Summary
Solly Motsoane is a seasoned technical leader and founder with over a decade of hands-on experience building and scaling business-critical systems across finance, insurance, and customer analytics. As COO of MINE Trading & Projects and founder of several tech ventures, he combines full-stack engineering (C#, Angular, React, Next.js, Flutter) with cloud-native DevOps (Kubernetes, Azure Pipelines) to modernize legacy platforms and deliver automation that drives revenue. He has led large migrations and engineering teams, upgrading hundreds of applications and introducing CI/CD, observability, and real-time analytics using Elasticsearch and RabbitMQ. Known for enabling non-technical leaders to launch projects with minimal friction, he designs solutions that prioritize business workflows and measurable operational impact. Beyond engineering, Solly has a track record of talent development and community leadership—mentoring developer cohorts and founding CBO initiatives focused on skills uplift. Based in North West, South Africa, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a practical, solutions-first approach to systems architecture and automation.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of the Witwatersrand
Dipl in PC Eng, PC Engineering, Dipl in PC Eng, PC Engineering at College Campus
Matric, Mathematics and Computer Science, Matric, Mathematics and Computer Science at Kwena-Ya-Madiba High
Cert. in INet+, Internet+, INet+, Cert. in INet+, Internet+, INet+ at INTEC