Sibongiseni Elliot Phakathi

Stone Ridge Country Estate 105 Basalt Street Monavoni ext 3, Centurion, 0157 27 798937758 Elliot.phakathi@gmail.com PROFILE Currently, I Manage my company operations, which I started in October 2011. The focus is securing funding for plastic recycling and creating viable models that can be adopted by start-up companies. The company will specialize in recycling plastic into pellets. This includes the following: Sourcing plastic waste material (LLDPE, LDPE & HDPE) Grading and sorting services for plastic waste material Washing of plastic waste material Recycling and pelletizing of plastic waste material Selling and distributing high quality recycled polyethylene pellets to various plastic converters (plastic product manufacturers including industrial piping, Boardwalk & Deck planking, poles, pallets & Outdoor furniture manufacturers)

WORK HISTORY November 2009 July 2012 IT Manager (Postbank and Post Office) I worked for the Postbank under financial services as IT Manager. My main tasks and accountabilities focus was to plan and manage delivery of information Services (IS) in support of business objectives and on -going operations in respect of specific business units within SAPO and the corporate division. This includes systems and project management, nd rd change requests or management, 2 and 3 level operational support. I work closely with specific business units within SAPO, business end users, and service providers to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of solutions deployed in support of business goals and objectives and ultimately responsible for delivery of services which may be project and / or support related. Key outputs areas are thus: 1. Managing provision of application development environment 2. Managing and ensuring compliance to requirements 3. General Management 4. Managing testing of applications (new development and changes) 5. Administering the development environment 6. Managing operations on application support countrywide Moreover, I managed and supported more than five systems within the financial services, which ranges from middleware (for EFTs), treasury management system, rd Mantas, 3 Party Payment Systems (i.e. Pay-a-bill services) and Voucher Management System (i.e. Pensions payouts, and social grants), Money Order transfers, Internet Banking environment, and bespoke applications. Under such systems I was responsible for the following among other things: Managing relationship with our internal clients and Off shore support teams for various environments and various stakeholders

Managing relationship with suppliers and contractors for all systems under my management and responsibilities and expected delivery of services to customers Managing OLAs with different divisions within South African Post office to provide support for all systems Provide necessary documentation to supply chain division for them to manage the procurement processes Coordinate deployment of new release or/ and new system upgrades Managing and meeting the expected SLA targets A principal contact at Payment Association of South Africa (PASA) for Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) technical stream with other financial institutions representatives Principal contact for 3 Parties payment systems with big clients like Telkom, SABC, SPAR and various municipalities on a technical stream
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Course (s) / Certificates done: 1. ITIL Foundation V3 Certified 2. Cobit Certified 3. Currently doing Master of Business Administration (MBA, second year) 4. Business Contract Management and SLAs 5. Management Information Systems/ Operations management 6. Budgeting, Procurement and Asset Management 7. Currently doing TOGAF May 2008 - October 2009 Senior Researcher and Senior Information Warfare Specialist (CSIR) Managing and coordination of projects and development of systems and also developing conceptual models and prototypes with the focus on the following areas Development of software systems for modelling and simulation Design and specification of systems Design and execution of field experiments, analysis and interpretation of data, and client feedback Operation-based simulation and analysis Simulation and functional analysis of systems and subsystems Implementation of algorithms on systems Network analysis (packet level data analysis) Information Warfare (IW) and (command and control, communications, computers, information, intelligence, infrastructure, reconnaissance and surveillance) C4I3RS focused research. Course (s) done: Advanced Hacking-Counter Strike 2008 CISSP Boot Camp Security Domain(s) involved with Network Security and Telecommunications In this area my involvement is in software development,

developing some component of a node communication framework (which is like a secure ad hoc network) using concurrency technique based on threads coupled with socket programming (TCP/IP programming) for nodes that acts as servers and developing protocol communication for secure communication among nodes. Another component on this communication framework is the one that handles the securing of data on transmit and received stored data using symmetric cryptography. Other projects involvement is to be part of the red (offensive) and blue team (defensive) to conduct research around wireless security, network security and to participate in doing these tasks (war gaming the security infrastructure).

April 2007 - April 2008

ICT Security Researcher (COMSEC) Main tasks and accountabilities at Electronic Communications Security (Pty) Ltd, generally known as COMSEC focused on the development of state-owned products and the enhancement of existing products to ensure complete security integrity and best fit design. As team (R&D team) also verify and accredit existing solutions. This emphasis is on research and proactive response strategy. Also provide consultancy services on the security and protection of electronic communications services, systems and products, and co-ordinate research and development with regard to electronic communications security systems, products, services and any other related services. Responsible for advising on Security Requirements and drafting those artefacts (documents) Also working on drafting the product evaluation framework of security products Participate on partnership meetings on Biometric research initiatives in partnership with CSIR and SAGEM, disk encryption, quantum cryptography, PKI technology initiatives in partnership with SAPO Coordinate weekly Research group meeting

Do pilots and testing of new products and conduct Proof of Concepts (POC) and presenting results to the executive management. Course (s) done: Cryptography and network security Security Domain(s): Cryptography My involvement on this area was to review on going trends on this field and scrutinize, examine current implemented technologies that need cryptography to secure data and advise the organs of state on the recent developments and also design an implementable design to ensure complete integrity, confidentiality, availability and the best fit design. This also required engaging stakeholders on latest developments and also submit the requirements to suppliers and developers to provide relevant technologies for various organs of state depending on their need of securing data based on the classification of data Information security and Part of Risk Management My involvement was to engage the technical experts in various

departments within COMSEC also inviting external speakers to present different products, designs, conceptual concepts on Access control and cryptography in the form of research group meetings and also organizing crush coarse on information security as tool to create awareness around the dangers of neglecting information security (this including presentation on different security domains and their importance). Also was involved in engaging different suppliers and also doing proof of concepts (POC) on biometrics products from various suppliers and also conducting full disk encryptions POC and advising on various attacks on these systems like cold boot attack on encryption keys etc.

May 2006 - March 2007 Systems/Business Analyst (at CSIR) Responsible for translating identified needs into requirements and conceptual solutions that will enable execution of projects and initiatives from inception to implementation and will act as an interface between researchers and users & stakeholders. The project is known as the National Accessibility Portal (NAP), it aims is to enhance the development and independence of persons with disabilities. This is achieved through the creation of a highly innovative and efficient information and communication system. The NAP will enable people with different disabilities to access information and services, and to interact and communicate irrespective of age, gender, language and level of literacy. The system is based on Internet technologies and use open source software to provide affordable alternatives. (It is aligned with the strategy of the New Partnership for Africa 's Development (NEPAD) and with the goal of the Africa Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999 to 2009) to empower persons with disabilities in Africa MAIN TASK(S) AND PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Responsible for requirements elicitation Responsible for analyzing the requirements to determine the system needs to fulfil those requirements Responsible for understanding the business and making recommendations for improvement Responsible for use-case modelling by outlining the system's functionality and delimiting the system; for example, establishing what actors and use cases exist, and how they interact. Responsible and participates in the functional analysis, specification, design, implementation, and testing of new systems, applications, and enhancements. Re-engineering and systems modelling, using tools like Magicdraw, IDEFxx, ArgoUML, also exploring of RUP and extreme programming Participate in JADs, and Design of NAP system

Security components as Systems/business Analyst involved doing the Following during requirement analysis and during testing after coding and verifying if they complied with the requirements: Refining requirements that had to do with ( Application Security) Access control Authentication Authorization The NAP portal has secure areas for certain users depending on their roles (general users, managers, administrators, health specialist and other users had more than two roles to play).

May 2005 - April 2006 Database Manager Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies Mtubatuba The main objective of the database manager/scientist is to assist scientists at the Africa Centre (www.africacentre.ac.za) with designing the data management applications for scientific studies, to devise efficient data collection and storage techniques, and to design and manage the acquisition of efficient data extraction and data presentation applications for analytical datasets. MAIN TASK(S) AND PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Data system design Involved at an early stage (protocol development) of the design of scientific studies and to guide the design and specification of all aspects of data management associated with scientific studies through to study implementation using software engineering principles. Data collection and storage research Conduct research on appropriate and efficient data collection and communication techniques for field and health facility based research studies; Conduct research on efficient storage, retrieval and presentation techniques for research data; Present research findings at scientific meetings and the publication of articles in peer reviewed journals Analytical datasets Manage the design, acquisition, implementation and operation of a system to extract analytical datasets from research databases. Manage the design, acquisition, implementation and operation of a system to do data cleaning of research datasets Manage the design, acquisition, implementation and operation of a system to make available analytical datasets to an international community of investigators under controlled access conditions

People Management Managing software tester(s), Data quality controllers, Data cleaners, and operational database administrator Overseeing all activities concerning analytical databases, doing delegation of backups of databases (operational and analytical, taking snapshots) to database administrator. Responsible for weekly meetings for Data support unit and reporting to the HEAD of Analytical Data support Unit Tools Used: SPSS, Stata, MATLAB, DTS, SQL (writing functions, store procedures, TSQL, Query Analyzer, creating reports, Documenting datasets using different reporting formats) Security components as Database Manager/scientist involved looking after and implementing the following: Table Access Control Restricting Database Access (also including patch management and backups and testing patches on non-critical systems prior to installations) Server Security Database connections

Jan 2005 - April 2005

Sub-warden (Involves People Management) University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban

MAIN TASK(S) AND PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Assist in the day-to-day running of the university residence system by promoting a lively social environment, providing guidance and maintaining discipline. Some of the duties included: initial welfare contact, assisting with the arrival and departure of students, organising social activities, mustering duties at fire alarms and dealing with problems that may arise within the residence e.g. noise. Should be the first point of contact and be in position to handle situations arising in residence and need to be able to respond to these situations appropriately. Researcher University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban Responsibilities: Researching in the areas of the Embedded DSP hardware for A/D (Analog to digital) conversion and channelization for multi-mode terminals, specific areas of my research Digital signal processing (Analysis of signal processing algorithms) Advanced Filter Bank (AFB) signal processing Subband coding Multirate DSP Data converters (high resolution ADC and DAC,) Advanced Filter bank based ADC FDM and TDM DAC Multirate filter design Multirate digital filtering Multirate filter banks design of hybrid filter banks (HFBs) for high-speed, high-resolution conversion between analog and digital signals Secure Software Download (Real-Time Configuration issues, techniques for downloading new features to the radio) Main security issue related to secure software download Achievements: Awarded the degree of Master of Science in Engineering in the field of Computer Engineering Tutoring/Demonstrations May 2003 - October 2003 Tutor I was among the team of tutor and teachers under Teachers Development Programme (TDP) for Disadvantage high schools in rural areas in Bergville (KZN), this initiative was sponsored by PROTEC in partnership with Sappi (PROTEC co-ordinator was Mr James Mackay). our responsibilities were: Developing the overall teaching skills of educators involved in Maths, Science, and Technology from grade 8 -12 Do classroom support , teaching methods, lessons plans, and outcome assessments

Feb 2003 - Feb 2005

Help learners with exam preparations Feb 2004 - November 2004 Tutor Tutored at Inanda branch (based at Ohlange High School), which was sponsored by FFS Refiners (PTY) LTD through PROTEC under Leaner Excellence Programme (LEP), the branch co-ordinator was Dr Joseph Kiok. Responsibilities were as follows: Conduct Saturday School, tutoring science Assist Dr Kiok in conducting vacation school workshops Assist in conducting leadership camps Provide career guidance to learners Coach groups of learners for preparation of Annual FFS EXPO for Young Scientist (Five student in our groups worn medals in 2004 Annual EXPO for Young Scientist, http://www.ffsrefiners.com/upload/files/Inanda_students_win_medal s.pdf) Dec 2002 - Feb 2003 Research Assistant University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban Responsibilities: Re-orienting the laboratory for condense matter research, this task includes: Monitoring the process of removal of old equipments that were used for plasma physics and putting the new ones for solid state physics for research purposes Designing the covers for new equipments for safety purposes (new equipments were to use radioactive sources) Connection of the new equipments and testing if they are functioning properly Determining and calculating the composition of each sample for test purposes, this task had two components understanding the elements to be used for generating the samples and writing codes for calculating the proportions for each sample produced. Two programming languages were used for calculating the proportions Fortran 90/95 IDL programming language Tool used for analyzing the properties of all the sample was MOSSWIN Jun 2002 - Aug 2002 Research Assistant University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban Responsibilities: Collection of samples (sugar crystal) from Illovo sugar mills and SMRI to be used for research purposes Assist in developing the crystal sizer (that will use different techniques to calculate the crystal size distribution) Programming languages used, IDL programming language Dec 2001 - Feb 2002 Programmer University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermarizburg Responsibilities:

Computer modelling of all crystal structures i.e. FCC, BCC etc. To present to my supervisor the mathematical transformations theory that were more relevant to the project and why they chosen (literature review and implementation components) Programming languages used Fortran 90/95 Postscript programming language

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES Platforms: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu) Networking: Languages (years): TCP/IP, SSH C++/C (5 years) C++ Borland Builder (6 Months) SQL (12 Months), MSSQL, PostgreSQL, knowledge of Oracle database and DB2. Java (5 Months), Servlet technology, JBoss, Tomcat, Velocity, EJBs. MATLAB (2 years) FORTRAN 90/95 (2 years) IDL programming language (1 year) Visual Basic (6 Months) Postscript programming (2 Months) UNIX shell scripting (2 Months) A bit of Perl scripting (cgi), asp, Perl Methodology: UML and associated methodologies used for SDLC, JAD, knowledge of RUP & extreme programming, Iterative and incremental developmental processes including agile approach Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Outlook)

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EDUCACTION Feb 2003 - Mar 2005 University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban MScEng (Computer Engineering) University of Natal Durban BScHons (Applied Physics) University of Natal Durban Earned a BSc in Computer science and Physics Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Strong negotiation, group and interpersonal skills, and organizational skills, leadership skills, team player, peer educator, and communication skills, able to conceptualise and think creatively, strategist.

Feb 2002 - Dec 2002

Feb 1999 - Dec 2001

Jan 2011 - Current SKILLS

Conference Publications

Phakathi S E and Dawoud D S, (2004) Advanced Asymmetric Filter Bank Based ADC for Software Defined Radio Applications Utilizing Frequency-Response Masking (FRM) Approach, SATNAC 2004 [Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference] 6 pages CD-ROM. [Conference Proceedings] Dawoud D S and Phakathi S E, (2003) Time-Interleaved Filter Bank A/D Converters, MICSA 2003 [The Military Information and Communication Symposium of South Africa] 8 pages on CD-ROM [Conference Proceedings]. Phakathi S E and Dawoud D S, " Advanced Filter Bank based ADC for Software Defined Radio Applications ", 2004 IEEE AFRICON, Gaborone, Botswana, September 2004.

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Mr Thabo Mote Relationship: Colleague Phone: 0799410470 Email: Thabo.mote@postoffice.co.za Mr. Fundile Ntuli Relationship: Senior Manager/ GM Phone: 0820841401 Mr M.S. Hadebe Relationship: colleague Phone: +27-834605261 Email: martin.hadebe@sita.co.za Dr. T. Moyo Relationship: Supervisor School of Pure and Applied Physics University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban (Howard college campus) Phone: +27-31 260 2173 Fax: +27-31 2616550 Email: moyo@ukzn.ac.za