Jason Pugh
Software Developer and IT Architect
Enterprise Architect
Telecommunications
Billing Expert
TOGAF Certified
Solutions Architect
Driving License
Johannesburg South Africa
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
Highly accomplished and accountable IT Architect with an outstanding record of providing expert technical leadership, planning and deploying IT strategy in a range of commercial environments.
A strong technical leader demonstrating sound commercial judgement and strong analytic, planning and problem-solving skills; collaborating effectively to deliver dependable high-performance leading-edge solutions, consistently meeting quality parameters, time frames and budget.
A strong technical leader demonstrating sound commercial judgement and strong analytic, planning and problem-solving skills; collaborating effectively to deliver dependable high-performance leading-edge solutions, consistently meeting quality parameters, time frames and budget.
Engineering Lead / Solution Architect / Consultant
Moyo Business Advisory
Since November 2016
South Africa
- Solution architecture design for major banking transformation project
- Agile transformation for project from a traditional waterfall to more agile approach
IT Solution Architect & Application Consultant
IBM South Africa
November 2009
to June 2016
Full-time
Johannesburg
South Africa
- Enterprise Architect on numerous projects, responsible for producing an architecture framework based on IBM reference models for a group of companies in asset investment, the insurance industry, and cash transportation.
- Solution Architect delivering on multiple projects for mobile operators focusing on enhancing the billing systems architecture, providing leading edge solutions to clients' business problems, working in varying levels of abstraction to produce end-to-end solution designs.
- Specialising in Telecommunications, partnering with clients to achieve real business benefits, helping them to make faster, smarter decisions to reduce business risks, working as trusted advisor, facilitator and leader, responding to clients' business and IT needs.
- Aligning business process to technology solutions; providing lasting value to address business needs; utilising intellectual capital and a range of effective methodologies, assets and work products to produce deliverables; creatively solving diverse business issues, enabling the delivery and implementation of solutions for clients.
- Project: E-commerce website - Solution design integrating Oracle ATG into multiple legacy systems; defining web services; real-time data validation. Gathering business requirements, clarify pricing / product rules, defining user journey.
- Skills: Java (J2EE), Weblogic, Agile, SOA, JSP, requirements elicitation
- Project: Insurance Modernisation - Delivered SOA based reference architecture; introduced Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Case Management, business process automation; improved claims management.
- Skills: Insurance knowledge, SOA, MDM, Business Analysis, Enterprise Architecture
- Project: Converged Billing - Produced retail solution designs to allow mobile users to set spend limits based on business requirements.
- Skills: Telecommunications knowledge (eTOM, SID, TAM), Informix, XML.
- Project: Data Archiving and Validation - Gathering business requirements; defining guidelines, storage rules, applying validation rules.
- Skills: Informix, Oracle, SQL, VB, business analysis, data modelling.
- Project: Technical Design Authority - Leading technical design reviews of business, high-level, low-level design; enforce technical governance across all projects.
- Skills: Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF, SDLC, analysis / design principles.
IT Development Manager
Neotel
June 2008
to November 2009
Full-time
Johannesburg
South Africa
- Managing the delivery of software and software integration components by external vendors; overseeing software development, ensuring requirements and time frames are met; liaising with Programme Management, QA and IT Ops to provide accurate development estimates.
- Project Corporate web site - Design / development of corporate internet site; working with product owner and CMO
- Skills: SharePoint, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, .Net, XML
Delivery Manager
EPPIXCOMM
January 1994
to June 2008
- Supervising a development team of up to 20 developers, responsible for the project management of enhancements to clients’ existing software version; delivering projects from 50 to 200 function points; reviewing the functional specifications produced by design analysts, ensuring compliance with company objectives and design practices.
- Role: Implementation Consultant - Successfully implementing EPPIX system
- Project: Web Middleware - Model driven design and development; delivering Java version of billing system; small team using agile methodology.
- Skills: Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE - EJB, JMS, Servlets), BEA Weblogic, RUP, UML, Rational XDE
- Role: Analyst Programmer - Coding based on requirements specification
Developer
Taylor Micro Systems
July 1988
to November 1993
- Writing code; gained understanding of customer relationship management (CRM), finance (GL, AR, AP), stock control, purchase processing, sales processing, material requirements planning (MRP) and accounting principles.
