Otto was a founding member of FINWorks in 1998, initially exploring technology opportunities in the financial industry. Between 1992 and 1996 he worked in the IT industry. He joined Momentum Administration Services in 1996. Otto joined Equinox.co.za (Pty) Ltd as Director in 2000. In 2003 he joined Rand Merchant Bank International based in London UK as CTO. Otto Resigned in 2005 to start his own business ventures and during 2005 FINWorks became operational. Otto obtained his BSC Computer Science (1992) and HONS (1995) at the University of Pretoria. He is married to Talita and has three boys.
Walther worked for Momentum Administration Services from 1996 to 2000. He then joined Equinox.co.za (Pty) Ltd as director. In 2002 he resigned from Equinox to start his own business ventures. Walther joined FINWorks as Director in 2005. Walther obtained his BCOM Informatics (1995) and MBA (2003) degrees at the University of Pretoria. He is married to Heleen and has three boys.
Kimberly is a senior software developer specialising in Smalltalk/GemStone. Kimberly began her Smalltalk/GemStone career in Vancouver Canada in 1996. She has since been instrumental in developing in-house systems for financial institutions around the world (San Francisco, London, Toronto and South Africa). Kimberly enjoys spending time in the bushveld.
Talita worked in the IT industry since 1995. She was a lecturer at Bond University and Damelin College between 1999 and 2003 (Computer Studies departement). Talita obtained her BSC Computer Science (1992), Higher Educational Diploma (1993) and BSc(HONS) (1996) at the University of Pretoria. She also completed a SAQA level 5 ‘Train the Trainer’ course. She joined FINWorks in 2005 as a software developer.
Mari-Jeanne started at FinWorks in June 2010 as bookkeeper. She is currently studying part-time through UNISA for her BEd (Early Childhood Development – Foundation Phase) degree and does part time aupair work in the mornings.
Cobus joined Finworks in 2007 as a developer. Between 1997 and 2007 he worked at Business Connexion (QData) where he was involved in various projects, mostly in the financial industry. He was a Senior Consultant at the time of his departure. Cobus joined Alexander Forbes in 1996 as a developer. He obtained a National Diploma in Computer Systems from the Vaal Triangle Technikon (Vaal University of Technology) 1995. He is married to Karen and has 3 children.
Pieter was trained and qualified in the electronic field but in 1997 the “IT bug” bit! Since then he gained a lot of experience in software development (Java, C#, Delphi, Oracle PL/SQL, etc.) and software administration (JEE, .NET, WebSphere, Tivoly Identity Manager, StarTeam, Pastel, etc.) at financial institutions like Charter Life, Mutual and Federal and the PN Group. He is internationally certified in Java, XML, etc. The last couple of years he spent in IT and Operations management but in 2010 joined FINWorks where he can live out his passion (software development and software administration). He is married to Madie and has a daughter; and they “dig” the outdoor life.
Before FinWorks Amor did software implementations and training for QuickBooks, Brilliant Accounting, Pastel, SAP Business One and Ghost Practice legal software. She started at Finworks in January 2008 as bookkeeper and later moved to the Momentum site as Test Analyst on the RMBIS system. She currently works from the FinWorks office, testing mainly the Allan Gray Group RA system… and any other new software product our marketing & development teams dish up.
Rinca joined Finworks in April 2008. She started her career as a teacher in 1986 and after 3 years moved to the private sector gaining experience and knowledge in data analysis and design, software engineering and design, network support, system integration, system analysis, business analysis, data warehousing and project management in various industries:
- Fire control (military weapons) support (Kentron),
- Military reconnaissance (Geo Systems/Teklogic/Altech Defence Systems)
- Air force pilot training; Driver licence; (Cenit System Integrators),
- Manufacturing systems (Hulett Aluminium/SA Mint/SA Breweries,
- Medical administration and insurance integration systems (Medikredit),
- Investment systems (Momentum).
She obtained her BSC Computer Science (1985) and Higher Educational Diploma (1986) at the University of Orange Free State, Bloemfontein. She is married to Blackie and has two daughters.
Elsa joined FINWorks in 2006. She has done web development for Webonline and Tshwane University of Technology from 2002 to 2005 and obtained her BTech degree (2005) at TUT. She is married to Ben and has 2 boys.
