Guillaume de Swardt

Guillaume de Swardt has a strong background in software development and management. Guillaume is currently working as the Director of Engineering at RapidDeploy, a position they have held since July 2022. Prior to their current role, they worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Software Development Manager from March 2021 to June 2022. Before that, they were a Software Development Manager at Entersekt from May 2020 to February 2021. In addition, they were a Software Development Team Lead at takealot.com from January 2020 to April 2020. Guillaume also has previous experience at Entersekt as a Software Development Manager from July 2019 to December 2019, a Software Team Lead from October 2018 to June 2019, and a Senior Systems Developer from May 2017 to September 2018.

Before joining Entersekt, Guillaume worked as a Technical Specialist at Nedbank from February 2016 to April 2017. Prior to that, they held positions at MiX Telematics as a Technical Lead from August 2015 to January 2016 and as a Senior Software Developer from August 2014 to July 2015. Guillaume also has experience at Trustco Group Holdings Ltd, where they worked as an Analyst Developer from October 2012 to July 2014. Guillaume began their career at Katchmi Technologies as a Technical Lead from January 2011 to September 2012 and as an Analyst Developer from January 2009 to December 2010.

Guillaume de Swardt completed their B.Sc. IT Honours degree in Information Technology Mathematical from the University of the Free State between 2005 and 2008. Additionally, they obtained several certifications on topics such as effective people management, generative AI, prompt engineering, and introduction to prompt engineering for generative AI from LinkedIn.