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Our creatives’ choice of Brainstorm’s best photos of the year

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 13 Dec 2019

Brainstorm is known, among other things, for its exceptional photography, and much of that is thanks to the magazine’s talented photographer Karolina Komendera.

She has photographed hundreds of people in our industry. Her secret is making people feel at ease, and the results are photographs that capture the person’s essence.

We asked Karolina and art director Sane Louw to select their favourite portraits of the year. Here they are, randomly numbered from 1 to 13.

1. Zingiswa Losi

Zingiswa Losi, Cosatu
Zingiswa Losi, Cosatu

Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi was interviewed for the May cover story on the labour federation’s response to 4IR. 

2. Waldo Marcus

Waldo Marcus, Aviidity Group
Waldo Marcus, Aviidity Group

Waldo Marcus, chief customer experience officer at the Avidity Group, was photographed for the CX feature in the January issue.

3. Teddy Daka

Teddy Daka, Etion
Teddy Daka, Etion

Teddy Daka – CEO of Etion and the 2018 IT Personality of the Year – featured on the February cover.

4. Mteto Nyati

Mteto Nyati, Altron
Mteto Nyati, Altron

Mteto Nyati, group chief executive of Altron, was photographed for the April 2019 cover story, The age of Altron.

5. Paula Sartini

Paula Sartini, BrandQuantum
Paula Sartini, BrandQuantum

Paula Sartini is the founder and CEO of BrandQuantum, a business she launched in 2014 to help companies protect and promote their brands.

6. Sven Blom

Sven Blom, Teraco
Sven Blom, Teraco

Sven Blom, head of sales at Teraco, appeared in the May feature, Analytics in the era of hyperscale.

7. Charl van der Walt

Charl van der Walt, SecureData SensePost
Charl van der Walt, SecureData SensePost

Charl van der Walt, chief strategy officer at cyber security company SecureData SensePost, was interviewed by Brainstorm’s online editor for the July cover story.

8. Pelonomy Moiloa

Pelonomi Moiloa, Nedbank
Pelonomi Moiloa, Nedbank

Pelonomi Moiloa, a data scientist at Nedbank, graced the women’s month cover, and the story examined why there are so few women in the technology field.

9. Kieran Frost

Kieran Frost, IDC
Kieran Frost, IDC

Kieran Frost, research manager for software at IDC, added his analyst insight to our February feature on digital disruption.

10. Calton Nhando

Calton Nhando, IndigoCube
Calton Nhando, IndigoCube

Calton Nhando, digital consultant at IndigoCube, spoke to Brainstorm about CX, the customer experience. 

11. Maiendra Moodley

Maiendra Moodley, adviser to government
Maiendra Moodley, adviser to government

Maiendra Moodley, an ICT adviser to government, talked to our security editor about strengthening the weakest link – people.

12. Amanda Dambuza

Amanda Dambuza, Uyandiswa
Amanda Dambuza, Uyandiswa

Amanda Dambuza, CEO of Uyandiswa, shared her insights for a piece that looked at why more technology experts are not joining executive boards.

13. Andrew Quixley

Andrew Quixley, IBM SA
Andrew Quixley, IBM SA

Andrew Quixley, IBM South Africa, talked to Brainstorm about AI bringing superhuman capabilities to business.

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