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CITI Board Elections 2007 - PLEASE NOTE VOTING IS CLOSED
In order to vote for the candidate of your choice, click on the word 'vote', this will generate an email voting for that particular person. Click on 'read more' to view the nominee's full motivation and CV.
Please note the following:
- The Board Appointment Committee shall guard against voting irregularities and may enlist the assistance of the Company auditors in this regard.
- The Board will only accept one single representative per legal entity company on the Board of Directors.
- The proposed cut off date for voting will be set at 28 September 2007 and no late votes will be accepted after this point.
- See below the CITI board nominees, please select a maximum of 6 candidates.
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Greg is currently a director as well as a founding member of CITI from it's inception in early 1998. In order to assist CITI to become an operational entity in the very early days, he provided essential logistical support to the organisation, such as provision of premises, office automation facilities, a consulting team from his company (BSG) which helped to support the facilitation of the first Cluster-Muster, being an approved signatory on official documents and financial matters, amongst others.
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Andrea Böhmert
Joining the CITI board I believe that I can make a valuable contribution towards CITI’s objective to grow the ICT industry in the Western Cape. As the majority of the local ICT companies are SME’s I believe that I understand their requirements and needs and can represent them. As I have already served two years on the board of CITI and have been involved in numerous of CITI’s initiatives I believe to have demonstrated my commitment to CITI’s vision and would be honoured if I would be elected to do so again.
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David Gale
My decision to accept a nomination to stand for the CITI board is motivated largely by the belief that industry representation should include someone from the telecommunications sector and that it is time I re-engaged with CITI. Given my daily exposure to the changing policy landscape I believe I will bring an added insight into challenges that face our industry at the most fundamental level.
Vote for David Gale
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Hilton Theunissen
I am truly honored with the nomination to contribute to the success of the Cape IT Initiative at Board Level. Establishing an ICT enterprise in South Africa in one of the most contested and competitive industry sectors is by far one of the most difficult endeavours. An enterprise will be challenged to break ground into established markets and relationships. After sales service, pricing wars and general product offering are some of the daily activities that the IT smme will be confronted with. Add the difficulty to win government tenders, bad debt, lack of funding and labour issues, the success rate of an ICT business becomes a real challenge. Throw in the challenged of emerging black-owned versus white-owned startups, one is challenged with a completely different dynamic.
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Mothusi Lukhele
I am thankful for this opportunity and seek to highlight a few areas where I believe I could serve in growing the Cape Information Technology Initiative (Hereinafter referred to as CITI). Firstly I am very passionate about issues of digital inclusion and digital access, whether it is providing access to ICT infrastructure to poor communities or access to global intellectual property for business and academia, through the open sharing of ideas and open dialogue.
The CITI has proven to be a capable vehicle through which to reach these ideals and it is incumbent on those of us with opportunity to ensure that these ideals are realized. What makes me believe that I am well matched to serve through the CITI are the higher ideals of this organisation. I have a good exposure to the CITI’s work and how it lives up to its mandate, having worked with the CITI as the regional manager for Microsoft in the coastal region in programs such as SPIN, the FOSS Forum and the VIP Graduate Club (Formerly Next Billionaire)..
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Raven Naidoo
Raven Naidoo has exceptional experience of business and economic development, especially in the technology sector. Since 1994 he has initiated and managed a number of business initiatives, including director and architect of the Government’s premier small business development projects on Technology and Innovation Management, and Technology and Corporate Strategy; consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Coordinator of the World Bank study on Technical and Marketing Support to South African SMEs; consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry and Coordinator of the British ODA investigation into Business Support Services; member of the Dept of Communications e-Commerce reference team; Senior Consultant to the Cape Town Unicity on the development of an IT Strategy for the Cape Town Unicity and the Development of a Smart City; Senior Consultant to Wesgro on the State of the ICT Industry in the Western Cape; and consultant to Siemens SA on Mobile Business and the Internet.
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Thabied Harris
Thabied spent the last 16 years with the Safmarine group in various management positions within the commercial environment. Up until the last 3 to 4 years he assisted Safmarine Computer Services to grow within the 3rd party market providing strategic solutions. Thabied was responsible for securing its key customers, including the Safmarine and Maersk organisation and various Public and Large Private sector clients. Over the years, Thabied has acquired various academic qualifications, and has had the vision over the past few years to start an organisation capable of being a strong provider of value added business solutions. SynerLogix Consultancy Services was thus formed. With his Commercial Business as well as Technology knowledge and extensive experience, he contributes strongly towards the SynerLogix Consultancy Services vision and strategic intent, focusing on client relations and marketing within the organisation.
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Vinny Lingham
Vinny Lingham received global acclaim for founding a number of businesses, under the umbrella of incuBeta.com, which has become a world leader in online marketing & search engine marketing employing 60 talented technologists and search marketers. incuBeta also owns the initial company Vinny founded, Clicks2Customers.com, an award winning Search Engine Marketing company, with offices in Cape Town, London and Los Angeles.
Born and bred in South Africa, having studied a B.Com (Information Systems) at UCT and going on to complete an honours degree in Electronic Commerce from the University of South Africa, Vinny is respected as both a search marketing expert and inspirational entrepreneur the world over. Bursting with enthusiasm for the Internet and how to capitalize and structure the ever shifting world of e-commerce, Vinny has a long history of establishing himself and incuBeta as market leaders. This success has resulted in Vinny rising to a "business celebrity" status in South Africa, with acclaimed features in GQ Magazine, Sunday Times, Entrepreneur Magazine and radio shows/TV appearances, amongst many others.
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Yanesh Ramiah
When I learnt about CITI and its objectives, I was pleased in that it was filling an obvious lacuna that existed within the sector. I shared CITI’s commitment to its objectives and to that end made myself available to, in some small way contribute to the fulfillment its vision for the IT sector in Western Cape. In particular, I recognized that the growth of the organization was central it is ultimate success. With that in mind I played an active role in ensuring that Swisttech’s management team obtained membership in CITI. In addition, I participated in some of CITI’s specific programmes, for example, the Women in ICT initiative.
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About CITI
The Cape IT Initiative is a networking and cluster development agency that brings together people, ideas and capital to grow the Western Cape, South Africa’s ICT sector. CITI’s goal is to promote Cape Town as a global IT hub and gateway into Africa, thus facilitating the creation of jobs and prosperity through IT.
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