Craig Adams

Current

• CEO at Karg Consulting cc
• Southern African Project Lead at OpenOffice.org

Past

• LoCo Team Co-Lead at Ubuntu South Africa Local Community
• Director at Digital Coast
• Support Executive at MGX Storage Solutions

• Senior Consultant at Three-D Computer Services
• Temporary Contractor at Persetel Q-Data Africa
• Network Manager at GKN Chep SA (Pty) Ltd
• Self Employed - Contracting at None (Sole Proprietorship)
• Sales Support, Knowledge Consultant, Product Specialist at Nashua Durban
• Various at Guardian National Insurance Company

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Education

• Computer King, Network Academy, Lasernet Training, Siltek Training, IT-IQ
• Damelin
• Westville Boy's High School

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Craig Adams’s Summary

Technology specialist with specialisation in Open Source software.

Craig Adams’s Specialties:

Vast array of experience in a number of technologies and methodologies gained over a number of years in the industry.
Currently specialising in Open Source migration planning, strategies, implementation.

Craig Adams’s Experience

• CEO

  Karg Consulting cc

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2002 — Present (6 years 9 months)

  Provide consulting, facilitation and systems design services to end users and ITS companies.
  Added specialisation in Open Source migration consulting, planning and implementation.

• Southern African Project Lead

  OpenOffice.org

  (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  November 2001 — Present (7 years 2 months)

  Southern African Project Lead for the OpenOffice.org Project.

• LoCo Team Co-Lead

  Ubuntu South Africa Local Community

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 5 months)

  Co-Team leader of the Ubuntu South Africa Local Community Project

• Director

  Digital Coast

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2004 — January 2006 (1 year 10 months)

  Board member of Digital Coast, an ICT & E representative body in KwaZulu-Natal.

• Support Executive

  MGX Storage Solutions

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2000 — March 2002 (1 year 5 months)

  Provide consulting, implementation and second level technical support services for the StorageTek range of mass storage systems.

• Senior Consultant

  Three-D Computer Services

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 9 months)

  Provide high level technical support, consulting services, solutions and project management services to customers.

• Temporary Contractor

  Persetel Q-Data Africa

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 1998 — February 1999 (4 months)

  Temporary contract to manage the Westville infrastructure during the period of PQ Africa's move to new premises in La Lucia.

• Network Manager

  GKN Chep SA (Pty) Ltd

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1996 — October 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  Manage and expand the wide and local area networks, as well as
  prepare various reports for the IS Manager.
  Provide hardware and software support to the users.

• Self Employed - Contracting

  None (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 1995 — October 1996 (11 months)

  Network design, implementation, installation, support, troubleshooting and application development for end users and other ITS companies.

• Sales Support, Knowledge Consultant, Product Specialist

  Nashua Durban

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 1994 — December 1995 (2 years)

  Pre-sales product specialist for the imaging, network, printer and high-end computer products.
  Second level support to the service department and well as design and implement imaging and network solutions.
  Product research.
  Basically know everything about everything.

• Various

  Guardian National Insurance Company

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Insurance industry)

  September 1990 — January 1994 (3 years 5 months)

  Initially management fast track with exposure to the various components of the business.
  Over time, became more involved in the information systems aspects of the business, developing in-house office automation systems, interfacing with mainframe systems, troubleshooting and resolving data capture errors.
  Eventually became unofficially responsible fo the Novell NetWare network.

Craig Adams’s Education

• Computer King, Network Academy, Lasernet Training, Siltek Training, IT-IQ

  CNA, CNE, CNA-4, CNE-4, CNA-5, CNE-5, Novell Netware Engineer and Administrator Courses and Qualifications, 1993 — 2000

  This is a composite of the various qualifications obtained over a period of years.

• Damelin

  Diploma in Computer Software Support, Computer Software Support, 1993 — 1993

  Completed with 97% aggregate and won the Merit and Achievement awards.

• Westville Boy's High School

  Matric, English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Science, Accounting, History, 1984 — 1988

Additional Information

Craig Adams’s Groups:

FSF, GNU, OpenOffice.org, Ubuntu in South Africa

•    OpenOffice.org
•    FOSS Professionals of South Africa
•    Open Source Marketing Professionals Association
•    FOSS Professionals

Craig Adams’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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