Christheo van Rooyen

Christheo van Rooyen has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning several companies and roles.

Christheo began their career as a Field Engineer at Ruach Computers from December 2004 to December 2005, where they serviced printers and performed preventive maintenance on computer hardware and operating systems.

Christheo then worked as a Field Engineer at Mono Computers from January 2006 to October 2008, providing hardware and software support to various clients, including Metropolitan Life, Shell, Caltex, and Dell.

From November 2008 to January 2010, they served as a Desktop Support Engineer at Bytes Technology Group, supporting a corporate user environment at Altron Management Services.

Christheo then advanced to the role of Back Office Engineer G1 at Bytes Systems Integration from February 2010 to October 2012. In this position, they managed backups, reported on server and system performance, and resolved day-to-day issues related to server hardware and software.

Christheo was promoted to Back Office Engineer G2 at Bytes Systems Integration from November 2012 to March 2014, where they led the support of business continuity planning (BCP) services for multiple customers and managed backup systems handling up to 100TB of data.

From April 2014 to November 2015, Christheo worked as a Microsoft Solutions Consultant at EOH Microsoft Services. Christheo provided onsite MS Exchange support at the Government Pension Administration Agency and maintained a clustered Exchange and multi-site Active Directory infrastructure with 1600 users.

At Fujitsu New Zealand, Christheo held multiple roles. Christheo began as a Systems Engineer from November 2015 to September 2016, primarily supporting Microsoft Exchange environments. Christheo then served as a Senior Systems Engineer from October 2016 to September 2018, acting as the lead engineer for major issues related to Azure, Azure Site Recovery, and VMware. Lastly, they worked as the Technical Services Manager from September 2018 to August 2021, providing technical leadership, managing technical delivery teams, and ensuring operational performance and customer service.

Currently, Christheo is employed at DEFEND, starting in August 2021 as a Cybersecurity Delivery Lead. In this role, they lead a team of consultants, architects, and engineers to deliver various cybersecurity projects for a key DEFEND customer account.

In February 2023, they also took on the role of a Cybersecurity Consultant at DEFEND, where they provide cybersecurity expertise and support to clients.

Christheo van Rooyen has an extensive education history in the fields of business, IT service management, and technology. Here is a chronological summary of their education:

- From 2020 to 2021, Christheo van Rooyen attended Aspire2 International and obtained a Certificate in Business.

- In 2020, they also received a SCRUM Master certification from EXIN.

- In 2019, they earned an ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management from AXELOS Global Best Practice.

- In 2018, van Rooyen completed the MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure 2018 certification from Microsoft.

- In 2017, they obtained a Certificate in VMware vSphere: Install, Configure, Manage [V6.5] from VMware.

- In 2015, they received a Certificate in ITIL v3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management from AXELOS Global Best Practice, as well as an MCSA: Office 365 certification from Microsoft.

- In 2014, van Rooyen achieved MCSE certifications in Server 2012 Infrastructure and Messaging from Microsoft.

- In 2013, they obtained an MCSA certification in Windows Server 2012 from Microsoft.

- In 2011, van Rooyen earned MCTS certifications in Configuring Lync Server 2010 and Configuring Microsoft Exchange 2010 from Microsoft.

- In 2010, they completed an MCITP certification in Server Administrator from Microsoft.

- In 2003, van Rooyen obtained a Certificate in MCSE 2000 from Damelin.

- In 1998, they completed their Matric degree at Technical High School Welkom, where they studied various subjects.

In addition to their formal education, van Rooyen has acquired several additional certifications, including the EXIN Agile Scrum Master, Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, and ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management. The obtained dates and institutions for these certifications vary.