Simphiwe Mayisela
Short-Term Expert FinTech And CyberCrime at SADC Secretariat
Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolSimphiwe Mayisela is an information security and governance leader with over six years of senior experience and a longer history of technical roles across banking, government, and large enterprises. As Managing Director of SS-Consulting and a current short-term FinTech and cybercrime expert for the SADC Secretariat, he blends consulting, policy, and hands-on security program delivery to align risk controls with business objectives. He has held executive and architect roles—Group Information Security Officer at Internet Solutions and Head of Information Security at the Public Investment Corporation—driving ISMS, enterprise security architecture, and incident coordination. Academically grounded with an MSc in Information Security and ongoing doctoral studies in Business Leadership/Cybersecurity, he combines deep technical knowledge with strategic leadership. An early organiser in the professional community as founder of the (ISC)2 Gauteng Chapter, he brings both governance discipline and a practical bent for implementing auditable, regulatory-compliant controls.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bsc Eng (Chemical), Bsc Eng (Chemical) at University of Cape TownMatric, Matric at Pace CollegeFinancial Management for Non-Financial Managers, Finance, General, Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers, Finance, General at Stellenbosch University/Universiteit StellenboschUniversity of South AfricaITBLP, IT Banking Learneship Programme, ITBLP, IT Banking Learneship Programme at Tshwane University of TechnologyDoctor of Business Leadership, Business/Managerial Economics, Doctor of Business Leadership, Business/Managerial Economics at Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)MSc, Information Security, MSc, Information Security at Rhodes University
English
Github Skills (10)
tilde10
nodejs10
javascript10
agile9
data-science9
science9
machine-learning8
fundamentals8
open-source6
python1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
TheAbstract/ACN-syllabus
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
This is the syllabus that we load into our main instance of Tilde.
Contributions:10 PRs, 14 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 6 months
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TheAbstract/notes
Oct 2019 - Jan 2025
Contributions:21 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 4 months
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