Jonathan Davies
Materials Handling Specialist
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolJonathan Davies is a materials-handling specialist and co-founder with 11 years' experience turning pit-to-port bulk-commodity challenges into measurable gains in safety, uptime and throughput. He blends hands-on mechanical design and wear-materials innovation with data-driven practices—condition-based maintenance, predictive analytics, digital twins and ERP/data-lake integration—to give operators real-time visibility and reduce unplanned downtime. His career spans frontline engineering through principal roles at major miners and consultancy, delivering end-to-end projects from advisory and design to automation, robotics and field implementation. Notably, he pairs industrial know-how with pragmatic software openness, supporting open-source tools for the built environment to bridge operational tech and analytics. Based in Gauteng, South Africa, he combines a Send-Us-the-Challenge mindset with proven ability to embed change and drive continuous improvement across mining, energy, manufacturing and logistics.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Conveyor Design, Diploma, Conveyor Design at Conveyor Manufacturers AssociationUniversity of South AfricaUniversity of Johannesburg 
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (86)
expressjs10
jquery-mobile10
heroku10
recaptcha10
login-system10
github-bot10
user-interaction10
gmail-api10
handlebars10
sneakers10
mongodb-database10
csv-parser10
mongodb10
interaction10
boilerplate10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jondo89/Fraternate
Jun 2017 - Jan 2022
Fraternate is a standalone copy of the GitHub organization and user interaction framework. Built with Mongo dB | Node.js® | Express.js | Handlebars.js | Bootstrap.
Contributions:210 commits, 3 PRs, 198 pushes in 4 years 7 months
herokugithub-botsignupexpresslogin-system
jondo89/Heavy-lifting
Jan 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:210 commits, 159 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
mongonode-jsjavascriptexpresscreator
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