Louwrens Potgieter
Software Developer at Carab Tekniva
36 years old
Driving License
Pretoria (0081) South Africa
Professional Status
Open to opportunities
About Me
Achieved my academic objectives, I am looking to gain experience, grow in the professional world and maintain a long and successful career with a successful company. I want to apply my knowledge and wide range of skills in a practical and more specific manner to achieve growth and climb the corporate ladder. I am highly motivated and can’t wait to be challenged.
Senior Software Developer
Carab Tekniva
Since January 2013
Full-time
Pretoria
South Africa
- Translate clients' business requirements and objectives into technical applications and solutions.
- Analyze system specifications and translate system requirements to task specifications for junior programmers.
- Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular and database level.
- Responsible for communicating with engineers and manufacturer's technical support staff regarding programming needs and performance.
- Strong and effective inter-personal and communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of clients and staff.
- Provide feedback to analysis/training staff about performance considerations / usability issues concerning software specifications and implementation.
- Assist and mentor junior level staff to ensure they are meeting
project deliverables and timelines. - Provide expert level programming.
- Provide expert level abilities in database design, development, and enhancement
within the MS SQL Server DBMS.
Software Developer
Universitas Hospital
January 2010
to 2012
Freelancer
Bloemfontein
South Africa
- Lead projects and assists junior level staff with minor projects.
- Provide technical input to risk analysis and change control.
- Lead systems architecture analysis, design, development, and
enhancement.
Junior Lecturer
University of the Free State
January 2011
to 2012
Bloemfontein
South Africa
- Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate Computer Science modules
- Research and publication in any relevant area of Computer Science
- Advising and supervising Honours and Master’s students
Research Assistant
University of the Free State
January 2010
to 2012
- Develop Windows and Web applications for research projects.
- Mentor students by giving advice and support with the aim of cultivating good programming abilities and habits.
- Collect and analyze data
- Supervise undergraduate students working on the research project (maintaining records on assignment completion, acting as liaison/mediator between the undergraduate students and the faculty researcher)
- Attend project meetings
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
University of the Free State/Universiteit van die Vrystaat
September 2011
to June 2012
Information Technology
Information Technology
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
University of the Free State/Universiteit van die Vrystaat
September 2007
to June 2009
Information Technology Management
- C#
- SQL
- ASP.NET
- ASP.NET AJAX
- CSS
- Python
- HTML
- XHTML
- XAML
- XML
- XNA
- ASP
- UML
- OOP
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Visual Studio (2008 - 2013)
- Microsoft Phone Development
- JavaScript
- .NET
- WPF
- Database Design
- Agile Methodologies
- Android Development
- Java
- Team Leader
- Conflict management
- Project Management
- Afrikaans
- English
