Full Stack Developer Business Intelligence Specialist
More About MeI am an experienced Software Engineer and Business Intelligence Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services, education and retail industries.
I am a co-founder of Jobox, a student work experience platform which connects businesses with high-quality students.
Jobox: https://www.jobox.co.za
I have the ability to turn ideas into action. I am creative, innovative and not afraid to take risks.
I keep my skills current in the latest technologies and trends.
I have a strong technical experience and educational background. The key strengths that I possess for success include, having successfully designed, developed, and supported live use applications. I strive for continued excellence and I provide exceptional contributions to customer service for all customers.
May 2019 - Present
Jobox is a student work experience platform which connects businesses with high-quality students. We work together with higher education institutions to find the best candidates, improve graduate employability, and provide data-driven insights.
I am a co-founder and the creator of the Jobox platform. We use a variety of technologies to enhance our services to our external customers which I manage with the team. To view my ongoing progress, just click here.
May 2019 - June 2019
MMS Africa is a private business that offer services to all broadcasters to manage advertising operations functions on their behalf through systemised airtime management solutions.
I had developed internal Microsoft Power BI reporting’s with the capability of filtering through the different visualisations. The reports are embedded on a website and are configured to communicate with the databases using a data gateway for the reports data to automatically refresh in the cloud.
January 2017 - May 2019
nVisionIT (Pty) Ltd is a software solutions company that offer services such as Web Development, Cloud Infrustructure, DevOps Services, Mobile App Development and System Integration.
I designed, developed, and supported Web Applications, Web Services, Business Intelligence reports and dashboards, and integrate applications to corporate companies such as Marsh Inc., Steiner Hygiene, Bid Travel and BidTrack and government organisations such as OBS (Ombudsman for banking services), NPA (National Prosecuting Authority) of South Africa, CIDB (Construction Industry Development Board) and SHRA (Social Housing Regulatory Authority).
I have put together a breakdown of my project descriptions while working at the company, just click here.
July 2018
Rera Language School is a private business that provides children and and adults the opportunity to learn African languages.
As a part-time freelance project, I developed the existing Rera Language School's website, https://www.rera.africa
July 2016 - November 2016
IIE MSA, formerly Monash South Africa was a branch campus of the Australian Monash University until April 2019.
Project Management is a 2nd year module that teaches the practice of initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing the work of a team to achieve specific goals and meet specific success criteria at the specified time.
I had over 50 students across 3 different class per week. My responsibility was to help students learn, reviewing content with them, explaining how to solve problems, checking completed work, and marking assignments and presentations.
September 2014 - December 2016
Exclusive Books is one of South Africa's largest bookselling chains.
Supervising the night staff team has taught me valuable managerial experiences. My responsibility was organising workflow, delegating tasks, and ensuring that employees understand their duties. Furthermore, I monitored employee productivity and providing constructive feedback and coaching. These helped me improve on my communication skills, sales skills, merchandising skills, and marketing skills. I gained knowledge on stock taking, cashing up, stock ordering and creating the employee timesheets every fortnight.
February 2014 - September 2016
Musica is one of South Africa's music selling chains.
As a part time customer service employee, I had begun to learn to balance my studies with my first practical working experience. My responsibility was broken into the 4 parts. Firstly, aiding customers to ensure they find the right product. Secondly, communicating with customers by email, phone, and face-to-face. Thirdly, investigating and solving customer problems. Lastly, handling the cash register by ringing up sales and cashing up the tills.
August 2018 - August 2019
IIE MSA, formerly Monash South Africa was a branch campus of the Australian Monash University until April 2019.
Business Leadership is a management development programme aimed at all managerial levels showing potential with the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary for successful general business management and effective leadership.
February 2015 - June 2015
Monash University Malaysia, the Malaysian campus of Monash University is located within the Bandar Sunway township in Malaysia which is know for being the first foreign university in Malaysia.
I had been awarded a Scholarship at the beginning of my 2nd year continuing my studies in Bachelor of Computer and Information Sciences. I had the previlage of studying abroad in a foreign country for a single semester.
February 2014 - December 2016
IIE MSA, formerly Monash South Africa was a branch campus of the Australian Monash University until April 2019.
The Bachelor of Computer and Information Science provides a thorough theoretical grounding and knowledge base in the key principles of Computer and Information Systems.
I have completed my majors in both Application Development and Networks, and Business Systems.
I work on the application of businesses and use my technical expertise to enable businesses in the creation, management and optimisation of, or access to information and business processes.
I design, code and modify apps and websites, from layout to function and according to the client's specifications. I strive to create visually appealing apps and sites that feature user-friendly design and clear navigation.
I critically evaluate and screen data, as well as profiling to identify any issues. Furthermore I focus on developing new data analysis processes and assessing analytics on an ongoing basis.
I conduct research to understand how a company functions, and where a company can use technological improvement. I analyses information gathered to form a hypothesis of company weaknesses and how to fix them.
Feel free to get in touch
Remotely, during the lockdown.
Let's chat some more my contact details are on the right.
alex@jobox.co.za
alexsexwale@gmail.com
Mobile: (+27) 72 839 3113