Kebafilwe Lephogole

HEllo, I am
KEBAFILWE LEPHOGOLE

Technical Specialist/Electronic Banking Channels

About

Name: Kebafilwe Lephogole
Email: kasl@kebafilwe.co.za
Phone: (072) - 471-5755
Date of birth: 07 August 1979
Address: PO Box 87092, Houghton, 2041, RSA
Nationality: South African

Professional Profile

A passionate and resourceful Technical Specialist with more than seven years experience in the payments industry in possesion of a Bachelor's degree in Information System and Technology Management. Deployed multiple Electronic Banking Channels and Card(Mag & EMV) projects in several countries including UGANDA, BOTSWANA, KENYA and GHANA. Posses comprehensive knowledge of switching platforms among others, sparrow channel manager and Postilion. Expert in payments standard like ISO 8583 and EMV(MasterCard and VISA).

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Skills

My Acquired Skills

Below are some of the skills I have acquired in different roles I have pursued..

ISO 8583 Analysis & Design

Expert, 6 years

EMV Certification & Testing

Advanced, 2 years

Technical Expertise

Expert, 7 years

SQL & Crystal Reports

Intermediate, 2 years

Knowledge

Posses knowledge in the following areas.

Postilion and Sparrow Switch
Core Banking Integration
TermApp ISO and CBPR
Base24 SPDH

SparrowPOS 8583
Unix Systems knowledge
SQL & Windows Server 2008
Talend Data Integration

Language Skills

I am able to communicate with the following languages

English Experienced

Setswana Advanced

IsiZulu Basic

Experience

Over 15 Years Experience!

I have over 15 years spread over a helpdesk, desktop suport/HEAT Admin and System Analyst(Payments) roles with the most time spent in payments industry

Standard Bank Africa

Technical Specialist

2010 - Present

Implement projects in the physical channels space for POS and ATMs. Core Banking integration between ATM channel manager and Finacle Core. VISA EMV debit card issuing and certification. Exposure to RoA Market including among others Botswana, Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia

Computer
Software Consultants
(Verifone Africa)

Customer Service
Engineer

2006 - 2010

Application testing and support for Verifone Retail, Forecourt and Restaurant POS devices.Master ETEC and VISA certification. Thin client pinpads testing for Foschini, TradeRoot, Nomad. Database administration for HEAT IT Services and Support software. Crystal Report Writing

Charlotte Maxeke

IT Helpdesk

2002 - 2006

First line user Support, Technical support including printer, PCs and software installation. Application support for MS OFFICE, HEAT Admin and Crystal Reports writer

Bristol-Myers
Squibb

Desktop Support
Trainee

1999 - 2000

Installation of workstations and network setup. Software installations and E-mail client setup (Lotus Notes 4.6, Lotus ccMail 8, Ms Outlook, dial-up accounts)

Education

My Education

I have studied in the instituions below

University of
Johannesburg

B-TECH IT: IS &
Technology
Management

2005 - 2007

Within this degree I specialized in Project Management, knowledge Management, Expert Systems, Strategic Informations Systems and Information Security

Technikon
WitWatersrand

Computer
Sytems
Engineering

1997 - 2001

Engineering course with Programming(C++), Network Systems, Digital Systems, Mathematics, Database Principles, Operating Systems, System Analysis as majors