Nic Swart

Nic Swart has over 20 years of work experience in the field of technology and infrastructure. Nic started their career in 1994 as an Electronics Reliability Engineer, where they conducted reliability studies on electronic developments. Nic also designed and implemented logistics database programs. In 1995, Nic joined RASCAL Applications as a Business Process Consultant, where they were involved in business process specification and implementation for manufacturing concerns. Nic liaised with vendors and provided advisory services on hardware issues.

In 1996, Nic joined WASP International as a Systems Engineer. Here, they designed and administered company databases, implemented inventory and billing systems, and developed IT processes and an intranet for the company. From 1998 to 2014, Nic worked at Computer Associates as a Principal - Global SWAT Specialist. Nic was a product expert on the AppLogic Cloud Platform and CA Server Automation. Nic provided technical expertise for sales opportunities and ensured the success of product sales.

In 2014, Nic became self-employed and worked as a Cloud Solutions Integration Architect. Nic focused on migrating AWS deployments to Azure Resource Manager deployments and implementing production-grade OpenStack and BigData stacks. Since 2016, they have been working at Cerebri AI as a Kubernetes DevOps and a DevOps Generalist for AI Infrastructure. Nic has been responsible for infrastructure management, deployment of DevOps pipelines, code repository management, IT security, deployment of big data stacks, and deployment of Kubernetes and Docker.

Nic Swart's experience showcases their expertise in infrastructure management, DevOps, cloud solutions, and technology integration.

Nic Swart obtained a B.Ing degree in Computer Engineering with a specialization in Electronic Engineering - Micro-Electronics from North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit in the years 1990 to 1993. In 2003, they completed the RHCE Program, where they obtained certification as a Redhat Certified Technician. Additionally, in 1998, they earned a certification as a Certified Unicenter Engineer from Computer Associates. In 2014, Nic attended CA Technologies and completed the CA Release Automation r5.0: System Administration 300 and CA Release Automation r5.0: Presales Foundations 200 courses.