Amien Phillips
Web Developer / Photographer in Cape Town
- Location
- Cape Town Area, South Africa
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Amien Phillips's Overview
- Current
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- Founder & Technical Director at DevCanvas (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Integration Specialist at Ukash
- Member at 9 Degrees Business Solutions
- Freelancer at Self
- Education
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- University of Cape Town
- Islamia
- Recommendations
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1 person has recommended Amien
- Connections
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231 connections
- Websites
Amien Phillips' Summary
Officially started off my career in 1998 by developing a warranty system for 1 of the leading sunglass outlets in South Africa, Occhiali. In 2000, myself & 8 friends from UCT founded a web & software development company (9degrees business solutions) where the skills obtained and transfered has been invaluable.
In 2006 moved to London and worked for an online payments provider (Ukash) and joined as an integration specialist for 2 years. Returned to South Africa in 2008 and founded DevCanvas Web Solutions where I manage all aspects of business development, technology, product management and operations.
Specialties
Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to solve complex problems with efficient solutions. Web & software development, business development, technology, product management, operations.
Amien Phillips' Experience
Founder & Technical Director
DevCanvas (Sole Proprietorship)
Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
December 2009 – Present (2 years 6 months)
Founded DevCanvas Web Solutions and manages all aspects of business development, technology, product management and operations.
Also maintains and expands the DevCanvas infrastructure for hosting and system operations, while sourcing and evaluating new technologies for use within our operation.
Integration Specialist
Ukash
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry
October 2006 – October 2008 (2 years 1 month)
Responsibilities included the management of new integration projects with developers & project managers with a hands on troubleshooting approach. Maintaining the relationship with existing merchants and providing ongoing support. Dealing with query escalations from customer support supervisors.
Managing the process of bulk voucher orders & promotions. Streamlining complex business processes. Testing of newly implemented internal solutions. Ensuring that the list of over 60,000 issue locations in different countries are maintained & reflect accurately online. Creation & maintenance of procedural documentation.
General office I.T. support ( reinstallations of workstations, setting up environment for new staff, desktop support, etc ) Monitoring transactions for any irregularities, be it fraud, downtime or reduced performance. After hours downtime support.
Member
9 Degrees Business Solutions
November 2000 – October 2006 (6 years)
Development of applications, analysis of data, planning infrastructures and deployment for Websites / Intranets. Defining and analyzing requirements, designing, coding, testing, implementing and maintaining core applications.
Conversion of static websites, integrating them with database servers & ecommerce / semi-ecommerce components. Management of projects with a ‘hands on’ approach to complete within time and budget. Address and resolve numerous technical issues.
Freelancer
Self
January 1998 – November 2000 (2 years 11 months)
Freelanced for a while developing various software applications
- “Iris" developed with VB 6 for Occhiali for Eyecare (Sep 2000 – Nov 2000)
- “PosSupremo” developed with VB 6 for Bibi’s Kitchen Restaurant (Apr 2000 – Sep 2000)
- "GC Dispatch" developed with VB 6 for Golden Crust Bakery (Dec 1999 – Jan 2000 )
- “Vodamation” developed with PowerBuilder 6 for Vodacom (Aug 1999 - Sep 1999)
- "Occhiali Warranty System" developed with PowerBuilder 5 for Occhiali ( Dec1998 - Jan 1999)
Amien Phillips' Education
University of Cape Town
Bcom, Information Systems
1996 – 1999
Islamia
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Photography, Travelling, Sport, Nature, Internet, Gadgets, Rollerskating
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