{"basics":{"name":"Reinhardt van Rooyen","label":"Senior Technology Leader / Director of Engineering","email":"reinhardt@rvit.co.za","phone":"0833915515","url":"https://www.rvit.co.za","summary":"Engineering executive with 18+ years building scalable cloud and AI-driven platforms across enterprise and high-growth environments. Combines deep hands-on systems architecture expertise with proven leadership of cross-functional engineering organizations. 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streamline operations.","SCALABLE ARCHITECTURE: Designed a highly distributed social networking and commenting architecture, ensuring low-latency performance and high availability for large-scale user engagement.","FINTECH INTEGRATION: Architected and deployed a custom CRM with deep Stripe integration, successfully scaling the platform to support 120,000+ active subscribers.","PRODUCT ROADMAPPING: Partnered with executive leadership to align technical strategy with business growth, optimizing team velocity and fostering a culture of high-performance engineering.","STAKEHOLDER LEADERSHIP: Directed the architectural evolution of the platform, ensuring robust security and seamless data orchestration across global publishing workflows."]},{"name":"Amazon Web Services (AWS)","company":"Amazon Web Services (AWS)","position":"Software Development Manager","startDate":"2020-01-01","endDate":"2025-12-31","summary":"Strategic leadership of mission-critical engineering teams across the core EC2 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multi region automated deployment pipelines (CI/CD), reducing deployment friction by 70% across the engineering organization."]},{"name":"Real Virtuality IT Services","company":"Real Virtuality IT Services","position":"Founder","startDate":"2019-09-01","endDate":"2019-12-01","summary":"Independent consultancy focusing on industrial control systems and infrastructure audits.","highlights":["Architected industrial control systems conforming to international SunSpec 2019 standards.","Conducted comprehensive security audits and provided cost-optimization recommendations."]},{"name":"RAMM Technologies","company":"RAMM Technologies","summary":"Joined RAMM Technologies as part of an acquisition by Jasco to lead the transformation of their IOT product and infrastructure, driving reliability improvements and team growth.","position":"Head of Infrastructure","startDate":"2018-09-01","endDate":"2019-09-01","highlights":["Stabilized and enhanced reliability for mission-critical on-premise and cloud infrastructure.","Expanded technical team capabilities through strategic hiring and mentorship."]},{"name":"Jasco Electronics Holdings Ltd","company":"Jasco Electronics Holdings Ltd","position":"Innovation Strategist / Senior Solutions Architect","summary":"Created the innovation lab at Jasco, integrating solutions from 3 business units, and heading up their IoT strategy and data center architecture.","startDate":"2015-02-01","endDate":"2018-09-01","highlights":["Developed and championed group-wide IoT strategy and roadmap.","Architected managed data center solution delivering 99.95% uptime and zero data loss.","Oversaw implementation of R20M+ annual revenue projects with 50%+ profit margins."]},{"name":"Telkom SA Ltd","company":"Telkom SA Ltd","position":"Senior Manager","startDate":"2013-04-01","endDate":"2015-02-01","highlights":["Delivered R218M annual target for recurring revenue.","Managed a R100M/year data center outsource solution."]},{"name":"Telkom SA 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