Grant Jansen van Vuuren

Grant Jansen van Vuuren has extensive work experience in the field of Information Technology operations. Currently, they are the Head of Information Technology Operations at NN Group. Prior to this, they worked at Standard Bank Group for almost three decades, holding various leadership roles within the company. As the Business Service Lead in Group Technology & Operations, Grant was responsible for ensuring the stability of IT services and environments across Standard Bank's global footprint. Grant also served as the Lead of ITSM Line of Business for the Africa Regions, where they provided insights on technology stacks and implemented new programs. Throughout their tenure at Standard Bank, Grant was involved in implementing an IT service model and ITSM solution and collaborated with various IT functions to develop a service delivery framework based on industry best practices.

Grant Jansen van Vuuren has a diverse education history with various certifications and courses. Grant obtained the following certifications: ITIL 4 Foundation (Certified) from Foster Melliar, Axelos; Jira (Cloud Edition) (Course) from Linkedin Learning; AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Certified) from AWS (Amazon Web Services); Trailhead by Salesforce Ranger from Salesforce; and SAFe Agilist (Certified) from Scaled Agile. In addition, they obtained a Diploma / Certificate in Advanced Micro-computing from DCT Computer Academy of SA. Grant also completed various other courses such as Principles of Project Management from Competency Services, Six Sigma White Belt, N+ (Network +) (Certified) from Torque IT, A+ Hardware and Software (Certified) from Torque IT and LGIT, Mini A+ from Component Information Technology and Learning Resource Centre (Standard Bank), 1st Level Preventative Maintenance from Canon South Africa, and an Advanced Micro Computing Diploma / Certificate in PC Programming – COBOL & BASIC Languages from Computer Academy of South Africa. Grant also holds a National Senior Certificate / Matric from Afrikaanse Hoërskool Germiston.