Last night saw the announcement of the IT personality of the Year at the Computer Society of South Africa(CSSA) Annual President’s Awards Banquet at Montecasino Ballroom facility.
What was the criteria for a person to be elected as this highly acclaimed South African awards, well here as from ITWeb’s site:
A A person who has been successful in building a highly-respected IT organisation or business
A person who has made a major contribution to the IT profession over a number of years.
A person who has made a significant technical or academic contribution to the IT industry.
An IT professional who has aided the development needs of the community.
And the Winner is
Mardia van der Walt-Korsten
Mardia van der Walt-Korsten, born in 1963, completed her schooling with a Masters in Clinical Psychology at the end of 1987. Mardia began her career working as a Clinical Research Assistant for Hoechst UK in London.
Moving back to South Africa, Mardia helped develop the HR function for M-Net and Multichoice and was key in creating a Learning Centre at M-Net, developing a M-Net/Multichoice Nursery School.
In 1998, Mardia Joined T-Systems where she helped build the company from a staff count of 210 to a total of 934 employees at the end of 2001. Mardia was instrumental in implementing the necessary transformation processes, with specific emphasis on integration of new employees.
A big congratulations to Mardia !