for the products

Writing of technical specifications for tenders

Data capturing and cleaning

Installation of various products server side and client installations

Out of the box web deployment

Help desk

Stress testing of systems

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Oracle database installation and data management

SQL database installation and data management

Developing of Workflow Solutions

Developing of Electronic Content Management Solutions

Consulting

Consult for Intergraph Systems with regards to technical specifications

on projects

Calculate cost and resource needs for projects

Traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to consult on the use of

GIS and the benefits it will have for their Local Elections and Census

Consulted on a private capacity for the Disaster Management Centre for

Tshwane Metro

Traveled to all Survey General Offices consulting on the use of

Intergraph products and best practice GIS

Prepared a comparative model between Microsoft and open source

products for Limpopo DEDET

Member of the IT Steering Committee at the Department Science and

Technology as led by Dr. Adi Paterson and consulted on the way forward

with regards to ECM and other related technology

Consulted with SANRAL proposing best practice solutions for intelligent

transportation systems for the Internet

Consult at GijimaAst in the ECM environment

Business Writing

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Creating of user requirements, functional specifications and detailed

design specifications

Creating project plans

Tender response

Presentations Pre Sales and Demonstrations

Managing demonstrations and pre-sales at Africa GIS conference held at

CSIR Pretoria in 1999

Represent Intergraph at the ICC conference in Durban 2004

Managed a stand for New Dawn Technologies at the Africa GIS

conference held at the CSIR in Pretoria 2005 introducing a new product

to the market called i-Smart

Managed the Gijima AST, ECM Stand at GOVTECH 2006

Involved in various demos and pre sales ranging from live product

demonstrations to high level architectural overviews

Involved in product demonstrations for current and potential clients

Sourcing business from old clients and potentially new

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GIS Client List

This is a list of clients worked for while in the GIS industry and a brief

description of the work done:

Telkom SA (June 1999 - December 1999) Intergraph Systems South Africa

GIS System testing

Implement GeoMedia Professional to replace ArcInfo

National Roads Agency (March 2000 - 2001) Intergraph Systems South

Africa

Assist in developing the functionality and data to be used as part of the

GIS web site for monitoring the traffic volumes through toll gates

Alcatel Altech Telecoms (June 2000) Intergraph Systems South Africa

Capturing contours for Zimbabwe and modeling 3D terrain models and

creating line of site models for the placement of towers

Namibia –Department Surveys and Mapping (September 2001) Intergraph

Systems South Africa

Implemented the full GIS System for managing the Cadastral and

Topographical data based on Intergraph Technology and Oracle Spatial

Conducted training for all users

Consulted the DSM on ways forward in their GIS environment

Kimberley City Council (February 2002 - 2003) Intergraph Systems South

Africa

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Trained users

Provided support on their GIS system

Statistics South Africa (August 2000 - 2003) Intergraph Systems South

Africa

Worked on the Strategic sessions to plan the roll out of the GIS solution

for the Census

Assisted in creating the technical specifications and functional

Specifications for the project

Gathering all GIS data

Converting the data from Clarke 1880 to WGS 84

Importing all required images and converting them

Setup The Oracle database

Trained contractors for using the GIS software that was used for the

Census Project

Managed and assisted contractors across the board on any issues

relating to the software used

Chief Directorate Surveys and Mapping (May 1999 - May 2005) Intergraph

Systems South Africa

First line Support on any software requirements

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Roads Agency Limpopo (2003 - 2005) Intergraph Systems South Africa

Implemented the software solution

Assisted in any data and software related issues

Mpumalanga Department of Public Works (2003) Intergraph Systems

South Africa

Calculated costing and timelines on a map production project and won

the tender

South African Roads Agencies Limited (2002) Intergraph Systems South

Africa

Consulted on best practice methodologies for managing IT IS (intelligent

transportation system) via the web using Intergraph’s Web Map

Polytech Namibia (2000 - 2005) Intergraph Systems South Africa

Trained lectures on the Use of Intergraph GIS products

Namibia De Beers (2003 - 2005) Intergraph Systems South Africa

Assisted in data cleaning and capturing

Department Local Government and Housing Limpopo (2004 – 2005)

Intergraph Systems South Africa

Gathered all data required

Implemented the Oracle database

Cleaned and converted data and loaded the data

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Created technical and functional specifications

Managed the DLGH skills transferal teams

Incorporated 13 business units into the system

Nkangala District Municipality (2005 - 2006) New Dawn Technologies

The lead GIS specialist on the project providing the Department with a

core GIS system and trained all their users

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ECM Client ListFollowing is a brief description of the ECM clients worked with:

Department Science and Technologies (2006) New Dawn Technologies

Support the Electronic Content Management systems

Part of the Steering committee who was responsible to look after the

current and future requirements of the system

Department Arts and Culture (2006) New Dawn Technologies

Assist in maintaining the current ECM solution

South Africa Parliament Cape Town (2006) GijimaAst

Assist in rolling out their ECM Solution

AVIS Rent a Car (2007) GijimaAst

Replace PME (ECM system) with Oculus

Business analysis and functional requirements

Designing the System workflow

Create the Technical requirements

ESKOM DocMan Project (2007 - Present) GijimaAst

Technical Team Leader

Business Analyst

Technical Documentation

System Implementation

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Roles and Responsibilities at Employers

GijimaAst

ECM Consultant

Consult internal to sales staff on product features and assist with pre-

sales

Consult clients on best practice methods to implement ECM solutions

Assist with tender documentation at a technical level and assist project

managers in defining time lines, phases and mile stones on project plans

Conduct product demos and training on software

Involved in implementation of software

Business Analysis

Involved in the preparation of various document types ranging from

technical specification, functional specs, user manuals and other

Assist in identifying new prospects for business

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New Dawn Technologies

GIS Specialist

ECM Consultant

Involved with developing their GIS Department

Conducted research on new products and evaluating them to make

findings if there is any space for them in the market

Sourcing all relevant data needed on GIS projects

Lead Specialist on the GIS software used

Created all documentation, Training manuals, Users Manuals, Functional

and Technical Specifications

Involved in the research of the Hummingbird Software for the use in the

GIS Environment

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Intergraph Systems

GIS Specialist

Technical specialist responsible for data capturing and cleaning

Implementation of software and maintaining the data on various

databases ranging from Oracle to SQL

On site and telephonic support to clients

Product training

Involved in the sales cycle where I assisted with demos for potential

clients and demos at various conferences

Tender response handling

Consult on best practices in GIS to current and potentially new clients

Managed groups of people on various projects

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Technical Proficiencies

KEY TO LEVEL1. Appropriate Training Only

2. Limited Practical Experience

3. Solid Practical Experience

4. Well Versed, Extensive Experience

5. Expert, Extensive Experience

Applications Years Experience Level

Microsoft Office XP, 2003 and 2007 (Word, Visio, Excel, Project, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook)

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Windows NT, 95, 98,2000, XP, Vista 5

Windows Server 2003 4 4

GeoMedia Professional 7 5

Microsoft SQL Server 3 3

Arc View 3.2 and 9 4 4

Micro StationMGE and Some of its Modules e.g. IRASC IRASB IGEOVEC etc.

4 3

SMMS (Spatial Metadata Management System) 7 5

MRF Clean 7 5

GeoMedia Business Analyst 5 4

Grid Analysis 7 4

Public Works 7 4

Intelliwhere On Demand 4 3

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Terrain Analysis 5 4

Parcel Manager 5 5

Transportation Analyst 7 5

Oracle Database 8, 9i and 10g 6 4

E-Spatial I – Smart Editor 1 4

E- Spatial Control Utilities 1 4

Macromedia Flash MX Studio 2 3

GeoMedia Web Map and Web Map Publisher 3 4

Hummingbird Records Management 2004 2 5

Hummingbird Document Management 2004 2 5

Hummingbird Document Management 2005 2 5

Hummingbird Records Management 2005 2 5

Oculus Imaging and Workflow 1 5

Enterprise Architect Creating UML 1 3

Oracle ECM – Content Server 1 2

Hyperwave ECM 1 4

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