Makano Mosidi is the Chairperson of the Board for Relational Database Consulting (RDC). She is also involved in various BEE transactions in the industry as a whole, with special focus in ICT. Her career spans various organizations including IBM (then ISM), Accenture, Ernst & Young, North West Province and State Information Technology Agency (SITA Pty Ltd). Makano is also a business woman belonging to various woman groups and pursuing business interests in other industries e.g mining, manufacturing and financial services.

Rodney has been involved in the computer industry since 1976 specializing in databases from the 1980’s. He piloted an award winning project in South Africa, implementing the system in Portugal, London, USA and Spain with great success. He has since headed up the database departments of Nedcor, Iocore and New Dawn Technologies, converting many hierarchical databases to Oracle, DB2 or SQL Server. He is highly regarded and respected in the ITC world due to his energy, responsiveness and willingness to assist, whatever the problem. He currently holds the position of Sales Director at RDC.

Marius started his IT career as a LAN Administrator in 1990 and obtained his National Diploma Information Technology in 1994. Showing great promise, he was moved to the Unix and Oracle DBA team. He later joined IOCORE and New Dawn Technologies as a Senior Oracle DBA where he later headed up a large team at Nedbank as the Oracle Support Manager. After moving across to RDC, he was appointed as the Operations Director in March 2009. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the South African Oracle User Group and a member of IoDSA.

Bradley obtained his BSc degree in Computer Science and Statistics at the University of Natal in 1994. His 16 year IT career began as a Junior Oracle DBA at Transnet Datavia. Leaving two years later as a Senior DBA, he joined RDC as part of their start-up team. In his various roles as technical lead, team lead, service delivery manager and senior manager, he has been responsible for the successful rollout of many client projects both locally and abroad. He is currently a Director and shareholder at RDC, choosing to remain involved at an operational level.

Craig’s 14 year journey in ICT began as a SAP and COBOL developer. As the IT landscape changed, so did his quest for an increased understanding of the Database Administration domain. This quest resulted in him becoming an Oracle 8i, 9i, 10g, 11g Certified Professional in the service of acclaimed database consulting house, RDC. In 2006, Craig took on the challenge of Service Delivery Manager at RDC and is currently responsible for the company’s Remote Support Services Offering that services multiple clients. His acute understanding of this area ensures that client relationships are sound and service levels are uncompromisingly adhered to.

Casper started his career in Oracle in 1996 and worked as an Oracle Database Administrator for more than 14 years. He worked in the UK as an Oracle Consultant for more than 2 years before returning to South-Africa. He joined the RDC team in 2001 and eventually moved into Service Delivery Management where he managed teams at Eskom and Vodacom. Currently he is the Oracle Support Manager at Nedbank.

Vishaal’s keen interest in the IT field at an early age caught the attention of an Eskom manager who offered him a career in his chosen field from 1997. His passion and drive for the industry soon gained him the prestigious “Eskom Techno Star” award. After a short period as a programmer his career progressed to web developer and then Oracle Database Administrator. After 12 years as an accomplished Oracle DBA, embarked on management journey with RDC in 2007. Vishaal is currently a Service Delivery Manager heading up the Oracle E-Business department of Relational Database Consulting.