Bernard Brauteseth

After joining the Teracore team, I found I still had the need to take on solo development projects as well, which is why Black-Bird exists.

The agency is focused on taking on challenging custom wordpress projects and using a dynamic tech stack to solve the myriad of problems faced by small business during their inception stage.

After closing my transport business, I started doing contract development work for a hosting company called Teracore.

This helped me make the move from physical sales and marketing to building the systems that automate and manage the processes for us!

Since then I have been promoted to co-admin and manage multiple large websites and projects for them.

I started as a business development manager running a small sales team managing the province of KZN, South-Africa and it's $20 000 000.00s worth of annual regional business. After 2 years off successful sales, I was transferred to the regional headquarters in Johannesburg and promoted to the role of national key accounts manager, where I took over the management of the national customer base.

I was headhunted by Manica Africa, to become their business development manager and team leader for the SADC region. I was responsible for a team that coordinated bulk cross border imports and exports across the 14th countries in the region and the logistical operations related to the services.

After receiving the opportunity I purchased the KZN franchise branch of Joel Transport. This was by far the most challenging and interesting role I have taken on professionally, and while I elected to close the business after months of Lockdowns and restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, it still remains the most influential role of my career!

I started at Joels as a junior sales rep working in the furniture removal and household goods industry. After 2 years I was promoted to sales manager until I left the company for an offer with more growth in a related industry.

After Matriculation I worked for White & Co in the UK as a packer and porter for a year before completing a heavy vehicle and forklift license. Thereafter I was promoted to an assistant warehouse manager and eventually to a junior sales position before my return to South-Africa.