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Xolu Mkhwanazi Govindsamy

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Digital Applications Lead at eMedia, delivered an eVOD security migration with minimal downtime for a platform serving ~800k users.

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At e.tv (Pty) Ltd—eMedia Group, I owned day-to-day operations and continuous improvement across the digital platform portfolio, with primary accountability for eVOD and its ~800k users. I delivered a critical login and security vendor migration across web, iOS, and Android with minimal downtime.

I also managed a major news website platform upgrade, coordinating UAT and verifying ad placements through the migration. By structuring the JIRA backlog and separating self-service from vendor-dependent work, I reduced feature and bug-fix turnaround by 50%.

At Rand Merchant Bank, I developed and maintained mission-critical trading and market-data systems. I built production-support tooling that surfaced trade, spreadsheet, and machine failures, and refactored ETL pipelines to reduce new-file-to-production turnaround from one week to 1–2 days.

My MBA at GLOBIS University included strategy consulting internships in Japan, where I developed market-entry recommendations and used AI-assisted research to qualify leads. I’m currently building NOMUSA, a LINE-integrated budget tracker that uses receipt OCR to handle mixed-category purchases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

SC

Market Research & Strategy Consultant

SEMITEC Corporation

Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 (2 months)

Developed a phased market-entry strategy for South African expansion, covering regulatory landscape, competitive positioning, and distribution channel analysis. Designed an LLM-assisted research workflow that identified and qualified 14 high-potential B2B leads across 4 industries.

HG

Business Development & Market Research (MBA Internship)

Hattori Group

Jun 2024 - Jul 2024 (1 month)

Conducted African market research for commercial kitchen equipment expansion, generating and verifying 100+ qualified leads using AI-assisted tools and trade data analysis. Delivered strategic recommendations using the Ansoff Matrix, grouping solutions by risk appetite across impact, implementation time, and resource requirements.

EG

Digital Applications Lead

e.tv (Pty) Ltd - eMedia Group

Apr 2022 - Aug 2023 (1 year 4 months)

Owned day-to-day operations, reliability, and continuous improvement across eMedia's digital platform portfolio, with primary accountability for eVOD as a platform without a dedicated internal engineering team. Led end-to-end delivery of a critical login and security vendor migration for eVOD (~800k users), delivering with minimal downtime.

RB

Software Engineer (Global Markets)

Rand Merchant Bank

Mar 2015 - Mar 2022 (7 years)

Developed and maintained mission-critical backend trading and market data systems in C#, .NET, Java, and SQL, supporting exotic trading desks, quantitative analysts, and end-of-day data distribution pipelines. Refactored legacy C# ETL pipelines, reducing new-file-to-production turnaround from one week to 1–2 days.

RB

Document Management Specialist (Central Technology)

Rand Merchant Bank

Jan 2013 - Mar 2015 (2 years 2 months)

Configured SharePoint and ImageNow workflows, migrating teams from paper to governed digital document management. Self-taught .NET and upgraded an internal web application, leading directly to a move into the software engineering team.

RB

Graduate Trainee (Central Technology)

Rand Merchant Bank

Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 (1 year)

Rotated through CA Service Desk and Document Management, built a Tibco-based change-management integration to quantify application-change impact, and supported cross-team process improvements.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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GLOBIS University

MBA, Business Administration

2023 - 2024

MBA with focus on digital strategy, analytics, finance, marketing, and leadership. Included two industry internships in Japan.

University of Cape Town logoUT

University of Cape Town

Master of Science, Computer Science

2010 - 2013

MSc in Computer Science with thesis on providing efficient and intelligent communication to isolated networks in rural areas via data mules.

University of Cape Town logoUT

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Computer Science

BSc Honours in Computer Science from the University of Cape Town.

University of Cape Town logoUT

University of Cape Town

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

BSc in IT majoring in Computer Science and Statistics from the University of Cape Town.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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