Raoul De Villiers
Proprietor at World-wize
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolRaoul De Villiers is a technology strategist and proprietor with 13 years of experience blending software systems design, product delivery strategy, and business thinking for startups and mid-sized companies. Through his World-wize consultancy he advises pragmatic investors and responsible businesses while also experimenting with software solutions and enabling tech operations. His background spans technical leadership roles in FMCG systems, social research software, and impact-focused consultancy, complemented by hands-on finance and operations experience from co-owning a retail business. Trained in economics and industrial psychology across South African and Japanese universities, he brings interdisciplinary insight into the socio-economic impacts of technology. Colleagues describe him as human-centric and ethically minded, focused on long-term relationships and measurable, responsible outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Intensive Japanese Language Course, Japanese Language and Literature, Intensive Japanese Language Course, Japanese Language and Literature at 九州大学 / Kyushu UniversityM. Econ, Economics, M. Econ, Economics at 福岡大学 / Fukuoka UniversityM.Com, Management, Industrial Psychology, M.Com, Management, Industrial Psychology at Stellenbosch UniversityB.Com (Hons), Management, Industrial Psychology, B.Com (Hons), Management, Industrial Psychology at Rand Afrikaans University
English, Afrikaans, Japanese
Github Skills (44)
internationalization10
geocoding10
ruby9
mvc9
rails9
css9
mongoid9
localization9
html9
web-development8
activerecord8
documentation8
ruby-on-rails8
xero8
http8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RisingAcademies/turnpy
May 2024 - Jan 2025
Contributions:14 reviews, 8 PRs, 33 pushes in 8 months
impactready/teamready
Feb 2014 - Mar 2016
Contributions:204 commits, 147 pushes, 5 branches in 2 years 1 month
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