Simon Archer

Simon Archer has worked in a variety of roles since 2010. Simon began as a Senior Sales Consultant at iStore | Apple Specialist in 2011, then moved to Vinyl Destination in 2010 as Mr. Manager, where they were the owner of a South African vinyl collectible e-commerce store and blog. In 2013, they became a Test Lead & Quality Assurance Manager at Agile Mobile Development, followed by a Quality Assurance Specialist at Global Kinetic in 2014. In 2016, they founded Here's A Coffee, and also became a Founder of Rippul, a mobile platform which shows and aggregates the global community feeling around trending global topics. In 2017, they joined Frontier Lab as a Product Owner and Mobile Developer, and in 2019 they were appointed Lead Mobile Developer at Klikkie.

Simon Archer attended Edgemead High School from 2000 to 2004, where they obtained a Matric Exemption. Simon then attended the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika from 2012 to 2015 and received a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Information Technology. In 2014, they also attended Harvard University and obtained a CS50x in Computer Science. In addition, they obtained a Certified ScrumMaster from the Scrum Alliance in April 2015 and an edX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Computer Science from edX in December 2014.