Eugene Van Der Merwe
Chief Information Officer
Gauteng, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolEugene Van Der Merwe is a seasoned CIO and technology strategist with 12+ years in senior IT leadership and over 15 years of experience in stock-exchange listed FMCG and manufacturing environments. He currently runs a €14.5m P&L and a 256-person organization supporting 9,000+ users across multiple countries, delivering sustained 45% year-on-year gross profit improvements while driving ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS standards. Eugene combines enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and data management expertise with hands-on platform and infrastructure skills (Linux, VPS, Laravel, VueJS/Tailwind) that keep him close to delivery as well as strategy. He has led M&A technical due diligence across Europe, the Americas and Southern Africa and built in-house managed services that significantly reduced supplier dependence. Known for improving workplace culture metrics and embedding SOC capabilities, he blends commercial acumen with pragmatic engineering to turn complex digital transformation initiatives into measurable business outcomes.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Coaching and Mentoring Course Coaching and Mentoring, Coaching and Mentoring Course Coaching and Mentoring at FrontFootDigital Transformation: Platform Strategies for Success Digital Transformation, Digital Transformation: Platform Strategies for Success Digital Transformation at EmeritusPrince2 Foundation Project Management, Prince2 Foundation Project Management at APM TorontoMCSE 2000 Systems Engineering, MCSE 2000 Systems Engineering at MicrosoftTOGAF 8 Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF 8 Enterprise Architecture at The Open GroupCNE 4 & 5 Systems Engineering, CNE 4 & 5 Systems Engineering at NovellThe Innovation Architect Business Innovation, The Innovation Architect Business Innovation at GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science)CCDP System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager, CCDP System Networking and LAN/WAN Management/Manager at Cisco Networking AcademyZapThink Architect Enterprise Architecture, ZapThink Architect Enterprise Architecture at ZapThink LLCITIL 3 Foundation ITIL Framwork, ITIL 3 Foundation ITIL Framwork at Pink ElephantB.Msc Metaphysics, B.Msc Metaphysics at University of Sedona
Github Skills (200)
laravel-excel10
phpspreadsheet10
whmcs10
mojolicious10
hosting10
laravel-valet10
collapsible10
perfect10
control-panel10
laravel-migration10
moodle10
laravel10
vuedraggable10
valet10
drag9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
fintech-systems/payfast-onsite-subscriptions
Jun 2022 - Mar 2025
A Payfast Onsite Payments implementation for Laravel designed to ease subscription billing. Livewire views included.
Contributions:25 releases, 4 PRs, 70 pushes in 2 years 9 months
laravellaravel-livewirelaravel-novapayfast
fintech-systems/api-helpers
Oct 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:4 releases, 9 pushes, 3 tags in 3 years 1 month
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