CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
First Name: Casper Jan Hendrik
Surname: McLaren-Erasmus
Birth date: 09/28/1987
Cell: 071-****-***
E-mail address: ********@*****.***
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Permanent address: 5 Lyell’s lane, Eldoraigne ext. 3 0157
Centurion, South Africa
Global Communication Skills:
Afrikaans - Read/write/speak with very high competency
English - Read/write/speak with very high competency
About me:
“I am detail-orientated, hard-working, and adaptable. I take pride in my work, work well under pressure and enjoy learning new things and applying myself to new environments.”
Hobbies:
Creative: Creative writing/blogging, Photography, Graphic design and drawing, Language studies
General: Reading, Video-gaming, Board gaming, Comic book collecting
QUALIFICATIONS
High School:
Matriculated at Hendrik Verwoerd High School – 2005
Post-Matriculation
Post High School Professional Education with 2KO
Courses completed:
oPhotoshop
oPhotoshop7
oPhotoshop CS
oMicrosoft Excel 2010: Trend Lines -- Books 24x7
oMicrosoft Excel 2010: Analysis ToolPak -- Books 24x7
oMicrosoft Excel 2013: Use Quick Analysis Tools -- Books 24x7
oGTS IAM - Password General Security and Requirements at IBM For Employees
oBeginning DB2: From Novice to Professional -- Books 24x7
oGTS IAM - Shared User ID Management Education
oGTS IAM – Password General Security & Requirements at IBM for Employees
oZ-series courses such as:
oIntroduction to Mainframes
oISPF Basics
oISPF editor
oJCL
oSecurity on ZOS
oProject management – using Microsoft Project 2010
Supplementary Education
oStudy and practice of Microsoft Office
oStudy and practice of Microsoft Excel
oPhotoshop
oPhotoshop 7
oPhotoshop CS
oJava (In progress)
oHTML
oDreamweaver
oInDesign
oAdobe Acrobat
oWeb Intel
oPractical Electronics
WORK EXPERIENCE
Jan Hugo Precision Engineering Nov 2016 – Current
CNC and Milling Machine Operator, Precision Engineering
Worked nights, self-trained and company trained
Responsibilities included setting up and maintenance of machines,
Operation an set-up of 3D Engineering machine
Quality control, accurate fine measurement
Reaching nightly quotas
Mentoring of operators
IBM Feb 2015 – Nov 2016
Dispatcher for all W&G (client) service lines / Customer support Rep
On boarded as dispatcher / management assistant for W&G project
Responsible for managing queues for all service teams involved in the project, South-African and UK teams
Other responsibilities included daily interaction with UK management team
Co-ordination of tasks executed by over 40 team members
Quality control – tasks and documentation
Change/incident/service request management and reporting
User ID management
Chairing daily meetings
Invited to attend service management knowledge enablement/transfer with team in Poland
Managed short projects
Stood in for Team Leader / Manager as needed
References available on request
IBM Aug 2013 – Feb 2015
Dispatcher for DB2 service lines – Customer support Rep
Monitoring queues for Changes, Incidents, Problems and Requests for Service for IBM host environment
Interpreting and understanding requests and ensuring that above requests are clear and complete – communication with IBM internal resources as well as customer and other third party resources
Assigning of tasks to more than 40 technical resources across 10 technical service lines such DB2, Z/OS, CICS, RACF, Batch Production Control, WAS, MQ
Re-assigning tasks to off-host queues as required
Managing request for service projects
User-id maintenance for Host teams
Running of daily huddles with technical teams
Producing management reporting
Presentation of management reports
Attended various meetings with technical teams, project management, line management, developers and customer
Minute taking/reporting
Project managed small projects (Request for service) - up to 3 months
Stand in for Manager and Team lead when required
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Freelancing work Oct 2011 – Aug 2013
Freelance writing for XBOX 360 Gamer SA (local gaming website), mainly consisting of video-game related news sourcing and reporting
Jan Hugo Precision Engineering Oct 2011 – Aug 2013
CNC and Milling Machine Operator, Fitter & Turner
Worked nights, self-trained and company trained
Responsibilities included setting up and maintenance of machines,
Quality control, accurate fine measurement
Reaching nightly quotas
Terrys Autos Sept 2010 – Oct 2011
•Bookkeeper and administrator
•Procurement manager
•Head researcher
•Advertising
•Development of web page
Elwierda Pharmacy Oct 2010 – Oct 2011
Pharmacy assistant and sales rep (After Hours and weekends)
Advising clients
General sales
BT Games -Canal walk Feb 2010 – Aug 2010
IT sales Rep
•Advising clients
•General sales of games and hardware
•Hardware maintenance
Mr. Video May 2009 – Nov 2009
Floor Manager and Cashier – Promoted to shop Manager
•Advising clients
•General till work
•Stock taking
•Inventory checking
•Managerial duties
•Blog maintenance
•Film reviews (this was additional freelance writing for Mr. Video branch website)
Free-lancing October 2008 – April 2009 (currently continuing after hours)
Creation and sale of Mosaic and art pieces (some on commission)
•Murals
•Portraits
•Frames
Las Vegas Costumes October 2007 – September 2008
Floor assistant
•Customer assistant
•Cashiers
•Inventory – including photography of costumes and stock
Mr. Video Rental Waverley June 2007 – September 2007
Floor assistant and Cashier
•Advising clients
•General till work
•Stock taking
•Inventory checking
Biltmox 24 Jan 2007 – May 2007
Admin assistant and courier
Mimmos Restaurant, Waverley Jan 2004 – Dec 2006
Employer Costa; Waiter
•Part time 2004 and 2005
•Full time 2006