Cobus Nel

Transpower

General manager, information services and technology

Joined 2011.
Has held senior roles including IST strategy and architecture manager.
Previously network solutions manager at Alcatel-Lucent and technical lead for Transpower’s telecommunications and networking programme.
Has experience in defence, enterprise, telecommunications and utilities organisations.
Holds a Masters in project management and engineering (electronics) from the University of Pretoria.

Career

DataFusion Systems (Pty) Ltd & Spescom DataVoice (Pty) Ltd

Product Manager: DataVoice Recorders, DataVoice Recording Centre

Mar 1997 - Dec 1999

Marconi Communications South Africa

Head: Transport and Wireline Access

Jan 2000 - Dec 2004

CSIR

Research Group Leader: Mathematical and Computational Modelling, Business Area Manager: Systems Modelling

Feb 2004 - Dec 2007

Alcatel-Lucent

Programme Network Solutions Director, Network Solutions Manager

Mar 2008 - Oct 2011

Transpower

General Manager - IST, General Manager - Grid Projects (Acting), Strategy and Architecture Manager - IST, Solution Architect Manager, Solution Architect, Information Services & Technology

Oct 2011 - Present