Francois Charles du Plessis

Current

Regional Manager Business Development - East Africa at Tecnotree
Owner/Director at ScoZA Uganda Limited
Director at Mediavigil Limited

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Past

Independant Consultant at Independant Consultant (Self-employed)
CEO at MTN publiCom
Operations Advisor at MTN Uganda Ltd

CEO at MTN rwandaCell
Regional Operations General Manager at MTN South Africa
IT Manager at M-Tel

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Industry

Telecommunications

Websites

Tecnotree

Francois Charles du Plessis’s Summary

PROFILE

A highly experienced international executive with strong decision making, people and leadership skills, supported by the ability to assemble strong teams who are able to deliver and to succeed in very challenging environments. Particularly strong in start-up Telecom operations in developing markets, providing shared access to voice and data services in rural communities, as well as turning around ailing Telecommunications related companies and with a deep understanding of the many process and systems challenges faced by operators.

Francois Charles du Plessis’s Specialties:

Broad based executive and operations management experience in start-up GSM and fixed line telecommunications operations in developing markets as well as successfully turning around ailing companies.

Extensive experience writing business plans, feasibility studies and maket analysis for various organisations.

Francois Charles du Plessis’s Experience

Regional Manager Business Development - East Africa

Tecnotree

(Telecommunications industry)

February 2009 — Present (10 months)

Tecnotree is a unique combination of two industry forerunners, Tecnomen and Lifetree. Tecnotree makes business flourish by serving Communications companies with Business and Operations Support Systems (BSS/OSS) and Value Added Services (VAS) platforms. We aspire to be the partner of choice for our Customers - we currently serve more than 120 customers worldwide.
Owner/Director

ScoZA Uganda Limited

(Telecommunications industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

ScoZA provides a number of services, primarily within the Telecoms Industry but also to the Petroleum and Energy sector. Services include eTOM Process Framework implementation, Fraud Management, market analysis, feasibility studies and business planning.
Director

Mediavigil Limited

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

July 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)

Provide monitoring services to Advertising Agencies and their clients. Monitor radio, TV, print and outdoor advertising to ensure clients get waht they pay for.

The software was developed in Uganda and is being deployed in a number of African countries.
Independant Consultant
Independant Consultant (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)

Strategic Consulting, including Management, Corporate Social Responsibility programmes, Client Services, Fraud detection and strategy development. Specialising in telecommunication and related companies.
CEO

MTN publiCom

(Telecommunications industry)

February 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 11 months)

Appointed to the position in 2002 the brief was to turn the company around from imminent bankruptcy. This was achieved in three years at which time the business became profitable and was able to start re-paying its loans. Initially staff morale was extremely low and was improved by adopting a more hands on, firm and caring management approach. By 2006 it was clear that the business would be able to add more value to the majority shareholder if it was wholly owned by them. Succeeded in getting them to buy out the other shareholders and to merge the companies, without any staff losing their jobs.

A payphone operator, MTN publiCom was started by MTN Uganda to fulfil a license obligation to install public payphones throughout Uganda. This requirement has been met and exceeded without causing large financial losses normally associated with ventures of this nature.
Operations Advisor

MTN Uganda Ltd

(Telecommunications industry)

August 1999 — December 2001 (2 years 5 months)

Advised the CEO and assisted executive committee members with a number of key strategic projects relating to improving business processes and Customer Service. These included acquisition of a new Customer Care and Billing system and a business process management project.
CEO

MTN rwandaCell

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year )

Founding CEO MTN rwandaCell
Regional Operations General Manager

MTN South Africa

(Telecommunications industry)

1995 — 1998 (3 years )

Responsible for Regional Operations and Customer Care Centres.
IT Manager

M-Tel

(Telecommunications industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years )