Andre Penderis

Andre Penderis has extensive work experience in the technology industry. Their most recent position is as the CTO at Magnati, a role they have held since May 2023. Previously, they served as the Chief Technology Officer at Saudi Digital Bank from May 2022 to May 2023. Before that, Andre was the Group Chief Technology Officer at Geidea Solutions from December 2019 to May 2022.

Their previous experience includes serving as the Chief Technology Officer at Zoona from January 2017 to December 2019. In this role, they led various teams and projects, including the development of core banking systems, migrating to AWS for improved performance, and setting up infrastructure and learning centers. Andre also managed budget control and served as an ambassador for the company.

Prior to Zoona, Andre held the position of Chief Technology Officer and Head of Technology at PayU from November 2012 to December 2016 and from March 2011 to November 2012, respectively. Andre also worked as the Head of Engineering at Kineto Mobile from January 2005 to October 2010.

Andre has earlier experience as a software engineer at various companies such as Flow Software, a software consultant, Xerox - The Document Group, and Hitachi Data Systems.

Andre Penderis has a background in Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technician from Tswane University of Technology. Andre later pursued a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Rustenburg High School, completing it from 1990 to 1994.

In addition to their formal education, Andre has obtained several certifications. These include being an AWS Certified Solution Architect from Udemy in 2017, participating in LeSS framework Large scale SCRUM training at PayU in 2015, completing the ISO27k risk framework training also at PayU in 2014, Microservice architecture training from Chris Richardson Consulting, Inc. in 2014, Cobit risk framework training at PayU in 2013, PCI DSS training at PayU in 2012, Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from Damlin in 2002, and C++, OOD, OOA training from Damlin in 1995. The certification for SCJP from Sun does not have a specified year.

Based on the provided information, Andre's educational journey began with a focus on Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering, followed by a transition to Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Andre later expanded their knowledge and skills through various certification programs in different areas such as cloud solutions, agile methodologies, risk frameworks, and software development.