Joan Smit

Joan Smit has extensive experience in project management and engineering roles. Joan currently works as an Agile Project Manager at HitPixel LLC. Prior to that, they worked as a Scrum Master at Link Media, where they implemented agile transformation and successfully managed cross-functional IT projects. Joan also served as a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager at Hello Group, overseeing project delivery and removing impediments. Joan has previous experience as a Business Process Engineer at MIP, where they implemented Jira for software development and managed client onboarding processes. Joan also worked as an Industrial Engineer at TIC Consulting, RG Brose, Fischer Consulting, OpenERP Africa, and Denel Aerostructures. Before their engineering roles, Joan worked as a Front Shop Assistant at Heidmed Pharmacy. Overall, Joan has a strong background in project management, agile methodologies, and process engineering.

Joan Smit's education history includes a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria, which they completed from 2011 to 2015. In 2016, they attended Enterprises University of Pretoria and completed a course on Introduction to Enterprise Architecture in the field of Information Technology. In 2017, they obtained a PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management from SmartPM. In 2019, they received a certification in Information Technology Project Management from Scrum.org. In 2022, they attended Gladwell Academy and obtained the SAFe 5 Program Consultant (SPC) degree in Information Technology Project Management. Prior to their university education, Joan Smit attended Hoer Volkskool Heidelberg from 2008 to 2012, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. Additionally, they have obtained several additional certifications from LinkedIn in areas such as Lean Technology Strategy, Product Management, ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), Six Sigma, and UiPath: Robotic Process Automation (RPA).