Staff Profiles

Conrad Owens, Senior Business Consultant

Conrad considers himself a digital consumer, and is deeply interested in the way humans engage with software and technology. “Trying to solve all the barriers to a smooth experience is what really gets me up in the morning”. In his role as a Senior Business Consultant at Saratoga, Conrad certainly puts his love for problem solving...

Supporting a culture of continuous learning through training

Following our article, ‘The value of leadership training for professionals’, where we share a short overview of the leadership training our Saratogans complete – we take a closer look at the experiences and lessons learnt by our staff from the 2022 Leader Within programme. Beyond the valuable programme material and leadership theory...

The value of leadership training for professionals

Annually, Saratoga identifies a number of our staff to attend a training programme that shares with them the skills and knowledge needed to develop their leadership skills. The Leader Within training spans across 5 months, and has been presented to Saratogans in partnership with experienced facilitators from the T Room for...

Insights into a software testing career

By Shinaaz Osman, Senior Quality Assurance Consultant My role as a Software Testing consultant is to evaluate if the system we’re testing meets the quality standards and all major project requirements to ensure the successful delivery of the solution. Testing is one of the most critical processes of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). It helps companies to...

Leadership Profile | Estee Richter

Operations Manager of Technical Consulting at Saratoga, Estee Richter is responsible for ensuring our Technical Consultants are continuously developing their personal and professional skills, and are well-equipped to deliver quality software development and professional solution delivery services to our global client base. For Estee, it’s important to create an environment where people can thrive and she...

Developing leaders within Saratoga

Zelanda van Drünick, Marketing Assistant at Saratoga, was one of a number of Saratogans who completed the Leader Within training over the course of a few months earlier this year. When asked whether I would like to join this year’s Leader Within training programme, I leaped at the opportunity to develop my soft skills and myself...

Leadership Profile | Willo van der Merwe

In his role as Technical Competency Lead at Saratoga, Willo keeps on top of up-and-coming technologies and makes sure our Saratogans are able to perform in these technologies. He also assists our Business Development team sell Saratoga’s amazingly skilled people and helps out when a team member gets stuck with a technical problem. “The one thing...

Leadership Profile | Charlotte Keuris

As Marketing and Communications Manager, Charlotte Keuris and her team take care of all external marketing activities and internal communication initiatives at Saratoga. This includes everything from content marketing and social media management, to event sponsorships, creating sales collateral and coordinating internal events and company communications. Charlotte’s career in marketing actually began as a Journalism graduate...

Leadership Profile | Agnieszka Ceitil

Originally drawn to the technology field by the complexity and what seemed to her at the time almost mythical in its nature, Agnieszka was surprised to realise that in reality the technology field was much more about people and what humans can create when working together. “Talking to people about business complexity and how technology...

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