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CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) FOR DAWIE JOUBERT

1. Proposed Position: Senior Business Analyst / Senior Systems Engineer / Project Manager / Senior Information Officer / Senior Information Security Officer

2. Name: Dawid Johannes (Dawie) Joubert

3. ID Number: 811105 5102 08 8

4. Profession: Information Officer / Information Security Officer / Technologist / Systems Engineer / Researcher / Developer / Project Manager

5. Date of Birth: 5 November 1981

6. Drivers license: Code 08

7. Ethnicity / Gender: White / Male

8. Home Language: Afrikaans

9. Other languages: English

10. Contact Details Details

Work Telephone +27 (0) 12 349 1887

Mobile Telephone +27 (0) 84 589 2078

Facsimile +27 (0) 12 349 1515

Work E-Mail [email protected]

Private E-Mail [email protected]

Postal Address P.O.Box 57173, Arcadia

0007, Pretoria, South Africa

Home Address 373 23rd Street, Villieria, Pretoria, 0186, South Africa

Current Work Address

(Namela)

Propark Building 2, 29 De Havilland Crescent, Persequor Technopark, Pretoria, 0020, South Africa

11. Years with current Firm: <1 12. Nationality: South African

13. Membership of Professional Associations:

Registered Professional Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Nr: 90422989)

Registered Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) (Nr: 3826420)


14. Key Qualification

A true born and bred Systems Engineer for the past 12 years, Dawie is currently an Integrated Systems Specialist, focusing on Information Systems Audit and Design (Hardware and Software) at Namela Transport Strategist. His education in Intelligent Industrial Systems, which focussed heavily on subjects such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Digital Electronics, Computer Programming, Simulation Software, Telecommunication, and the design of Industrial Automation Processes, combined with his exposure in the field of procurement, transportation, freight, buildings (including data centres), and information security provided him with a unique set of skills that made him a well-rounded Systems Engineer.

He has a keen interest in Computer Systems, Programming, Information Security, Telecommunications and application areas thereof. He has a M-Tech degree in Intelligent Industrial Systems which is a specialisation field in Information Technology covering digital electronics, process automation, and information and communication technology. His master’s degree covered the convergence between fare and payment smart card technologies within Public Transport.

His current systems integration, auditing, design, and procurement specialisation covers domains in the field of Smart Card Applications (Payment/EMV and Smart IDs), Electronic Fee/Toll/Fare Collection, Traffic Control Centres, Freeway Management Centres, Advanced Public Transport Management Systems, Freight Management Systems, Data Centres, Telecommunication Backbones, Macro Surveillance Facilities, Building Management Systems, Business Process Execution, and Industrial Process Control Systems for both Public and Private Entities.

His technical, analytical, and practical solution finding expertise flows into long term strategic planning through which he has received international recognition from various projects including, but not limited to, the National Department of Transport’s Automated Fare Collection Regulations and Data Structure, and the National Department of Home Affair’s Smart ID Design. Through continuous research and development, he ensures that the systems being implemented consider the industry trends, future expansion, the return-on-investment, as well as the ease of operations and maintenance. Dawie is the youngest Board Member on the South African Society for Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSSA) where he continually pushes for advancement. ITSSA is the Systems Engineering society for advanced ICT related Transportation projects.

Dawie was involved in the detailed audit, user requirements development, design, and development of several Traffic Control Centres (Kinross, Ermelo, Zebediela, Camperdown, Mtubatuba, Senekal, Kroonstad, Midway, and Groblersbrug), the design of a National Electronic/Automated Fare Collection Smart Card Data Structure and Implementation Guideline for Public Transport within South Africa , the detail design of the City of Cape Towns’ Electronic/Automated Fare Collection system as part of the Bus Rapid Transit (MyCiti) system, the detail design of the Rustenburg Integrated Rapid Public Transport Network’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (including Automated Fare Collection, and Advanced Public Transport Management Systems), the detail design of the Metrobus Automated Fare Collection system, and the detail design of the Arayeng Tshwane BRT AFC system for a Systems Integrator as part of a tender process. All these systems demonstrated a deep understanding of utilizing ICT to achieve a certain goal through documented business processes.

Dawie was also part of the team that specified the scope and tender processes for a National Intelligent Transportation Systems implementation by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), and have assisted several Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) related projects regarding Technology facets, such as the Public Transport Law Enforcement Strategy of the City of Johannesburg, the Ben Schoemann ITS Pilot Project, the design of the Electronic Fare Collection systems of Johannesburg, eThekwini, and East London, and technical input into the Network Management Centres for SANRAL in Johannesburg , Capetown, and Durban.

Dawie’s scope of work included the determination of the Client’s needs, the translation of those needs into processes and functionality (both in operation and maintenance domains), the detail analysis and audit of current systems and processes available, the conceptualization of the requirements into a complete system, the specification of enabling technology, both from an open source and proprietary solutions perspective, and then the operationalization thereof. This unique perspective ensured the associated requirements achieved the desired functionality within a limited set of resources (financial, operational, maintenance, skills, and time) available.

Between consultancies roles (Techso and Royal HaskoningDHV) Dawie was a Senior Research and Developer for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), where he focussed his Systems Engineering talents on the Smart Card environment. Projects within his focus where the National Department applications for Smart Cards such as Smart IDs, an open standards Smart Card and Terminal platform for local initiatives and educational measures. Among his primary roles was the lead designer of the Department of Home Affairs' new Smart ID. His Smart ID specification was used in the tender process which received industry recognition for its thoroughness with regard to Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, and Non-repudiation.

Before consultancy Dawie used to be a Lecturer at Technikon Pretoria (now the Tshwane University of Technology). Although granted the position as a lecturer without having a master’s degree at that stage, which was considered unprecedented, he took ownership of complex subjects, such as: Games Programming 2 & 3, Digital Process Control 2 & 3, Intelligent Industrial Systems 3 & 4, and Hardware Design 4. Subject numbering associated with the year of student subject attendance. Dawie was also the Research Officer for the “Blue Lab” which was a laboratory environment where industry problems could be practically be solved with digital electronics and information technology. Dawie is still involved with his mentor (Mr James Jordaan from the Tshwane University of Technology) as a moderator.

Dawie is married to Christa for the past 8 years, and has a beautiful daughter, Annina, aged 6. Dawie has a well-balanced lifestyle which he enjoys with family and friends. Dawie and his family strives to follow the principles of: Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria, Sola et al scriptura, Sola fide, and, Sola gratia.


15. Project Experience

15.1 Relevant project experience at Namela Transpor t Strategists

Name of Project: Review of the National Department of Transport’s Au tomated Fare Collection Specifications

Year: 2014 - Current

Location: Pretoria

Client: Department of Transport Main project features: Review and improvement of Europay MasterCard VISA ( EMV) standard integration with AFC Data Structure to counter information security vulnerabilities.

Position held: Systems and Smart Card Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements, detail design of the system, technolo gy specification. (The EMV specification is a secure smart card payment specification, however, the way the initial Automated Fare Collection specification was done, was to not leverage on the security mechanisms of EMV, and thus required in-depth analysis of ensuring Integrity, Availability, and Non-repudiation of the AFC Data Structure. Confidentiality of information, except for the private asymmetric keys, is not an EMV principle and therefore was not considered. It will be interesting to see how the card associations adapt the confidentiality items within EMV to comply with the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act.)

Name of Project: The Rustenburg Rapid Transit Project


Location: Rustenburg

Client: The Rustenburg Local Municipality

Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Intelligent Transportation System primarily focussed on the Integrated Rapid Public T ransport Network, and a Control Centre housing the operations aspects of the Intelligent Transportation System and Automated Fare Collection functions.

Position held: ITS Technologist and Systems Engineering. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from an ITS and Control Centre perspec tive, Tender documentation, tender adjudication, an d cost estimates. (The Rustenburg Local Municipality did not have the ICT, ITS, and/or Systems Engineering capacity to design, procure and operationalize such systems. The Public Transport Service had several remote nodes covering a 100km2 area. A secure (Payment Card Industry – Digital Security Standard (PCI-DSS) compliant), redundant, fast (in-depth network analysis was done, +- 1000 HD CCTV Cameras and hundreds of multiple end-points), and reliable telecommunication network was implemented to provide end-points with asynchronous (Ethernet/WiFi) connectivity. Several redundant Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and Synchronous Wireless, with sufficient System Operating Margins (SOM) and Line of Sight computations, rings was designed to ensure the critical information (financial information, building management systems, information security, and physical security) was always available, and that high throughput systems data was not lost but re-directed to the nearest temporary storage. Throughout the system, a replicated virtualization environment was set up to ensure fail-over occurs with the least amount of disruption towards the end-users who use the respected appliances. No Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system was available from the municipality, or a Business Process Execution Engine, and thus this was also specified to ensure that Pubic Transport Services are operated optimally)

Name of Project: Review of the Integrated Rapid Public Transport Net work Intelligent Transportation Systems Implementat ions


Location: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Cape Town

Client: Department of Transport Main project features: Review and identify the current state of Advanced P ublic Transport Management Systems (APTMS) within the 13 implementation cities.

Position held: ITS Systems Specialist. Activities performed: Business Process Analysis, Technology Review, Gap A nalysis, Performance Review, and Design Review. (Several municipalities implemented systems for public transportation and the funding agency wanted to ensure that the systems was working as promised. Detail elements in the form of organizational (policies, procedures, and human resources), informational (business process models, information flows, key-performance indicators, and reporting), and technological (network architecture, systems interfacing, and product capabilities) was analysed to determine the results. From these results implementable solutions was proposed that was achievable, cost effective, and operationally sustainable).


15.1 Relevant project experience at Namela Transpor t Strategists

Name of Project: Namela Transport Strategist ICT Overall and Operati ons


Location: Pretoria

Client: Namela Transport Strategists Main project features: Overall telecommunications infrastructure and imple menting information security measures

Position held: ITS Systems Specialist. Activities performed: Status Quo Analysis, Technology Review, Procurement , Development, Installation, and Operationalization . (Briefly after joining the smaller consultancy (+- 15 employees) the evident of old Plain Old Telephone Systems (POTS), the unreliability of the internet connection, a single ADSL/Wireless router, the lack of 12 years’ worth of backups, and the lack of information security measures required attention. The status quo was documented, dual redundant (different medium) internet connections was put in place with bandwidth management, telephony was upgraded to VoIP, a rack/server/ups was procured and configured, a domain controller (Samba4 AD + Ubuntu LTS + KVM/Qemu) was installed, an Intrusion Detection System (Suricata with the Snorby Web Front-End) was installed, a dynamic and state-full Firewall was put in place that downloaded blacklists from various sources and uploaded “scans” to DShield.org, a proxy server was put in place (Squid), reliable automated backups implemented, and central malware management. This entire exercise was done under R80k. Several scripting technologies was used (Python, Bash, Mikrotik Scripting, and Powershell) to automated daily tasks.

15.2 Relevant project experience at Royal Haskoning DHV

Name of Project: JRA ITS Strategy Development

Year: 2014

Location: Gauteng Province, South Africa

Client: Johannesburg Roads Agency

Main project features: Providing an implementable ITS Strategy for the JRA for the following 5 years.

Position held: Project Manager, ICT Technologist, ITS Technologist and Systems Engi neering. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Nee ds assessment, Strategy definition, tactic definiti on, tactical terms of reference. (The JRA required tactical implementable technological projects to assist with their Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to the City of Johannesburg. Thus however required the understanding of their vision and their mission, the creation of a strategy in association with the JRA, and then compilation of short, medium, and long term tactical implementable projects to enable the strategy based on resources available, and critical elements that needs to be solved.)

Name of Project: ITS and AFC Technical Advisor for Ekurhuleni Metrop olitan Municipality

Year: 2014

Location: Gauteng Province, South Africa

Client: Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality

Main project features: Providing Technical Advice, Arbitration, and Peer R eview functions for third party ITS and AFC Designs

Position held: Project Manager, ICT Technologist, ITS Technologist and Systems Engi neering. Activities performed: Needs determination, Project management , Coordinator , Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Concept review, technology specification review, de sign requirements review. (The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality did not have in-house Systems Engineers to Project Manage the Intelligent Transportation Systems Consultants appointed to design and procure for them an Advanced Public Transport Management Systems. This project required that we delicately, but firmly manage industry competitors to achieve the desired outcomes. Risk analysis was continuously done and countermeasures was arranged as they occurred.)



Name of Project: The Uganda Axle Overload Study

Year: 2013 – 2015

Location: Uganda

Client: Uganda National Roads Agency

Main project features: Implementing a National Overload Control strategy f or Uganda

Position held: ICT Technologist, ITS Technologist and Systems Engi neering. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Nee d determination, Concept development, technology specification, design requirements from a standardi zation perspective. (The creation of a national overload control strategy required that information be transmitted from all over Uganda to a central repository, that will have to be shared with neighbouring countries. To determine the required information that will be available for their business a Business Process Model Notation (BPMN) model was created illustrating the entire overload control system and where data could/need to be generated. A communication protocol that focused on Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability was design for various end-point devices/users which had to submit/retrieve information via embedded devices, that used Basic Encoding Rule Tag Length Value (BER-TLV) encapsulated protocols, simple computers, that used Character Separated Values (CSV) protocols, and web services, that used Extensible Markup Language (XML) based protocols. The strategy was created through extensive data analysis. The data was provided in large MS Access database which was converted into either MS Excel, and/or CSV. The converted information was processed through custom written Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or C# to provide the required inputs to the strategic advisors).

Name of Project: Groblersbrug Overload Control Systems Design & Impl ementation

Year: 2014

Location: Limpopo Province, South Africa

Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited on beha lf of Limpopo Department of Roads Main project features: Development of an overload control system for Mtuba tuba including the concept of operations. Entails the upgrading of an existing Traffic Control Centre, in corporating a static scale as well as the associate d systems. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimisin g the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tende r documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders and supervising the works.

Position held: Lead Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialis t. Activities performed: Needs assessment, Translation of needs into a syste m, Detail design of the system, technology specific ation, compilation of tender documentation, tender adjudic ation, and contract supervision and management. (A remote weighbridge was required to be upgraded to ensure its effectiveness could be monitored without incurring large capital and/or operational resources. Operators of the weighbridge damage/pilfer equipment and accept bribes from drivers to avoid delays during freight transportation. A simple, low bandwidth monitoring solution was implemented that would count heavy vehicles before and after the weighbridge, track vehicles weighed, and monitor cash/transgression handling)

Name of Project: The Rustenburg Rapid Transit Project

Year: 2011 – 2014

Location: Rustenburg

Client: The Rustenburg Municipality

Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Intelligent Transportation System primarily focussed on the Integrated Rapid Public T ransport Network, and a Control Centre housing the operations aspects of the Intelligent Transportation System and Automated Fare Collection functions.

Position held: ITS Technologist and Systems Engineering. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from an ITS and Control Centre perspec tive, Tender documentation, tender adjudication, an d cost estimates. (Continued from previous discussion of the same project: The fare collection policy, and regulations dictated the method of the collection of fares. A system was specified to ensure that commuters will be able to use a Bank Issued Fare Media (Smart Card) that could be used within retail and public transport. It was also required that cashiers be electronically monitored throughout shifts for cash pilferage, counting drop safes, and the automatic provision of petty cash was specified.)

Name of Project: Maun Airport Improvements

Year: 2013

Location: Botswana

Client: Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana

Main project features: The system specification for a new Local Area Netwo rk and VoIP Telephony system.

Position held: ICT Technologist. Activities performed: Needs assessment, Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. (The Maun Airport was upgrading their different terminal, tower, and workshop buildings, which in turn required a reliable, and redundant data telecommunication network. This required understanding the end-point purposes/usage, the overall external communication requirements, and the service to be rendered. Redundancy links was proposed as well as cost effective switch fabric that would allow for expansion and no vendor lock-in.)



Name of Project: Automated Fare Collection Design Assistance for Siy angena Technologies

Year: 2013

Location: Pretoria

Client: Siyangena Technologies

Main project features: The detail system design for a FIDIC Design Build O perate and Maintain Contract for the Arayeng City o f Tswhane BRT Automated Fare Collection tender.

Position held: Systems Engineer, System Designer, and Automated Fa re Collection specialist Activities performed: Technology feasibility, design, schedule of quantit ies, tender document submission, and cost and profi t calculations. (A systems integrator wanted to answer a tender for a municipality with regard to the detail design and operations of an Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system for the Tshwane Municipality. The tender was a design and build, however was written with lump-sum priced items, and thus required detail design of equipment and interfaces before pricing could occur correctly. A system was engineered and were conducted with international and local equipment suppliers, as well as international software developers who had to customize current applications to suite the South African conditions. The customization to their software required the modification of process flows, security mechanisms, and interfaces/protocols.)

Name of Project: Building Management System for BMW Paintshop Plant Rosslyn

Year: 2013

Location: Rosslyn Pretoria

Client: BMW

Main project features: The system specification, design, and maintenance r equirements for an HVAC BMS system for compressors, airflow, air quality, and recirculatio n of air.

Position held: Systems Engineer and Process Control Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from an HVAC and BMS perspective, Tend er documentation, tender adjudication, and cost est imates. (The Client required a Systems/Process Engineer design the process control system of the HVAC within their spray-paint and assembly plants. Previous efforts was done incorrectly so that HVAC conduits burst. Safety measures, sensors, correct actuators, and state-full logic (defined in Specification and Description Language (SDL)) was provided to ensure that all states (startup, shutdown, operations, emergency, etc.) was catered for ensuring a safe operating environment for the plant personnel and surrounding HVAC infrastructure.)

Name of Project: The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Intelligent T ransport Systems for the Bus Rapid Transport Syste m

Year: 2012

Location: Nelson Mandela Bay

Client: The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Intelligent Transportation System primarily focussed on the Integrated Rapid Public T ransport Network, and Automated Fare Collection fun ctions.

Position held: ITS Technologist and Systems Engineering. Activities performed: Needs assessment, Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from an ITS and Automated Fare Collection perspective, Tender docum entation, tender adjudication, and cost estimates. (Data telecommunication requirements was communicated to the NMBM ICT teams to ensure that Safety and Security Systems, Automated Fare Collection Systems, Commuter/Vehicle Demand Management Systems, and Fleet Management systems was correctly sized and appropriate for purpose. The client’s needs was determined with regard to the Automated Fare Collection system, documented, conceptualized, and specified in detail.)

Name of Project: Metrobus AFC Systems Upgrade

Year: 2012

Location: Johannesburg

Client: The City of Johannesburg

Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Automated Fare Collection system compliant to the published regulations to be used w ith the Metrobus environment.

Position held: ITS Technologist and Systems Engineering. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from an Automated Fare Collection pers pective, Tender documentation, tender adjudication, and cost estimates. (As many of the Public Transport Authorities, Metrobus was required to migrate their proprietary AFC solution to the regulated EMV and AFC Data Structure solution. User needs was determined through the use of Business Process Model Notation (BPMN) and a concept system was developed around the BPMN model. Specifications for the system was documented and provided for the Client to use as part of their tender documentation.)


15.3 Relevant project experience at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Name of Project: The Design of a Secure National Smart ID Scheme for Southern Africa

Year: 2010 to 2011

Location: Pretoria

Client: Department of Home Affairs Main project features:

Position held: Systems and Smart Card Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements, detail design of the system, technolo gy specification, and the development of a technolo gy demonstrator. (The Client required a Smart ID specification that would address several international bad publicity information security items with regard to implemented Smart IDs that was compromised. The Client wanted a Smart ID design that would last a long time. Several designs, information security best practices, and smart card security best practices were reviewed. From the review and user requirement statements a Specification and Description Language (SDL) diagram was created to ensure that the proposed Smart ID would be able to achieve Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, and Non-repudiation. This was done with multiple governmental departments involved, future expansion of file storage capability, and future expansion of cryptographic algorithms. The files on the smart card was also defined in the embedded accepted Basic Encoding Rule Tag Length Value (BER-TLV) and/or Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1). A JavaCard application was then created to prove the implementable concept.

The entire Smart ID design was based on the Europay MasterCard VISA (EMV) specification approach of asymmetric digital signatures and certificates, but with one additional critical component: Confidentiality. Hardware and operating systems were specified to be of a very high Common Criteria (CC) rating. The final specification was lauded by the smart card industry.)

Name of Project: The Design of an Access Control Device for the Depa rtment of Science and Technology

Year: 2011

Location: Pretoria

Client: Department of Science and Technology Main project features: The project entailed the design of a multiple facto r authentication Access Control device that include s Biometrics (Fingerprint Minutiae), Smart Cards, and PINs. This device will be intended to be used with in Department of Science and Technology infrastructure.

Position held: Systems and Smart Card Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements, detail design of the system, technolo gy specification, and the development of a technolo gy demonstrator. (The project required a very small Single Board Computer (SBC) with a custom compiled Linux kernel, drivers, some applications (Python, BusyBox, Simple Direct Library (SDL), etc) and the dedicated application for the access control. Coding of fellow team members was memory leaking prone (C++), and therefore the “new” and “delete” commands were overloaded to track the allocation and de-allocation of memory. This greatly improved the quality of coding. A microcontroller based solution was initially experimented with by team members, with an open source TCP/IP stack, however the overall throughput from the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) would not have handled the amount of data to be transceived. Thus failing a critical requirement of having fast access. Different compilers, GCC and Clang was used to ensure code quality was higher than normal. )

15.4 Relevant project experience at Techso (PTY) LT D

Name of Project: The Design of the Integrated Electronic Fare Collec tion for the Nelson Mandela Bay’s Bus Rapid Transit .

Year: 2010

Location: Nelson Mandela Bay (Port Elizabeth)

Client: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (for Khuthele (PTY) LTD) Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Integrated Electronic Fare Collection System as part of the larger ITS deploym ent in the Nelson Mandela Bay, this is primarily fo cussed on the Integrated Rapid Transit BRT. Position held: Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from a Fare Collection, Advanced Publi c Transport Management Systems, Information and Com munication Technology, and Banking Infrastructure perspective, review of tender documentation, and cost estimates . (See previous explanation/elaboration of same project at different company.)



Name of Project: The Design of the Integrated Electronic Fare Collec tion for the Buffalo City Municipality’s Bus Rapid Transit.

Year: 2010

Location: Buffalo City (East London)

Client: Buffalo City Municipality (for Khuthele (PTY) LTD) Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Integrated Electronic Fare Collection System as part of the larger ITS deploym ent in the Buffalo City Municipality, this is prima rily focussed on the Integrated Rapid Transit BRT.

Position held: Technology and ITS Specialist.

Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from a Fare Collection, Advanced Publi c Transport Management Systems, Information and Com munication Technology, and Banking Infrastructure perspective, review of tender documentation, and cost estimates . (Data telecommunication requirements was communicated to the BCM ICT teams to ensure that Automated Fare Collection Systems systems was correctly sized and appropriate for purpose. The client’s needs was determined with regard to the Automated Fare Collection system, documented, conceptualized, and specified in detail.)

Name of Project: Buffalo City Wireless Backbone

Year: 2010

Location: Mdantsane to East London

Client: Buffalo City Municipality Main project features: The project required the scope definition, key perf ormance indicators, and technology specification fo r a wireless backbone communications for viewing video footage.

Position held: System Engineer / System Technologist Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs, specific specificati ons and requirements. (Fibre optic data telecommunication was not a financial option for the municipality and required a wireless solution between two points with several hills in between. A 5m vector contour map was obtained and converted to a Digital Elevation Map (DEM) that was used as the source of determine Line-Of-Sight Analysis and therefore the convenient locations for repeater towers, and thus still ensuring a high degree of possible throughput.)

Name of Project: Buffalo City BRT Surveillance

Year: 2010

Location: Highway Taxi Rank, Mdantsane

Client: Buffalo City Municipality Main project features: The project required the scope definition, key perf ormance indicators, and technology specification fo r a surveillance system.

Position held: System Engineer / System Technologist Activities performed: Detail design of the system, technology specificati on, compilation of tender documentation, tender adjudication, contract supervision and management. (The Client required several locations to be under surveillance, and this in turn required unique telecommunication requirements as well as storage and processing requirements. The calculations was done and the system design provided to the client.)

Name of Project: Bakwena Wireless Backbone

Year: 2009 to 2010

Location: N1/N4 Toll Road

Client: Bakwena Main project features: The project required the scope definition, key perf ormance indicators, and technology specification fo r a highly available wireless backbone communications s ystem that requires PCI-DSS security features.

Position held: System Engineer / System Technologist Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs, specific specificati ons and requirements. (The N4 Toll Concessionaire was not yet in a positions to implement fibre optic telecommunication between its toll gates. The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) approached the toll concessionaire and provided them with the requirements to integrate into their e-Toll backoffice. These requirements were analysed and a certain data throughput threshold had to be obtained to achieve the service levels of transmitting e-Toll transactions in a certain period of time. The wireless links stretched over a 260 km of road network and required a substantial analysis of location, line-of-sight, System Operating Margin (Signal quality between two points), and the bandwidth/bottleneck analysis. The final result allowed Bakwena to achieve the strict service level agreements.)



Name of Project: SANRAL National ITS DBOM ATMS and ATIS

Year: 2009 to 2010

Location: Cape Town, Gauteng, and KwaZulu Natal

Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited Main project features: The project required the scope definition, key perf ormance indicators, payment methodologies, payment schedules, and technical specifications for the Nat ional Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), an d National Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS). The compilatio n of tender documentation, the adjudication of tend er documents, and the project management during the implementation.

Position held: System Engineer / System Technologist

Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs, concept development, pricing of concepts, generic specifications and requirements. (The client required a systems engineering approach to achieve certain goals with regard to the their Gauteng Freeway Improvement Programme (GFIP). One of these goals was the quick identification of accidents, the clearing thereof, and the dissemination of road condition information to the road users. A detailed study was undertaken to determine what was done locally and international on these two types of systems, which all are dependent upon efficient and reliable ICT infrastructure. Several concepts and configurations were developed in detail for the client to ensure that the criteria could be met. These concepts were then priced and evaluated on a capital, operational, and maintenance perspective. The final concept was specified in detailed and issued as the SANRAL ITS Design, Build, Operate, and Maintain (DBOM).)

Name of Project: The Design of the Integrated Electronic Fare Collec tion for the City of Capetown’s Bus Rapid Transit.

Year: 2010

Location: Capetown

Client: City of Capetown Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Integrated Electronic Fare Collection System as part of the larger ITS deploym ent in the City of Capetown, this is primarily focu ssed on the Integrated Rapid Transit BRT, but with a secondary focus of br oadening the footprint of the EMV Smart Card to oth er forms of Public Transport and Parking Management Usage.

Position held: Lead Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from a Fare Collection, Information an d Communication Technology, and Banking Infrastruct ure perspective, Tender documentation, tender adjudication, and cost estimates. (The City of Cape Town required a detailed specification tender to be produced for the, then upcoming, AFC Regulations. Needs were determined through the creation of Process Flow Diagrams. Once the Client was happy with the processes involved the entire system was conceptually conceived. The concepts was specified and priced. The final selected concept was selected and detail technical criteria for implementation was produced within a tender document. The tender process was managed and awarded to a successful bidder. The AFC system is currently the only big successful AFC Regulation compliant system implemented.)

Name of Project: National Electronic Fare Collection Concept Develop ment and Information Systems for Public Transport

Year: 2006 - 2010

Location: South Africa

Client: National Department of Transport

Main project features: Development of guidelines for national roll-out of public transport payment systems, involving banking industry mechanisms to also ensure the establishmen t of a national public transport information system .

Position held: Lead Technology and ITS Specialist Activities performed: Design and development of National inter-operabilit y data structures , Ensuring technology inter-operability, Technological feasibility studies, and Technology s pecification. (The client required a national standard for implementing authorities to implement, so that technology and/or vendor lock-in could be removed from the equation. The banking industry’s Europay, MasterCard, and VISA (EMV) standard was reviewed for its interoperability between banks, retailers, and card associations. It soon became apparent that the EMV card alone will not be able to be the answer as the user requirements need to be filled. Commuters were usually unbanked and/or anonymous, thus data for public transport use had to be made available on the EMV card. The data needed to be standardise and/or formatted for all parties in the future to be able to use the same elements for the same purpose. The data structure could not be encapsulated in Basic Encoding Rule Tag Length Value (BER-TLV) or any other encoding format as the space on the available data was limited), hence the mapping of the data elements occurred outside of the card. A standardisation process was created to ensure implementers use the elements as required.



Name of Project: City of CapeTown Multi-Function Control Centre

Year: 2008 - 2010


Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL )

Main project features: The City of CapeTown is implementing a Multi-Functi onal Control Centre that incorporates Freeway Management, Public Transport Operations, Safety & S ecurity Surveillance and Incident Management within a single Control Centre. The project entails the full implementation including concept design, user requirements specif ication, layout design, human resource requirements, operational specificat ions, technology requirements (hardware & software) , architectural & structural design..

Position held: Technology and ITS Specialist Activities performed: Facility design, and Technology specification. (Data centre requirements analysis, storage analysis, and control centre design analysis.)

Name of Project: Mtubatuba Overload Control Systems Design & Impleme ntation

Year: 2010

Location: KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa

Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited Main project features: Development of an overload control system for Mtuba tuba including the concept of operations. Entails the design of a totally new Traffic Control Centre, inc orporating a static scale, weigh-in-motion faciliti es as well as the associated systems. The use of technology is integrated in th e solution, minimising the need for expensive infra structure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tender documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders and supervising the works.

Position held: Lead Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialis t. Activities performed: Detail design of the system, technology specificati on, and compilation of tender documentation.

Name of Project: eThekwini Transport Operations Plan for 2010 SWC

Year: 2010


Client: eThekwini Transport Authority

Main project features: The eThekwini Transport Authority awarded a tender for the development of a Transport Operations Plan for the 2010 Soccer World Cup to a Joint Venture. T echso was approached to do a feasibility study on P ublic Transport technologies and implementation schedules for diffe rent technologies associated with Public Transport information dissemination at bus stops, websites, and points of interest.

Position held: Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: High level system design, technology and standards specification. Review of current systems and integration of different technologies to support in formation dissemination functions.

Name of Project: Gauteng ORT WIM Implementation

Year: 2009 - 2010

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited

Main project features: SANRAL requires an Overload Control Strategy for it s Open Road Tolling project. Different technologica l and process options was considered and presented to the client.

Position held: Technologist Activities performed: Technology assessment for the various feasible solu tion provided by the Transport and Civil Engineers



Name of Project: Senekal Overload Control Systems Design & Implement ation

Year: 2010



Main project features: Refurbishment and recommissioning of an existing ov erload control facility at Senekal, including formalising the concept of operations. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimisin g the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tende r documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders and supervising t he works.

Position held: Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: Technology specification, and feasibility study/lay out.

Name of Project: Kroonstad Overload Control Systems Design & Impleme ntation

Year: 2010


Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited Main project features: Refurbishment and re-commissioning of an existing o verload control facility at Kroonstad, including formalising the concept of operations. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimisin g the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tende r documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders and supervising t he works.

Position held: Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: Technology specification, and feasibility study/lay out.

Name of Project: Camperdown Overload Control Systems Design & Implem entation

Year: 2010



Main project features: Development of an overload control system for Campe rdown including the concept of operations. Entails the design of two totally new Traffic Control Centr es on both sides of the freeway, incorporating stat ic scales, weigh-in-motion facilities as well as the associated systems. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, mi nimising the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project en tails the development of specifications, developmen t of tender documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders an d supervising the works.

Position held: Lead Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialis t.

Activities performed: Detail design of the system, technology specificati on, compilation of tender documentation.

Name of Project: Midway Overload Control Systems Design & Implementa tion

Year: 2010


Client: South African National Roads Agency Limited Main project features: Refurbishment and recommissioning of an existing ov erload control facility at Midway, including formalising the concept of operations. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimisin g the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tende r documentation, evaluation of prospective tenders and supervising t he works.

Position held: Lead Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialis t. Activities performed: Detail design of the system, technology specificati on, compilation of tender documentation.



Name of Project: Zebediela Overload Control System Design.

Year: 2007 - 2010

Location: Zebediela, South Africa


Main project features: Development of an overload control system and conce pt of operations for the system. Extent of the sys tem includes the implementation of two static scale sta tions, a satellite system as well as associated wei gh-in-motion equipment. The use of technology is integrated in the solution , minimising the need for expensive infrastructure provision. Technology modules include Site Surveillance, Vehicle Tracking , Vehicle Identification, Driver Identification, Co mmunication Hardware, Traffic Control Equipment, Vehicle Weighing Equipme nt, Human Interface Equipment, Data Processing Equi pment, System Integration, Vehicle Testing, Weighing & Prosecutio n System. The project entails the development proce sses, specifications, tender documentation, evaluation of prospective ten ders, and supervising the works.

Position held: Systems designer, Technology and ITS Specialist.

Activities performed: Detail design of the system, technology specificati on, compilation of tender documentation, tender adjudication, contract supervision and management.

Name of Project: Richardsbay Taxi Rank Microsimulation

Year: 2009

Location: Richardsbay

Client: UWP Consulting Main project features: The project required the writing of source code and integrating it into PTV Simulation Software (Vissi m 5.10) to facilitate the modelling of a Taxi Rank to determine the best layout of the facility in quest ion based upon queuing practices.

Position held: Software Designer / Programmer

Activities performed: Application Programming Interface (API) feature ana lysis. Software design to fit within the requiremen ts for the API provided. Programming of custom functions t o be integrated into the simulation model. Running of simulation with custom functions. (International transport modelling tools do not really cater for South African Taxi Driving Behaviour. The API of the Microsimulation Software was obtained and studied. An application was written in C++ and C# to interface into the Microsimulation model and manipulate the “Taxi Objects” to achieve an acceptable observable behaviour of Taxis within the simulation software. This customization was then further used to simulate different taxi rank configurations, and the surrounding areas of interest.)

Name of Project: TMT iControl Microwave Microsimulation

Year: 2009

Location: City of Cape Town

Client: Traffic Management Technologies Main project features: The project required the writing of source code and integrating it into PTV Simulation Software (Vissi m 5.10) to facilitate the incorporation of TMT’s iCon trol Data into a microsimulation for the purpose of displaying processed data into a presentable marketing format.

Position held: Software Designer / Programmer

Activities performed: Application Programming Interface (API) feature ana lysis. Software design to fit within the requiremen ts for the API provided. Programming of custom functions t o be integrated into the simulation model. (The client was in the process of researching and developing a product that would, through microwaves, identify vehicle counts, and turning movements at an intersection. The output of this prototype was raw and in an unpresentable format for investors. The API of the Microsimulation Software was obtained and studied. The data was scrubbed through C#, and incorporated into the Microsimulation Software which in turn allowed the client to extract presentable video footage of vehicles moving smoothly through an intersection.)

Name of Project: The Design of an Electronic Fare Collection for the eThekwini Municipality.

Year: 2009

Location: Durban

Client: eThikwini Transport Authority Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Electronic Fare Collection System as specified by the forthcoming National Regulation s about EMV Smart Cards.

Position held: Technology and ITS Specialist. Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from a Fare Collection, Information an d Communication Technology, and Banking Infrastruct ure perspective, Tender documentation, and cost estimates.



Name of Project: Ben Schoeman Freeway Management Project.

Year: 2006 - 2008

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa


Main project features: First major freeway management project in South Afr ica, involving the application of technology to imp rove freeway operations, improve incident management and enhance road safety. The project involves various phases i.e. (i) basic planning & feasibility; (ii) detail design; (iii) preparation of tender documentation; (iv) site supervision; and (v) initial operations. Elements of the project include: (i) establishment of a communications backbone, utilising both fibre optic and wireless systems; (ii) deployment of surveillance system i.e. CCTV cameras & control; (iii) the refurbishment and equipment installation of network management centre; (iv) deployment of traffic detectors and variable message signs; and (v) prioritisation of further deployment including ramp metering, electronic vehi cle identification etc.

Position held: Assistant Technical Project Manager Activities performed: Technology assessment as required

Name of Project: The Design of the Integrated Electronic Fare Collec tion for the Johannesburg Roads Agency.

Year: 2008


Client: City of Johannesburg / Johannesburg Roads Agency Main project features: The system specification, design and maintenance re quirements for an Integrated Electronic Fare Collection System as part of the larger ITS deploym ent in the City of Johannesburg, this is primarily focussed on the Rea Vaya BRT, but with a secondary focus of broadening the f ootprint of the Smart Media to other forms of Publi c Transport.


Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. Con cept development, technology specification, design requirements from a Fare Collection, Information an d Communication Technology, and Banking Infrastruct ure perspective, Tender documentation, and cost estimates. (Rea Vaya elected to implemented a dual technology type system as the AFC Regulations was not yet implemented. The system was specified in such a way that the tenderers had to migrate at a later stage to the AFC Regulations.).

Name of Project: Overseer for the Johannesburg Roads Agency’s ITS Im plementation

Year: 2008


Client: City of Johannesburg / Johannesburg Roads Agency

Main project features: Delcan and SSI were awarded the Design and Developm ent tender of the JRA’s ITS project and the JRA required third-party Project Managers to help facil itate and manage the implementation process of the system design.


Activities performed: Technology feasibility inputs and requirements. (Design details was reviewed for the Client and commented upon.

Name of Project: Ermelo Overload Control System Design

Year: 2007 - 2008


Client: Mpumalanga Provincial Government - Department Of Ro ads &Transport

Main project features: Development of an overload control system for Ermel o including the concept of operations development. Entails the design of one new Traffic Control Centr e with a Weigh-In-Motion Satellite facility. The ex tensive use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimising the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project e ntails the development of specifications, development of tender documentation , evaluation of prospective tenderers and supervisi ng the works.





Name of Project: Kinross Overload Control System Design.

Year: 2007 - 2008

Location: Kinross, South Africa

Client: Mpumalanga Provincial Government - Department Of Ro ads &Transport

Main project features: Refurbishment and recommissioning of an existing ov erload control facility at Kinross, including formalising the concept of operations. The use of technology is integrated in the solution, minimisin g the need for expensive infrastructure provision. The project entails the development of specifications, development of tende r documentation, evaluation of prospective tenderer and supervising the works.



Name of Project: Development of a Public Transport Law Enforcement S trategy for The City Of Johannesburg

Year: 2007


Client: City Of Johannesburg

Main project features: The development of a public transport law enforceme nt strategy to ensure compliance with the initiativ es of the Strategic Public Transport Network (SPTN), w hich has since been superseded by the Bus Rapid Tra nsit (BRT) System, that will also cover road based transport areas not service by BRT.


Activities performed: Technology inputs relating to law enforcement.

15.5 Relevant project experience at Technikon Preto ria (Tshwane University of Technology)

Name of Project: Games Programming 2 & 3

Year: 2004 - 2006

Location: Technikon Pretoria main Campus

Client: Technikon Pretoria (Tshwane University of Technolog y) Main project features: Games Programming was considered the most effective way to learn students an application area of simulation software concepts. Games Programming is considered the most complex software simulation ava ilable. Although complex the students enjoyed the subject thoroughly , and industry partners requested specifically stud ents with Games Programming background.

Position held: Lecturer (Contract)

Activities performed: Compiling of lecturer notes, compiling of subject/c ourse guidelines, theoretical presentation of subje ct, practical programming with students of computer Gam e, setting up of tests, marking of tests, and exter nal reviewer correspondence.

Name of Project: Digital Process Control 2 & 3

Year: 2004 - 2006


Client: Technikon Pretoria (Tshwane University of Technolog y) Main project features: Programmable Logic Controllers are at the heart of most industrial processes, the subject required the student to comprehend the Ladder Logic used within Programmable Logic Controllers which in turn formed part of a project requiring students to use to use PC as a PLC by wri ting their own Ladder Logic interpreter, which evol ved in later stages by using a micro controller with an embedded TCP/IP st ack with additional peripherals. Position held: Lecturer (Contract) Activities performed: Compiling of lecturer notes, compiling of subject/c ourse guidelines, theoretical presentation of subje ct, practical programming and building with students of a PLCs, setting up of tests, marking of tests, and external reviewer correspondence.

Name of Project: Intelligent Industrial Systems 2 & 3

Year: 2004 - 2006


Client: Technikon Pretoria (Tshwane University of Technolog y)


15.5 Relevant project experience at Technikon Preto ria (Tshwane University of Technology) Main project features: The main focus of the Intelligent Industrial Systems subjects was the int roduction of robotics and “ intelligence” within the automation field. Students were require d to study and comprehend several hardware sensory devices, which in turn was used to create a rover-like robot which in turn was required to do a certain functio n, such as find a specific piece of metal within a maze, or even map the maze itself. Position held: Lecturer (Contract) Activities performed: Compiling of lecturer notes, compiling of subject/c ourse guidelines, theoretical presentation of subje ct, practical programming and building with students of a PLCs, setting up of tests, marking of tests, and external reviewer correspondence.

Name of Project: Intelligent Industrial Systems 4

Year: 2009

Location: Tshwane University of Technology ( Pretoria Campus)

Client: Tshwane University of Technology Main project features: The main focus of the Intelligent Industrial System s 4 would have been (current talks will have the II S field of study terminated) to include a full curriculum o f theoretical content to form the basis of Aerial A utomated Drones. The practical project would have required multi-disciplinary team s from different departments to create an Autonomou s Drone that will be capable of doing a set function, the initial functi ons was in the form of Height Level Mapping for Civ il Engineers.

Position held: External Subject Content Activities performed: Feasibility study into the practicality of the prac tical project as well as theoretical content availa bility for students.

Name of Project: Hardware Design 4

Year: 2004 - 2006


Client: Technikon Pretoria (Tshwane University of Technolog y) Main project features: Hardware Design 4 required students to know the the oretical components of a micro controller, its phys ical composition to such an extent that students were ab le to implement their own PIC16 architecture within VHDL. The subject was considered a huge success due to the amount of theo retical understanding that students achieved throug h the practical implementation of their own micro controller. Position held: Lecturer (Contract) Activities performed: Compiling of lecturer notes, compiling of subject/c ourse guidelines, theoretical presentation of subje ct, practical programming and building with students of a PIC16 micro controller within VHDL, setting up o f tests, marking of tests, and external reviewer correspondence.

Name of Project: Information Security Basics

Year: 2006


Client: Technikon Pretoria (Tshwane University of Technolog y) Main project features: A beginners course with regard to Information Secur ity principles. Position held: Lecturer (Contract) Activities performed: Compiling of lecturer notes, compiling of subject/c ourse guidelines, and theoretical presentation of s ubject.

16. Education

Institution Certificate(s), Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained

Date obtained

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa M-Tech IT (Intelligent Industrial Systems) 2010

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa B-Tech IT (Intelligent Industrial Systems) 2005

Technikon Pretoria, South Africa N-Dip IT (Intelligent Industrial Systems) 2004

Rustenburg Hoërskool National Senior Certificate 1999


16.1 Academic Achievements

Institution Achievement Date

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa M-Tech degree with a final external reviewer average of 84% (Cum Laude)

2010

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa

Best fourth year student Department Intelligent Industrial Systems

B-Tech distinction average (75%) for fourth year;

2004

2005

Technikon Pretoria, South Africa

Best first year student Faculty Information and Communication Technology,

Best third year student Department Intelligent Industrial Systems, 2003

2001

2003

Rustenburg Hoërskool Academic Colours 1999

16.2 M-Tech Abstract (Tshwane University of Technol ogy)

ELECTRONIC FARE COLLECTION: CONVERGENCE OF PAYMENT AND FARE M EDIA IN SOUTH AFRICA

Public transport service allows commuters to travel from one destination to another. The routes that these public transport vehicles traverse determine where the commuters board or alight. It has however been the main problem with various transport authorities within South Africa that they do not know where routes are defined, or where they should be defined. One technology that covers multiple solutions is electronic fare collection. Electronic fare collection allows:

• reduced cash handling,

• commuter convenience,

• reduced fare collection costs,

• increase in rider-ship,

• flexible fare regimes,

• automatic data generation, and

• increase in security.

The fare media that is used to collect these fares are mostly closed systems that are based upon proprietary interfaces. These fare media are of a contactless type as contact based interfaces is not practical.

The contactless payment media as part of the banking industry have since caught up with the transport industry. The banking industry is however more focussed on security and inter-operability aspects than the transport industry. Card associations governs the standards that banking industries use, and do not create small island of non-inter-operable solutions.

It is for this fact that a payment media is selected as a fare media device to be a possible solution for inter-operable fare media. The payment media however lack certain data elements that it needs to effectively calculate the fare amount that the commuter is due. It is this research reports’ focus to propose a data structure that will fit within a payment media to facilitate fare media type transactions.

Full version available upon request


16.3 B-Tech Subjects (Tshwane University of Technol ogy))

Subject Course Code Result

Advanced Intelligent Industrial Systems ADK401A 68%

Information Technology Management ITA401A 73%

Information Security ITU401A 68%

Projects IV PJT400B 86%

Intelligent Industrial Systems IV IIS401A 81%

Research Methodology RMD101A 76%

Expert Systems EXS401A 83%

Artificial Intelligence AIT401A 70%

New Application Technology Programming (.Net) ATE401A 69%

Hardware Design IV IIE30BA 81%

Industry Exposure 2 IDC30BA 75%

16.4 N-Dip Subjects (Technikon Pretoria)


Technical Programming I TPG11AA 80%

Technical Programming II TPG11BA 84%

Technical Programming III TPG20AA 80%

Technical Programming IV TPG20BA 67%

Information Technology Skills I ITS11AA 80%

Information Technology Skills II ITS11BA 90%

System Software I SSF11AA 95%

System Software II SSF11BA 83%

System Software III SSF24AA 79%

Information Systems I ISY13AA 82%

Information Systems II ISY13BA 76%

Development Software I DSO15AA 91%

Development Software II DSO15BA 83%

Development Software III DSO23AA 87%

Industry Exposure I IDC10AA 81%

Digital Electronics I IIE20AA 85%

Digital Electronics II IIE20BA 84%

Digital Electronics III IIE30AA 75%



Games Programing 2A GPM20AA 75%

Games Programing 2B + 2C GPM20BA 75%

Intelligent Industrial Systems I IIS20AA 77%

Intelligent Industrial Systems II IIS20BA 75%

Intelligent Industrial Systems III IIS30AA 75%

16.5 High School

Subject Result

Maths A

Computer Studies A

Science B

Accounting B

English C

Afrikaans C

* - Matriculate in 1999 with University exemption

16.6 Additional Courses

Institution Course Date attended

Transport Simulation Systems Aimsun 8 – Transport Modelling 2014

Project Performance International Systems Engineering for Technology-Based Projects and Product Developments 2011

CSIR Innovation Leadership and Learning Academy

Project Management 1 2011

ITS South Africa Electronic Toll Collection 2010

Stellenbosch University Wireless Networks 2009

ITS South Africa Road Sensor Networks 2009

Aldec ActiveHDL VHDL Introductory Course 2005

Altium PCB Design Course 2005

Borland South Africa Introduction to C# 2005

Technikon Pretoria Games Programming – Module 2D 2004

Damelin Rustenburg Comptia N+ 2000

Damelin Rustenburg Comptia A+ 2000


16.7 Academic Papers

Event Topic

SATC 2010 EMV Specification Usage Within Public Transport Automated Fare Collection

SATC 2014 Information Security Vulnerabilities Within EMV Automated Fare Collection, Their Consequence, and Possible Remedies

17. Employment Record:

Period Employer Positions held

2014 - Current Namela Integrated Systems Specialist

2011 - 2014 Royal HaskoningDHV ITS / ICT Technologist

2010 - 2011 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Senior Researcher

2006 - 2010 Techso (Pty) Ltd ITS / ICT Technologist

2004 - 2006 Tshwane University of Technology Junior Lecturer for Intelligent Industrial Systems

(Continued Blue Lab research officer)

2002 - 2003 Technikon Pretoria Blue Lab research officer and assistant lecturer

17.1. Board of Directors

Entity Type Duration

Intelligent Transportation Systems of South Africa Not-for-profit 2014-2015

18. Skills Matrix:

Legend:

1 – Training only

2 – Knowledgeable

3 – Significant work experience

4 – Specialist

18.1. Skills Matrix – Programming Languages

Programming Languages

Skill Years Skill level

1 2 3 4

Assembler 2 X

Basic (VBA and Normal) 5 X

C 3 X

C++ 4 X

C# - General 3 X

C# - Windows Forms 2 X


Programming Languages


1 2 3 4

C# - ASP.NET <1 X

Delphi (Pascal) 1 X

JAVA 2 X

Lua 1 X

LaTeX 4 X

Mikrotik Scripting 2 X

Python 1 X

SQL 2 X

VHDL 1 X

18.2. Skills Matrix – Software Packages

Software Packages


1 2 3 4

Dia 4 X

InkScape 4 X

AutoCAD LT 3 X

MS Windows (Most versions) 10 X

MS Project 3 X

MS Visio 3 X

Mikrotik OS 2 X

Quantum GIS 2 X

Corel Draw 3 X

MS Office 10 X

Linux Systems (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, and Fedora) 6 X

Mac OS X 3 X

Virtualbox 6 X

QEMU 3 X


18.3. Skills Matrix – Hardware

Hardware


1 2 3 4

FPGA / ASIC / CPLD 1 X

AVR Microcontrollers 2 X

PIC Microcontrollers (PIC16 / PIC18) 3 X

8051 Microcontrollers 2 X

ARM Microprocessors 2 X

X86 Microprocessors 10 X

PCB Design 2 X

Digital Electronics 3 X

Analogue Electronics 1 X

PC Maintenance / Repair 2 X

Virtualization 6 X

18.4. Skills Matrix – Networking

Networking


1 2 3 4

LAN 10 X

WLAN 8 X

WAN (SDH) 3 X

WWAN (Custom Microwave) 4 X

Routers (Mikrotik) 2 X

Web/Server Services (Proxy, Website, Mail) 6 X

Intrusion Prevention Systems 4 X

Intrusion Detection Systems 2 X

Vulnerability Assessment 2 X

Penetration Testing 1 X

Domain Controlling 4 X


19.Character profile:

According to Gallup Inc. my predominant 5 key strengths as an individual are:

Strength Brief description

Adaptability I can adapt to different projects and technology usages and implementation strategies

Responsibility I take responsibility towards project that I undertake or am assigned

Relator I can relate to clients to determine their key requirements of the project, I also foster current relationships stronger

Deliberator I ensure checks and balances are included in the project

Harmony I work well in an environment that works towards the same goal

According to the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) my profile is:

• the Introverted Sensing with Thinking and Judging (ISTJ ) type

19.1 Personal Profiles by Employers

Employer Profile

CSIR 2010 Smart card engineering

Locally-designed, researched and developed smart card technology – to suit South African needs and demands – is coming to fruition.

A smart card is a credit card-sized piece of plastic embedded with computer chips that can securely store information and provide a myriad

of other services.

However, smart cards come in different forms and cater for various needs. A health smart card, for instance, will provide patient

information that is accurate, portable and updateable, and facilitate access to patient information in emergency situations by first

responders, when the patient is not able to relay the critical information.

These intelligent cards are being rolled out in numerous South African private and public sectors, with many more requiring the intelligent

authentication tokens, such as a health card, national ID, driver’s licence and access control. CSIR smart card technologist Dawie Joubert

is hatching a plan to develop smart card technology with multi-applications to serve simultaneously as an eDriver’s licence, eHealth card,

ePassport and eIdentity Document.

Joubert works in a research group comprising highly-skilled young South Africans working in information security at the CSIR. This

research group is one of the competency areas at CSIR Modelling and Digital Science (MDS); it focuses on processes, methodologies and

techniques used to protect information from unauthorised access. The major drive towards establishing this competency revolves around

the need to develop a local capability on information security systems.

Joubert’s work focuses on the national identity system specifications. “We intend to foster local opportunities for industry and reduce the

international dependency on proprietary smart cards and terminal technologies by providing open standards,” says Joubert. “We are trying

to put all these cards into one intelligent card and make sure that it is sustainable and secure, and cannot be duplicated or tampered with.

The number of benefits this has is huge.”

He reckons that South Africa needs this technology because of the paper-based trust culture. “Computers minimise human error and that

is where smart card technologies come in,” says Joubert. He adds that the lack of identity authentication saw America’s health care system

losing over 60 billion dollars between 2005 and 2009. “With our smart cards, we are trying to minimise incidents such as individuals

finding themselves married to complete strangers, and other forms of identity theft,” he says.


Employer Profile

A whiz kid

Joubert grew up on a citrus farm in Boshoek, a farming community between Rustenburg and Sun City. He wrote his first computer

programme at the age of seven. “This was not rocket science,” he says. “I used to type in my name and the computer would respond by

saying ‘HELLO DAWIE’”. In what was then Std 6, Joubert recalls that he holds a record of accidentally crashing the system of an Internet

service provider – Gemscape –for the longest period of time. He says he was playing with hacker tools when he accidentally brought

down a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on the unsuspecting Internet service provider – an attempt to make a computer

resource unavailable to its intended users – which caused hundreds of thousands of significantly sized e-mails to be dropped at the Internet

service providers' door. “At that time [early 1990s], e-mail and DNS servers were not yet protected against such attacks,” he says, adding

that he soon realised that Internet access was a privilege when his father terminated the Internet access service due to the incident.

Although he did not know it then, Joubert would soon graduate from being a nosy teenager bitten by the Internet bug, to someone who

puts his knowledge of computers to good use after that incident. After high school, Joubert took a gap year and went to the United

Kingdom (UK) where he worked as a bartender through a working holiday visa. He headed home at the end of that same year and enrolled

at Damelin Private College for A+ and N+ courses – computer hardware and software and networking courses.

While he was busy with his studies at Damelin, he accessed the website of the then Pretoria Technikon (now Tshwane University of

Technology) and was intrigued by the course in Intelligent Industrial Systems which is a specialisation field in Information and

Communication Technology (ICT). He enrolled the following year and eventually obtained a Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) degree.

“This was a new course and I was among the first few people to obtain a B-Tech degree in this area,” remembers Joubert. “We covered

topics such as digital electronics, programming, systems engineering, games programming, simulation software, process control, hardware

design and artificial intelligence.”

After graduating, he went to work for Techso (Pty) Ltd, where he was involved in the designing of traffic control centres, surveillance

systems used in monitoring traffic flow on highways and macro surveillance, electronic fare collection systems, and other Intelligent

Transportation System engineering tasks. Other areas that he worked in while with his former employer included systems engineering

tasks for managing public transport infrastructure using technology to make it more efficient, setting up wireless systems for the South

African National Road Agency Limited (SANRAL) and Department of Transport, and electronic fee collection that also included tolling.

Joubert obtained a cum laude for his Master of Technology (M Tech) degree which was based upon a successful smart card project done

for the National Department of Transport.“I enjoyed the technical aspects of the job and working with industry experts in various fields,”

he says, “I didn’t want to go into management at this early age, and I left to join the CSIR to further my technical expertise in all things

systems engineering.”

At CSIR MDS

At his former employer, according to Joubert, he gained experience in sustainable systems engineering, which enables the product to

continue functioning sustainably in different environments. “I also learnt to focus on client requirements and the perception towards your

product, something that I am trying to advocate here at MDS, because even if you have the best product on the market and the perception

towards you, your support, or your product is considered wanting, you have failed,” he concludes.


20. References:

Reference Association Contact Details E-Mail

Dr Johan Bosman Current Employer (Namela) +27832632419 (Mobile) [email protected]

Mr Marco D’Angelo Current work colleague +27823189827 (Mobile) [email protected]

Dr. Klaas van Zyl Previous Employer (Royal HaskoningDHV)

+27824614061 (Mobile) [email protected]

Mr Tjibbe Spoelstra Previous work colleague (Royal HaskoningDHV)


Mrs Leonie van Wyk Previous work colleague (Royal HaskoningDHV)


Prof Fulufhelo Nelwamondo Previous Employer (CSIR) +27839781988 (Mobile) [email protected]

Mr Mthembeni Mkhize Previous Employer (Techso (PTY) LTD)


Dr Johann Andersen Previous work colleague (Techso (PTY) LTD)


Mr Berino Lorio Previous work colleague (Techso (PTY) LTD)


Dr Nabil Abou-Rahme International work colleague +447966310964 (Mobile) [email protected]

Mr James Jordaan Previous work colleague (Technikon Pretoria)


Dr Elmarie Biermann Master’s degree study leader and previous employer (Technikon Pretoria)


Mr Izak van Niekerk Friend +27844006102 (Mobile) [email protected]

Mr Ignus Swart Friend +27827816619 (Mobile) [email protected]

21. Certification:

I, the undersigned, certify that these data correctly describe me, my qualifications, and my experience.

Date: 2015/05/13

Dawid (Dawie) J Joubert

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