Jonathan Jacobs

Jonathan Jacobs has a strong background in product management and operations. Jonathan is currently the Head of Product and Operations at Halo Dot, where they are responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the SoftPOS product. Prior to joining Halo Dot, Jonathan held the same role at Synthesis Software Technologies, where Halo Dot was incubated. Jonathan also worked as a Product Manager at both Halo Dot and Synthesis, focusing on prioritizing and making product-related decisions and providing value to customers. Before that, Jonathan worked as a System Analyst at FNB South Africa.

Jonathan Jacobs completed their education history as follows:

- From 2018 to 2020, they studied at the University of Johannesburg and obtained a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

- In 2021, they attended HyperionDev and completed a Software Engineering and Full Stack Web Developer Bootcamp.

- From 2014 to 2017, they studied at the University of Johannesburg and earned a BSc degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

- In 2013, they briefly studied at the University of Johannesburg, focusing on a BSc degree in Physics and Applied Maths.

Additionally, Jonathan Jacobs has obtained various certifications, including but not limited to:

- Product Roadmapping Micro-Certification (PRC™) from Product School in 2023.

- McKinsey Forward Program from McKinsey & Company in 2022.

- AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in January 2022.

- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2021.

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft in 2021.

- Salesforce Certified Service Cloud Consultant from Salesforce in April 2021.

- Salesforce Certified Administrator (SCA) from Salesforce in 2020.

- Google Ads Search Certification from Google in June 2020.

- Programming for Data Science from Udacity in 2020.

- AWS Certified Developer - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in November 2020.

- Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner from Scaled Agile, Inc. in July 2022.

- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from Scrum Alliance in April 2021.

- Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2020.

- Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in March 2020.