Johannesburg, 22 Feb 2019
2019 is off to a roaring start for XContent Business Solutions. This comes off the back of winning the prestigious Microsoft Best Go-to-Market Execution Partner of the Year award late in 2018.
XContent has always prided itself as the home of top technical resources and expertise. The company is pleased to announce that its suite of Microsoft validated gold and silver competencies has grown as follows:
Gold: Cloud platform
Gold: Cloud productivity
Gold: Data platform
Gold: Data analytics
Gold: ISV
Gold: Application development
Gold: Windows and devices
Gold: Small and mid-market cloud solutions
Silver: Enterprise mobility and security
Silver: Collaboration and content
Silver: Messaging
XContent is also growing its presence inland, in KwaZulu-Natal and in the Western Cape, through the appointment of two industry technology specialists.
Michael Zylstra, Executive: Business Development (coastal regions)
Zylstra is a Chartered Accountant and senior ICT executive with 25 years of local and international experience. He is passionate about digital transformation and assisting companies to adopt 'cloud-first' strategies. His experience covers multiple industries, including financial services, logistics, FMCG, manufacturing, public sector, oil and gas, and more recently, eight years in retail and related supply chain operations.
Zylstra's specialties include:
IT strategy design and execution, digital transformation, business process re-engineering, Microsoft/SAP solution architecture, C-level trusted advisor, (CIO/IT director), infrastructure and network support, IT governance, risk and compliance, IT service delivery, IT transformation and change management. Multiple ERP system implementations, project and programme management (SAP, Oracle and Microsoft), enterprise information management, business process analysis (manufacturing, consumer products, finance and retail), leadership and development of teams and individuals through coaching and mentoring.
Brendan van Staaden, Executive: Business Development (inland and KwaZulu-Natal)
Van Staaden's strong consulting and professional services background gives him the ability to listen, understand and deliver meaningful and robust customer interaction experience strategies. His expertise lends itself to the realm of converging CXM (customer experience management) tool-sets with collaborative cloud services provision, the ultimate domain where software-defined technologies and services combine to amplify practical and effective CIX (customer interaction experience).
Van Staaden has built technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) businesses such as Digital Select Communications in 1993 and Inter-Active Technologies BPO in 1999. He is a seasoned C-level executive with a love for racing mountain and road bikes. This adventurer summitted Kilimanjaro and placed 11th in the Grand Master category of the ABSA Cape Epic in 2016.
The XContent commitment to delivering leading-edge end-to-end cloud solutions for customers remains strong. Technology advancement is what the company does. You're embracing new ways to create business value and grow. You focus on your core business; XContent will enable your growth through inspired technology and innovative solutions.
You'll know it when you see it.
Reach out directly and let's collaborate:
michael@xcontent.com
brendan@xcontent.com
www.xcontent.com
Tel: (+27) 11 014 1778 (JHB)
Tel: (+27) 21 834 0850 (CT)
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