CTO/Distinguished Engineer at IBM
Johannesburg Area, South Africa
- Current
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- Chief Technology Officer and Distinguished Engineer at IBM
- Past
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- Distinguished Engineer at IBM United Kingdom
- Associate Partner at IBM South Africa
- Manager at Anderson Consulting/Accenture
- Executive at Affinity Logic
- Education
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- University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
- British Computer Society
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Clifford Foster’s Summary
IBM Sub-Saharan Africa CTO and Distinguished Engineer (DE).
In my role as CTO, I help IBM devise and create new research and development initiatives and investments in Sub Saharan Africa, a key growth market for IBM.
In my role as DE I drive an internal technical governance process and design authority, as well as providing technical oversight and strategic and complex engagements.
Clifford Foster’s Specialties:
Financial services - banking and insurance business and IT transformation.
Consulting - enterprise architecture, programme management, strategy consulting, software development and technical architecture.
Clifford Foster’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer and Distinguished Engineer
IBM
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Chief Technology Officer. IBM Sub-Saharan Africa
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Distinguished Engineer
IBM United Kingdom
(Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — July 2008 (3 years )
As a Distinguished Engineer at IBM I was involved in the delivery of several strategic projects within the financial services industries in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
I defined the enterprise architectures and/or technical strategies and architectures for several financial service organisations. Additionally I led the definition of the business cases and plans for transformation. -
Associate Partner
IBM South Africa
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — July 2005 (3 years 11 months)
As an Associate Partner in IBM's financial services consulting division I delivered several strategic and large transformation programmes.
The programmes covered: Business and information technology strategy; business and technical architecture; custom development of enterprise systems; and the implementation of a large-scale business transformation programme. -
Manager
Anderson Consulting/Accenture
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 11 months)
Manager in the Technology Competency specialising in solution and enterprise architecture. Transferred to the Strategy Consulting Competency were I specialised in eCommerce, including eProcurement and electronic marketplaces.
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Executive
Affinity Logic
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1990 — August 1991 (1 year )
Executive within a new business unit responsible the establishment of eCommerce marketplaces within the retail industry.
Clifford Foster’s Education
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University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
BSc , Computer Sciences and Mathematics , 1989 — 1991
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British Computer Society
FBCS CITP , 2007
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IBM Academy of Technology
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