Shane Cooper

Shane Cooper is the CEO of IoT.nxt, a position they have held since October 2020. Prior to that, they were the Managing Executive: Strategy at Vodacom from January 2016 to October 2020. Shane has also held positions at Ast and Gijima as an Outsource Financial Analyst and Strategy Execution Officer, respectively.

Shane is known for their work in successfully introducing new activity based costing methodologies and for modelling outsource agreements and projects valued at over R5bn. Shane was also recognised as employee of the year at Ast.

At Gijima, Shane was responsible for Corporate Governance and Risk Management, ensuring the appropriate Risk Management principles and activities permeate the group. Shane was also part of the team developing the group’s new business model as well as the team tasked with rolling out the new model within the group.

Shane Cooper has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Heriot-Watt University with a specialisation in strategic planning and risk management. Shane also has a B.com (Honours) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in accounting, as well as a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from the University of Port Elizabeth in accounting. Furthermore, they have a certification from SAICA CA(SA) in CA(SA).

Some individuals on their team include Andre Jacobs - Chief of Product Engineering, Andre Strauss - Chief Commercial Officer, and Bertus Jacobs - Chief Technology Officer.