My updated CV.

1. CV. G.S.E. Bands
The Reader
My Updated CV for Your Attention.
I believe you will find all in good order.
Kind Regards
Deon Bands
Cell :+27 73 453 2167
Personal Fax : +27 86 217 7606
Skype : gilbert.bands
e-mail : dbands@mtnloaded.co.za
linkedin public profile : http://za.linkedin.com/pub/deon-bands/9/311/486
Home Web Site : http://dbands.sytes.net/site01
Summary :
the reader will find Deon to be a self-motivated individual who actively pursues the acquisition
of knowledge. Deon believes that just knowing things and not being able to apply them is of
no use, which is why the reader will find Deon has built a well diversify skill set.
His skill sets range from fairly technical topics through to fundamental topics such as business
management and driving cost efficiencies.
Deon has led technical teams as well as business teams in achieving company objectives.
The organisation will be be served by giving Deon problems to solve as Deon is a problem
solver who can either work as an individual in solving a problem or lead a team in solving
problems.
Deon's idea of solving problems start is worth analysis, includes innovation through to
implementation.
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2. CV. G.S.E. Bands
Technical Skill Sets
Computer Systems
Office Suite
Word Good
Excel Excellent
PowerPoint Good
Access Good
Development Environment
Visual Basic 6.0 Good
Visual Basic .Net Fair (Recently Acquired Skill in version 2005 of .Net)
XML Conceptual Understanding
HTML Excellent
SQL Fair
Business Specifications
Rational Rose 2003 Good
Visio 2000 & 2003 Excellent
Professional
Visio 2000 & 2003 Excellent
Technical
Enterprise Architect Good
Project Management
Ms Project Good
PMBOK Excellent
Methodologies
RUP Fair Understanding
MCS Excellent
BPR Excellent
BPI Excellent
Brown Paper Excellent
Analysis
Process Analysis Excellent
Process Excellent
Development
UML Excellent
Skills
Team Leader Learned through experience
Team Manager Learned through experience
Presentation
In front of Part of skill set required to function within the occupation
groups
Individuals
Programming Used to do prototyping, not to develop robust systems
Analytical Thinker Developed through practice
Communication Verbal, written on par with most requirements
Project Management Delivered a few projects within the role as project manager
Responsible Person Can be seen by the fact that promotions happen quickly and is
trusted to manage teams
Financial Analysis Fair understanding, from budget through to review and auditing
Policy Development Facilitation of Policy Development ie. Supplier Acceptance
Policy
Personality Traits
Internally driven Do not need an external event to serve as motivator
Goal Orientation Links to the internal motivators
Non competitive Works with people
Works in teams Works with people
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Prefers to be the
driver
Stays calm under
extreme pressure
Can see the big and Need to function at all levels
detail picture
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4. CV. G.S.E. Bands
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5. CV. G.S.E. Bands
My Achievements
March 2011 –  Special Assignment (Still called Programme Manager, but not active in role)
Present
Special assignment to assist a team referred to as the Red Team to stop losses
and do a business turnaround in the Gauteng Region.
Facilitated the implementation of Management Controls system, with Absa
Group Implementers.
Facilitated the improvement of business processes.
Initiated the creation of Standard Operating procedure for Commercial &
Industrial Division.
Permanent 09 –  Absa Insurance Company
March 2011 Programme Manager
Manage Team of Business Analysts
Budget and cost change efforts
Do feasibility studies
Compile specifications for changes
Number of staff 3 permanent staff member team skills extended by an additional
2 external contract staff members
Manage Team of Project Managers
Internal Project Manager X 2
Manage Project Budgets
Manage Change efforts
Manage the Efficiency function
Identify areas for efficiency gains
Implement efficiency gains efforts via changes to organisation structure, process
or recommendations to change technology.
Internal staff members X 2
Was awarded a Bronze award for innovation 18 February 2011
Manage Absa Insurance Company PMO
Manage Budget
2009 Buget R 8 million
2010 Budget R 40 million
2011 Budget R 9 million
Permanent 08 – 11  Absa Insurance Company
/ 2009 Team Leader – Business Analyst
Manage a team of Business Analysts to:-
Analyse business opportunities and take the opportunities through the formal
internal process
Assess the financial requirements including cash flows required for those
opportunities.
Create requirement definitions and take the documentation through a formal
approval process.
Assist during the physical implementation of the initiatives started.
Involved In Physical Initiatives in:-
Analyse business opportunities and take the opportunities through the formal
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internal process
Assess the financial requirements including cash flows required for those
opportunities.
Create requirement definitions and take the documentation through a formal
approval process.
Assist during the physical implementation of the initiatives started.
Permanent 06 - 07  Absa Insurance Company
/ 2008 Business Analyst
Analyse business opportunities and take the opportunities through the formal
internal process
Assess the financial requirements including cash flows required for those
opportunities.
Create requirement definitions and take the documentation through a formal
approval process.
Assist during the physical implementation of the initiatives started.
Project Listing
Formscape
Online Travel Insurance
Minor Change Requests
Assignment  MAXIMUS (For Glenrand MIB)
02 – 05 /2008 Project Manager. Financial Division, procurement of new Financial System
Develop RFQ documentation
Develop RFQ process
Implement RFO process
Drive New System Requirement.
Drive Procurement Process
Assist in new criteria for system decision, develop weighting mechanism for
selection.
Outcome was achieved – New Financial System was selected.
Assignment  MAXIMUS (For Autopax – Known as Translux & City to City Bus)
06 – 02 / 2008 Implementation of Operations practices as it relates to the following key areas:
Driver Development;
Safety;
Risk Management;
Fuel Management;
Activity Management;
Management Control Systems;
Sentrarand (Scheduling and Control); (Wrote a small application which saved
21% on the overtime bill)
Specification for development of new Operational system;
Create Access System to capture driver hours (Sentrarand);
Review of Legacy system (Busres) calculations suspect (R5 mil)
Developed small utility systems to convert Oracle Financial information into
Management Information
Created a Management Pack (Management Control System)
Created a utility system to recon VMS (Vehicle Maintenance System) with
Oracle.
Redefinition of Credit Control function. (Creditors payment and reconciliation)
Established Operational Procedure audit function
Developed Job Profiles for newly created functions including interview
questionnaire
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Assignment  MAXIMUS (For Glenrand MIB)
2007 (Two weeks) Did analysis to determine areas for efficiency improvement.
Found and reported on a number (Can not publish details, as non disclosure
signed)
Client confirmed that analysis gave an ROI of 10:1 and upwards
Assignment  MAXIMUS (For Autopax – Known as Translux & City to City Bus)
02 – 03 /2006 Procurement Project – Development of a Supplier Acceptance Policy and testing
of newly developed policy against existing supplier base.
Required to interview Executive team to enable the formulation of a Supplier
Acceptance Policy.
Policy Signed Off at Autopax Acquisition Council on 17 March 2006.
Supplier base approached and short listed, using a new developed Supplier
rating mechanism.
Assignment  Tekanetso (For the Gauteng Department of Transport, Roads and Public Works)
11 – 12 / 2005
Required to do a workload assessment for the Expanded Public Works
Programme and the Maintenance Section
Create master schedule for the Gauteng Hospital Maintenance based on a norm
per hospital size.
(The model proved quite effective during the Escom Power Outages)
Assignment  Taurus Mountain (Small System Development Company)
3 / 2005
Assist the Managing Director in Project Managing his development team.
Provide Business Analysis services, which include using UML as the Business
Analysis documentation methodology.
Assist (in a limited fashion) with some of the topics usually covered by the
System Analyst, such as class diagrams etc.
More focused on Project Management and Requirement definition.
The client in this instance developed a unique software framework, which
required a new System Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Assignment  Department of Minerals and Energy:
1 / 2004
Development of a Human Resource Strategy for The Petroleum Sector,
Delivered 2004
(Project Manager)
Delivered when three other teams could not deliver (Reference available)
Assignment  Department of Land Affairs (Land Claims Commissioner is Reference –
1 / 2005 Telephone number available on request)
Land Reform Project: Ga-Rantho Community
(Project Manager)
Savings estimated in excess of R20 million
Assignment  Department of Health
2 / 2005
 Caring for the Carer Project (Involved as resource not as Project Manager)
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8. CV. G.S.E. Bands
Mutual & Federal Insurance
TYPE OF FIRM  Short Term insurance
POST TITLE  MANAGER: ORGANISATION & METHODS
MAIN JOB FUNCTIONS  Manage the Organisation and Methods Department to allow for
the analysis of all business processes in Mutual & Federal,
making recommendations to increase effectiveness and
efficiency and on Organisational Development issues, the
measurement of productivity and custodian of the post structure.
 Developed a post structure for Mutual & Federal during the
integration of Mutual & Federal and CGU
 Develop an intranet based job description mechanism to link to
the newly designed post structure.
 Ran a project to implement a Productivity Scorecard nationally
(16 branches)
 Presentation to Executive and Management level on developed
solutions.
 Took custody of post structure
 Developed and implemented a norm based mechanism in all lines
of business to do structuring.
 Facilitated sessions at Senior Levels to design the integrated post
structure managing 4.5 billion Rand of Mutual & Federal and
CGU
 Manage a team responsible for re-engineering business
processes to facilitate e-Business.
 Successful strategic implementation at the Sandton Commercial
Independent Broker Branch (R200 mil premium income) For a
period of one month (April 2001) to improve service levels and
remove backlogs.
 Restructured Mutual & Federal so that more efficiencies could be
gained.
 Initiated the standardisation of business process
 Re-Structured Sentrasure, through developing norms.
 Management functions, expected of a Group Manager.
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Mutual & Federal Insurance
TYPE OF FIRM  Short Term insurance
POST TITLE  Business Analyst
MAIN JOB FUNCTIONS  Analysis of all Business processes in Mutual & Federal, making
of recommendations to increase effectiveness and efficiency
and on Organisational Development issues
This includes
 Analysis of procedures and methods in doing work.
 Process analysis, including system analysis
 Brown Paper Analysis and
 Development of effective/ efficient workflow procedure
 Work Study
 BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)
 Facilitated user critique on process related issues
 Team leader in drawing up of functional structures to enable
functional analysis
 Training first and second level supervision on managing and
controlling staff
 Implement controls
 Develop and implemented management packs
 Recommend computerised solutions to process
 Advise on ad hoc issues
 Do interviews on technical competence of newly recruited
Business Analysts
 Present findings to Mutual & Federal Executive
 Project Management
 A management pact was developed that enabled more throughput
in the Personal Lines Underwriting environment.
 More Extensive market reach due to productivity model introduced
in a marketing (Production ) environment (consistent increase in
sales)
 Analysis of all major operational areas were done in less than six
Months
 Initiated a function analysis within a quantitative framework
(productivity model)
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 Made recommendation on computer hardware required in Benoni
Branch
 Trained team member in using the short interval control method.
 Implementation involvement in the Commercial Underwriting
Component
 Commercial Underwriting outstanding pieces of mail decreased to
below 300 pieces (in ten years it has never been below 1000)
 Personal Underwriting outstanding pieces of mail deceased from
1500 average to 162 pieces of mail, as a result of the
management pack (ten posts not filled benefit)
 In the Commercial Underwriting area decreased average turn
around time for processing New Business form seven days to
24hours
 Installed a management pack to act as management information,
in the motor claims environment, where inadequate computerised
Information was available.
 Developed a control procedure in the Motor Recoveries and Third
Party Department to focus on better recoveries:
 Developed management control systems with increased
productivity as result in Personal Non Motor Area. Caused less
pending claims and better supervisory control.
 Train and develop internal staff on implementation Methodologies.
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External Consultant
NAME OF FIRM  Warwick Consulting
TYPE OF FIRM  Management Consultant firm
POST  MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT, SUB CONTRACTOR
MAIN JOB FUNCTIONS  Analysis of all activities in a firm, making of recommendations to
increase effectiveness and efficiency on Organisational Development
issues.
 This include:
- Analysis of procedures and methods used in doing work.
- Supervisory studies
- Near/Far Studies
- Production Line investigations
- Brown Paper Analysis and
- Development of effective/efficient workflow procedure
- BPR (Business Process Re-engineering)
CONSULTED TO  Rainbow Farm Hammarsdale –February 97-July97
AREA CONSULTED  Transport Operations
WHAT WAS DONE  Process audit undertaken
 MCS (Management Control System) was installed
 Set standards for work done at a detail level, used to determine staff
numbers and scheduling
 Review meeting installed (Short Interval of Control Method)
 Developed (I wrote the program) and installed Computerised master
schedule for doing normal maintenance and servicing vehicles in terms
of utilisation
 Manloading requirement installed
 Client trained in using new system
 Fleet reduction exercise initiated (Not completed, handed over, was
moved over after being promoted to Area consultant to work on Foskor
project)
RESULTS OF  Developed and implemented a computerised preventative maintenance
CONSULTATION system.
 Developed and implemented performance measurement system
 Developed and implemented short interval control mechanism.
 Improved productivity in Rainbow Workshop from 65% to 85% .
 Measured financial benefit for the client was R 1.8 mil
CONSULTED TO  Foskor Ltd:- July 97 –up too July 98
WHAT WAS DONE  MCS ( Management Control System ) installed
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 Mining Master Plan developed
 Facilitation of workshops relating too:-
- Waste removal;
- Secondary crushing
- TOC Theory of Constraints
- Reviewed and analysed configuration management system
- Installed a preventative maintenance system in loading fleet,
including shovels and haulers
- Reviewed KRI’s (Key Result Indicators)
- Installed Operating Reports
- Facilitated co-ordination between mining production and mining
maintenance
RESULT OF  Client increased throughput of ore and waste. The benefit too the
CONSULTATION client was a better stripping ratio and better ore supply to the
production flotation.
 Quantitative benefit translated to financial impact was not done at
the time of the intervention.
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13. CV. G.S.E. Bands
Educational History
LAST SCHOOL  Langenhoven High School Pretoria (1984 – 1988)
ATTENDED
HIGHEST  Matriculated with a higher grade pass
STANDARD PASS
SUBJECTS PASSED  English, Afrikaans, History, Biology, Business
Economics, Geography
PRIZES AND  Chess (played in the “A” team 1987 – 1988)
AWARDS
EXTRAMURAL  Kick Boxing (1986 – 1988 )
ACTIVITIES
OTHER COURSES  National Certificate in Organisation and Work Study
UNDER TAKEN (Technicon Pretoria March 1993)
 National Diploma in Organisation and Work Study
(Technicon Pretoria – June 1996)
 Subjects passed:
Information Systems 1
Financial Accounting
Systems Analysis and Design
Work Study I, ii, & iii
Costing and Accounting
Labour Law
Statistical Methods
Management principal and Practice; I & ii
Introduction to Electronic Data Processing
Business Economics
 Certificate Of Proficiency: Short Term Insurance 1
 Certificate Of Proficiency: Life Insurance 1
 Project Management
 Business Analyses And Design
 Staffware: Workflow
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