About
I am a South African photographer and IT professional with over 20 years of enterprise mainframe experience. Combining technical expertise with visual storytelling, I have photographed jazz and rock concerts, corporate events, fashion shows, weddings, art exhibitions and book launches. I work in both digital and analog formats, hand-printing gelatin silver images in the darkroom, and I am proficient in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. My multidisciplinary background in photography, web development and design enables me to produce visually compelling content tailored for digital publishing and news environments.
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Work Experience
Photographer, Web Developer
Self EmployedFreelance photographer currently documenting jazz musicians locally and more recently photographed the 2025 edition of the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. This ongoing personal project that started in 2019 is shot entirely on 35mm black and white film and selected negatives are then hand printed in a traditional darkroom. A sample of this work entitled Blue like Jazz can be downloaded here.
Analyst Programmer
First National BankRunning, maintenance and upkeep of the First National Bank internal billing system.
Storage Administrator
IBM South AfricaRemote technical storage support for IBM customers based in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Systems Engineer
Computer Resource ManagementInstallation, maintenance and support of the Macro4 PLC (an UK based software company) range of software products in Southern Africa.
Storage Administrator
Standard Bank of South Africa LimitedTechnical storage management & capacity planning/capital expenditure for the bank's entire storage environment.
Systems Programmer (Performance Management)
United Bank/ABSAIBM mainframe & storage performance/capacity management.
Associate Systems Engineer
Persetel (Pty) LtdSoftware support, maintenance and problem management at Persetel customer data centers countrywide. Persetel sold, maintained and supported Hitachi Mainframes that ran on IBM's MVS operating system.
Senior Computer Operator
Dorbyl Information ServicesRunning of production batch jobs and interacting with a variety of operating systems (VSE/SP, VM/SP & MVS/SP). Network control. System backup and restore.
Computer Operator
Cape Gate HoldingsThe running of production batch jobs. Mounting of removable hard drives. Spooling and printing of job output. Interacting with the Operating System (ARC/DOS Datapoint). System Backup and restore. Reporting hardware, software or program errors to relevant people.
Trainee Computer Operator
Sasol OneThe running of production batch jobs. Mounting of Tapes. Printing of job output. Interacting with the Operating System (Sperry Univac). System Backup and Restore. Reporting hardware, software and program errors to the relevant people.
Chemical Process Controller
SafripolTemporary work after completing National Service.
National Serviceman
Army Headquarters PretoriaTwo years national service July intake.
Trainee Electronics Technician
ISCORTemporary work before starting my two year national service stint in July 1978.