Carel Lotz
Software Architect at Pragma Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolCarel Lotz is a seasoned Software Architect with nearly 30 years of software experience and 13 years focused on architecting and evolving enterprise systems, currently shaping the On Key Enterprise Asset Management Suite at Pragma Holdings. He blends deep Microsoft .NET expertise with pragmatic SDLC and CI/CD practices, having led platform migrations, introduced Domain-Driven Design patterns, and established cross-platform mobile strategy using Xamarin. Known for hands-on leadership, he mentors teams, defines standards, and drives R&D to align product roadmaps with emerging technologies like .NET Core. Carel’s background spans mainframe C and embedded SQL to contemporary cloud-ready stacks, giving him a rare end-to-end perspective on legacy integration and modernization. Based in the Western Cape, South Africa, he pairs formal training in computer science and commerce from Stellenbosch University with a track record of delivering high-performance, production-critical systems. Notably, he has repeatedly converted urgent business needs into robust, maintainable solutions under tight timelines.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Honours B.Comm, Computer Science, Honours B.Comm, Computer Science at Stellenbosch University
English, Afrikaans
Github Skills (172)
nuget10
xamarin-ios10
wpf10
aurelia10
markdown10
ios-framework10
dotnet10
codegen10
api10
site-generator10
data-provider10
xamarin-android10
static-site-generator10
xamarin-forms10
tvos10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cjlotz/Xamarin.Plugins
Dec 2014 - Oct 2018
Cross platform Xamarin Plugins
Contributions:93 commits, 13 PRs, 78 pushes in 3 years 10 months
xamarin-platformxamarin-pluginsandroidxamarincross-platform
cjlotz/cjlotz.github.io
Mar 2017 - Jan 2018
Contributions:38 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.