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SUMMARY
Jovan has a rich and varied 35 years of work experience in
corporate management, consulting, engineering,
entrepreneurship and business development.

BUSINESS SKILLS AND CORE COMPETENCIES

 Strong understanding of business strategy and finance.

 Proven ability to positively impact business growth
 Strong capability to positively impact growth of entrepreneurs
 Substantiated business acumen and exceptional organizational skills.
PERSONAL PROFILE

 Strong solutioning capability.

 Out-of-the box thinking and creativity.
 High resilience, tenacity and ability to work under pressure.
 High proficiency in business planning, functional management and operational
aspects of business.
 Skilful in building entrepreneurial leadership, competencies and guiding business
acceleration.
 Established ability to lead multiple teams to drive business development
performance to strategic targets.
 Proven business development capabilities in the commercial, BEE, Social
Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain Management space.
 Excellent written and spoken communication and reporting skills.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

 Results-driven, motivated by internal standards of excellence.

 High emotional intelligence with a passion for developing people.
 Excellent verbal, communication and influencing skills
 Proven ability to positively engage and facilitate problem solving, business
development and strategy execution.
 Strong relationship skills to engage and lead teams or stakeholders to participate
and commit.
 Strong emotional maturity. Ability to take ownership and accountability.
 Proven abilities to lead and work as a member of teams, and to build and maintain
effective working relationships.

EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATIONS

 MBL (Cum Laude) (UNISA) (1998-1992)

 B.Sc.(Eng.) (Elec.) (WITS) (1977-1980)
 South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
 Certified Entrepreneurial Guide (SFEDI)
 Professional Entrepreneurial Guide (SFEDI)

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CURRENT EMPLOYER: Raizcorp (Pty) (Ltd)

Business Acceleration and Development Prosperator

 More than 1500 hours guiding/coaching with more than 120 entrepreneurs in multiple
industries
 Lead multi-disciplinary business guiding teams for business acceleration, including the
following:
o Wellness and Healthcare start-ups, integrated with
o Social Entrepreneurship development programmes to integrate these programs into
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE(1)

the broader health and civic community

o Supply Chain and Procurement Management
o Development support of high-growth Entrepreneurs
o Start-up and business plan development
o Turn-around strategies
 Conduct business board meetings and entrepreneur panels to assess investor
attractiveness for start-up or further acceleration.
 Sit on Raizcorp Entrepreneur and business selection panels
 Develop customized, specific business development plans and implementation strategies
 Manage client performance against contracted business growth targets.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Chronological Work Profile

Raizcorp (Pty) (Ltd) Strategy Guide June 2014 – Present

SA National Council of Cooperatives Consultant Oct 2013 – May 2014

South African Memory Institute Franchise Jan 2010 – Sep 2013

Jovan Associates Property Investment Apr 2007 – Dec 2009

P3 Investment Group (Pty) (Ltd) Franchise/Consultant Jan 2003 – Mar 2007

Pricewaterhousecoopers Senior Manager/Director Mar 1998 – Dec 2002

Jovan Associates Research/Consulting Apr 1997 – Feb 1998

MediKredit Director Jan 1996 – Mar 1997

Transnet Group (Pty) (Ltd) Senior Manager Mar 1992 – Dec 1995

Transtel (Pty) (Ltd) Manager Jan 1983 – Feb 1992

University – Transnet – SADF Jan 1997 – Dec 1983

High School for Boys Potchefstroom Jan 1972 – Dec 1976

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PROJECTS AND FOCUS AREAS

Telecommunications and Information Technology

 Member of senior management team of telecommunications business unit
 Manage national Telecommunications systems infrastructure
 Manage technology maintenance, quality and performance management
 Project lead for business unit commercialization and new IT services unit
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE(2)

 Develop and implement new IT strategy and infrastructure roll-out

 Sales and billing systems design and implementation
 Implement back office management and support systems
 Develop and implement Job-Costing and workshop management systems
 IT staffing, training and development

Technology and Business Strategy

 Member of Coordinating Council for Technology, Systems, Strategy (25 business units)
 Serve on Group business unit boards
 Deliver corporate and business unit IT strategies alignment
 Manage alignment between corporate technology and business strategies
 Technology capital budgeting planning and control.
 Manage business group information systems (HR, Finance, medical, pensions
 Supplier management and contracting
 Systems development lifecycle management
 Integration/interfacing of divergent business unit IT systems

Consulting and Business Development

 Lead establishment of corporate business development unit.

 Implement integrated knowledge base to support cross -functional marketing and client
relationships management.
 Provide consultant, employee, and client centric navigation and reporting.
 Implement corporate cross-functional, target marketing system, with real-time access to
client profiles and knowledge base.
 Design, implementation and operation of programme and projects office for international
retail company rolling out hypermarket businesses.
 Product portfolio development and national launch for e-business consulting products.
 Management consulting practice professionalization and upgrading of financial and
project accounting systems
 Roll-out of new consulting methodologies as part of regional implementation team.
 Make recommendations for design and implementation of multi-layered technology
infrastructure, messaging and communications services.
 Develop and implement business performance reporting and social media management

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PROJECTS AND FOCUS AREAS

Wellness and Healthcare

 Member of Senior Management team and project director for merger strategy
 Strategic alignment of technology and corporate strategies, and integration of technology
plans to ensure business continuity.
 Upgrade technology strategy for medical insurance claims organization, ensuring
strategic alignment with key business objectives.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE(3)

 Develop and implement technology and business integration plan for merger and
turnaround strategy.
 Implement management support systems, including support for messaging, back office
support and database platform for group collaboration.
 Design and implement bespoke financial systems for management reporting and merger
integration services.
 Renew and upgrade software development and support environment, providing
collaborative, networked-based facilities for developers and rapid deployment to real-
time systems.
 Make recommendations with respect to international medical processing technology and
management solutions, with specific reference to capital investment plans and returns
based on maintaining technology leadership.
 Implement upgrades of 24/7 real-time processing facilities to guarantee lowest risk of
business interruption.
 Integrate real-time, batch and off-line transaction processing systems to provide all-
inclusive real-time support for medical claims processing

Research and Consulting

 Technology market and industry research.

 Sector specific client research projects and recommendations (healthcare,
transport/logistics, IT)
 Coaching and business development research
 Learning and performance management methodologies for leadership development.
 Business/market research on competency-based leadership development.
 Acquisition/branding of soft skills and management development courses.
 Incorporation of blended/e-learning and 360 assessment capabilities.
 Wellness and lifestyle consulting

Learning and Education

 Establish and professionalize franchise

 Develop sales and back office systems
 Recruit, select, train and manage learning facilitators and sales staff
 Upgrade learning content and formats
 Impact more than 250 learners with 15 hours of learning and life skills training
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PROJECTS AND FOCUS AREAS

Property and Wealth Management Services

Franchise implementation
Business strategy and turnaround implementation.
Sales and marketing strategy design and implementation.
Leads management business process and systems design.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE(4)

Sales team development and performance management systems.

Call centre process and systems design and implementation.
Projects management and roll-outs.
Investor enrolment, seminars, workshops and training.
Evaluate, select and financing of property purchases
Portfolio forecasting and risk management
Rental contracts and tenant management

Business Start-Up and Management

Viability analysis
Business and functional strategies
Forecasting and working capital management
Market analysis and marketing process
Sales process and support systems
Financial management and reporting
Technology and systems
Staffing and performance management

Interests and Hobbies

Space technology
World War 2
Jazz Music
Playing piano/clarinet
Transhumanism
Geopolitics
Apologetics
Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence

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