Derek Keats

Current

• Deputy Vice Chancellor, Knowledge and Information Management at The Universtiy of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Past

• Executive Director, Information and Communication Services at The University of the Western Cape
• Botany Professor / Lecturer at The University of the Western Cape

Education

• Memorial University of Newfoundland

Connections

77 connections

Industry

Education Management

Derek Keats’s Experience

• Deputy Vice Chancellor, Knowledge and Information Management

  The Universtiy of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  February 2009 — Present (6 months)

  Responsible for ICT, Management Information, the Library system, eLearning, and strategic direction with respect to 21st Century technologies, innovation and application.

• Executive Director, Information and Communication Services

  The University of the Western Cape

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  October 2001 — January 2009 (7 years 4 months)

• Botany Professor / Lecturer

  The University of the Western Cape

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  January 1989 — October 2001 (12 years 10 months)

  Undergraduate teaching, postgraduate supervision and research in Marine Biology, application of technology in education, and coastal management / sustainable livelihoods.

Derek Keats’s Education

• Memorial University of Newfoundland

  1972 — 1977

Additional Information

Derek Keats’s Groups:

Involved in Free Software and Open Source, Foundation Partnership in Higher Education Bandwidth Initiative, African Virtual Open Initiatives and Resources (AVOIR), Cape Information Technology Initiative (CITI)

•    Chisimba PHP5 Framework
•    The eLearning Guild

Derek Keats’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• job inquiries
• getting back in touch