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With my nearing retirement at the end of December, it is time to say goodbye to my valued colleagues. How quickly the years passed! After seven years, it is time for change and renewed energy.
Some of the highlights of my short sprint are:
- The introduction of process formalisation in IT service management, resulting in the institutional use of the Jira Service Management platform. My sincere gratitude and congratulations to Nobi, Marc-Allen, Courtney, Malanie, Ronel, Leanne and many more colleagues who helped to turn it into a success.
- The retirement of Inetkey, and the abundant availability of Internet capacity.
- The establishment of maturing service practices in the IT Division, like architecture, security, project and service management.
- The structural reorganisation of the IT Division to enable service continuity, portfolio management with increased focus on academic support, business systems renewal and service management.
- Infrastructure modernisation in the campus networks and building refurbishment, especially the Extended Learning Spaces project with state-of-the-art audio-visual technologies; and finally,
- ensuring business continuity with systems and technology during the COVID period (2020-2021).
Thank you for all your support and the stimulating challenges, especially my directors for their loyal support. I wish you all a thriving work environment, and success in all your endeavours!
My successor, Dr Denisha Jairam-Owthar, will be joining you in January 2022 as Chief Director of Information Technology. I have full confidence in her abilities, and believe that SU will benefit greatly from her leadership.
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Met my naderende aftrede einde Desember het die tyd gekom om totsiens te sê aan my gewaardeerde kollegas. Hoe vinnig het die jare nie gevlieg nie? Na sewe jaar is dit tyd vir verandering en hernieude energie.
Van die hoogtepunte van my kort naelloop is:
- Die bekendstelling van prosesformalisering in IT diensbestuur wat voortgevloei het in die institusionele gebruik van die JIRA Diensbestuurplatform. My opregte dank en gelukwensinge aan Nobi, Nobi, Marc-Allen, Courtney, Malanie, Ronel, Leanne en vele ander kollegas wat dit `n sukses gemaak het.
- Die uittrede van Inetkey en die ruim beskikbaarheid van Internetkapasiteit.
- Die vestiging van volwasse dienspraktyke in die IT-afdeling, soos argitektuur, sekuriteit, projeke en diensbestuur.
- Die strukturele herorganisasie van die IT-afdeling om dienskontinuiteit, portfoliobestuur met toenemende fokus op akademiese ondersteuning, die hernuwing van besigheidstelsels en diensbestuur te bewerkstellig.
- Die modernisering en opknapping van die infrastruktuur van kampusnetwerke en geboue, veral die Extended Learning Spaces projek met nuutste en mees gevorderde oudio-visuele tegnologie; en laastens,
- om besigheidskontinuiteit met behulp van stelsels en tegnologie gedurende die COVID periode (2020-2021) te verseker.
Dankie vir al julle ondersteuning en die stimulerende uitdagings, veral vir my direkteure en hulle lojale ondersteuning. Ek wens julle `n florerende werksomgewing toe en sukses in al julle ondernemings!
In Januarie 2022 sluit my opvolger, Dr Denisha Jairam-Owthar, julle as Senior Direkteur van Informasietegnologie. Ek het volle vertroue in haar vermoeëns en glo dat die US voordeel sal trek uit haar leierskap.
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