Stephen Smit

Stephen Smit has a wealth of experience in the software engineering and telecommunications industries. From 2001 to 2008, they worked as an SMC Engineer at MTN, where they provided first line support to all radio and switch based issues on MTN's network. In 2008, they moved to an EMM Engineer role at MTN, where they maintained and supported critical systems that managed all Call Data Records generated and processed through MTN's billing system. In 2009, they took a position as VoIP and IT Manager at Rheid Communications, where they managed and trained a small group of engineers to provide support and assistance to customers. From 2011 to 2012, they worked as a Stock Broker at Trillian Asset Management, where they traded in equities through the JSE. In 2012, they began working at Concurrent Systems as a Software Developer, where they used C++ on Solaris, Ubuntu and SLES to develop solutions for USSD. In 2016, they moved to Civic Technologies as a Lead Software Engineer and Senior Software Developer, where they developed identity protection solutions using Javascript with the Meteor Framework. Finally, in 2019, they began working at Gozio as a Lead Software Engineer and Senior Software Developer, where they developed an end-to-end, customizable digital health platform exclusively for healthcare systems.

Stephen Smit attended Sandown High School from 1991 to 1995 and obtained a Matric with a field of study in English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Science, Geography, and Technical Drawing.