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Antonie Nel

IoT & RFID Infrastructure Manager
Pretoria

Summary

I am a diligent, hardworking and qualified individual with more than 12 years experience in IT and more than 4 years as an Infrastructure Manager. Through the years I have held multiple roles and expanded my knowledge and skill including RFID technology and infrastructure.

More personally, I am a friendly team-player with respect for all and a drive to excel and better myself. I have always been intrigued by computers, software and Raspberry Pi projects.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

IoT & RFID Infrastructure Manager

Brambles
07.2021 - Current

Currently managing Brambles IoT and RFID Service Center and Customer environment globally – this included implementation of new sites, support and maintenance.

I have in dept knowledge of CHEP Global IT and structure,including excellent work relationships with many teams.


  • In this role I serve as liaison between various IT Teams (internal and outsourced) including Business Teams to co-ordinate project and operational activities (network gear refresh on RFID sites, deployment of instrumentation readers at service centers and customer sites, etc).
  • Oversees the execution and delivery of Lifecycle management of IoT and RFID gear.
  • Indirectly manage our outsourced teams and ensure outsourced teams provide best level of support for our infrastructure.
  • I have an excellent relationships with our external vendors to ensure a smooth procurement process globally though our preferred suppliers.
  • Manages production support and incidents in SNOW.
  • Accountable for solution design of new implementations including working alongside EA for implementing fixed RFID readers and AWS IoT core (MQTT)
  • Responsible for all aspects of a large-scale global enterprise IoT & RFID plant compute performance, reliability, and security.


MDM - SOTI MobiControl / Google Zero Touch

  • Google zero touch client portal ownership and management Brambles enterprize android devices.
  • Managed and supported more than 550+ Mobile Computer devices at
    customer and CHEP locations and more than 100+ RFID devices.
  • These units are located in all regions globally(America, EU, IMETA and APAC, in more than 30 countries.




Infrastructure Manager

CHEP
11.2016 - 06.2021

Network

  • Managed and supported the ZARFID network at 8+ clients sites.
  • Maintained a positive relationship with the network service provider.
  • Improved network stability and uptime by upgrading sites from old ADSL technology to ME / Fibre installation.

Servers

  • Manage and support the ZARFID domain.
  • Maintained and supported 10+ edge site servers running windows 7/10 and MS SQL database.
  • Maintained and supported 7 VM servers running server OS, MS SQL database.

MDM - SOTI MobiControl / Google Zero Touch

  • Managed and maintained on prem MobiControl server including MS SQL database.
  • Migration of on prem server to cloud. Device migration in live environment.
  • Managed and supported more than 100+ devices at customer and CHEP locations.
  • Google zero touch client portal setup for management of enterprize android devices.

Design, Implement and supported RFID solutions at customer and CHEP locations.

Managed a small team that supported and oversee that all solutions had a maximum uptime.

In dept knowledge of CHEP Global IT and structure, including excellent work relationships with many teams.

Infrastructure Specialist/Solution Analyst

CHEP
2013 - 10.2016

RFID Technician

Trenstar
2011 - 2013

Desktop Support Technician/ Junior Developer

Motla Engineering
2010 - 2011

Junior Network Specialist

Carab Technologies
2009 - 2010

Education

National Diploma - IT - Intelligent Industrial Systems

Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria

Ubiquity Enterprise Wireless Admin

Ubiquity Networks

Impinj RFID Reader & Reader Antenna Training Cours

Impinj

Skills

Problem diagnosis

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Timeline

IoT & RFID Infrastructure Manager

Brambles
07.2021 - Current

Infrastructure Manager

CHEP
11.2016 - 06.2021

Infrastructure Specialist/Solution Analyst

CHEP
2013 - 10.2016

RFID Technician

Trenstar
2011 - 2013

Desktop Support Technician/ Junior Developer

Motla Engineering
2010 - 2011

Junior Network Specialist

Carab Technologies
2009 - 2010

National Diploma - IT - Intelligent Industrial Systems

Tshwane University of Technology

Ubiquity Enterprise Wireless Admin

Ubiquity Networks

Impinj RFID Reader & Reader Antenna Training Cours

Impinj
Antonie NelIoT & RFID Infrastructure Manager