Arno Swanepoel

🚀 Welcome to my website!

The best way out is always through

-Robert Frost

📜 Manifesto

I wanted to be a programmer, but never had the chance, so I started at a young age with my own businesses doing custom garage doors, gates, automations and cctv. It was only later, that I completed an online test for the WethinkCode programming course.

This changed my life. During the two years at WeThinkCode I took part in various hackathons, won many prizes, and was also part in starting a robotics lab at WeThinkCode.

👩🏽‍🚀 Projects

This lead to my internship and later placement at FastNet IoT(Telkom) as a junior Hardware Architect. FastNet gave me the opportunity to learn from engineers that has been in the field for decades. FastNet focusing on R&D, also allowed me to interface and build systems with the latest technologies. I was privileged to learn hardware(In depth) and software in practice. I worked on the OculusID and Ampath tracking projects.

With the BCX(Telkom) merger, I was moved from FastNet IoT, to BCX(ITS DE Digital Development) where I was once again privileged to work on projects like the COVID-19 Tracking system, the Ventilator Management System[COVID] and also worked on the New Municipal Budget Management system (Azure & Linux VM[role: DevSecOps Engineer] ).

🏆 Accomplishments

Graduate in Software Engineering
 WeThinkCode(2018)

Various Residential Automation Courses
 Centurion/ET/Coroma(2000-2015)

Senior Matric Certificate
 Roodepoort High(1999)

If most of us remain ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painfull and we prefer the pleasure of illusion.

- Aldus Huxley

SKILLS

 • Electronics
 • Microchip Programming
 • Computer Programming
 • System Penetration
 • Network installations
 • Custom Automations

KEY PROJECTS

 • FatNet IoT LoraWan
 • Ampath Ble Tracking System (FatNet[Telkom])
 • COVID-19 Tracking System (RSA Gov, BCX[Telkom], NICD)
 • COVID-19 Ventilator Management System (BCX[Telkom])
 • Municipal Budget Management System (BCX[Telkom])

Key Strengths

 • Leadership qualities
 • Team Player
 • Strong Analytical skills
 • Fast Learner
 • Ability to facilitate problem solving
 • Good people skills
 • Ensures company values
 • Manage deliverables
 • Identify and communicate Risks

“a jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”

- William Shakespeare

☣️ SKILLS MATRIX

 1. Had appropriate training only
 2. Limited practical experience
 3. Solid practical experience
 4. Well-versed, extensive experience
 5. Expert, extensive experience
Type of Experience Years Skill level
Operating Systems Windows 20 years 3
Unix 5 years 4
Linux 5 years 5
DBMS/Access Methods MS Access 4 years 2
SQL 4 years 3
MongoDB 4 years 3
Languages C 5 years 4
Python 4 years 4
Html 4 years 4
Css(Vannilla) 4 years 4
NodeJS / Java Script(Vannilla) 4 years 4
AIML(AI) 4 years 4
Software Packages MS Access 5 years 4
MS Excel 4 years 4
MS Outlook 4 years 4
MS project 4 years 4
MS Word 4 years 4
Cloud Sytems Google 3 years 3
AWS 1 years 3
Azure 2 years 4
Hardware ARM, BLE, LoraWan, GSM 3 years 4
Business Area Automation(Custom) 20 years 4
Applications Internet Of Things(IOT) 5 years 4
Access & Surveilance 15 years 4

This is and looks as realistic as the official moonlanding footage does....

🌮 Work History

1.2019 – 7.2021
BCX(ITS DE Digital Development)[Telkom]
DevSecOps Engineer / Software Developer

 • Software Development
 • Azure Cloud Services
 • Product Testing

3.2018 – 7.2018
FastNet IoT R&D [Telkom]
Junior Architect

 • Hardware and Software Design
 • Hardware and Software Development

06.2004 – 04.2016
Spider Doors cc
Spider Doors UK LTD
Owner

 • Manufacturing of Gates and Garage doors.
 • Custom Automations(IOT)
 • Supply and Installations of CCTV

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