Johan Basson
Managing Director at Altron Bytes Document Solutions
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolJohan Basson is a seasoned managing director with over 35 years of financial and operational leadership, and more than two decades steering Altron Bytes Document Solutions to become the world’s largest Xerox distributor across 26 sub‑Saharan countries. Promoted from Financial Director to MD, he has led the company’s strategic shift from a product-centric model to a service-led business while maintaining strong commercial and operational controls. A strategic planner and pragmatic problem-solver, Johan blends deep accountancy credentials (BComm cum laude and honours) with hands-on experience in both private and public sectors, including lecturing at the University of Johannesburg. Based in Gauteng, he is results-driven and data-savvy, yet keeps a clear sense of balance through family, sport and the outdoors—reflecting leadership that values people as much as performance.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
University of Johannesburg 
Github Skills (16)
puppet8
maintenance-mode6
debian-based5
forge5
logstash5
r10k4
elastic3
elasticsearch3
debian3
golang3
proxysql2
indent2
roundcube1
netbox1
lint1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
xneelo/hetzner-needrestart
Feb 2017 - Nov 2019
A puppet module for installing and configuring needrestart
Contributions:1 release, 8 commits, 13 PRs in 2 years 9 months
installingpuppet-moduleneedrestartpuppet
xneelo/puppetlabs-puppetdb
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
A puppet module for installing and managing puppetdb
Contributions:1 PR, 17 pushes, 4 branches in 15 days
installingpuppetdbpuppet-modulepuppet
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