Board of Directors

Chris is a founder, CEO and business visionary at DVT. He has 20 years experience in the software development industry and has started and managed a number of businesses culminating with the formation of DVT in 1999.

Chris has spent over eleven years at the helm of DVT, and fourteen years as an entrepreneur and founder of businesses. He spent nine years working and travelling in Europe, the UK and the Middle East, and has performed a range of roles from Software Developer to CEO within the software and related services sector.

Chris finished off his term in the UK as a project manager for IBM in London.

He resettled in Cape Town 10 years ago where he now lives with his family.

Hamilton is the co-founder and joint chief executive of Cornastone Technology Holdings, which employs over 250 IT professionals and has revenues exceeding R 230 million.

He has over 19 years of IT experience; from technical, to managerial, to board level leadership. He served as the executive leading the IBM Public Sector Business and performed the same role as Executive Director for the then JSE listed Computer Configuration Holdings Limited.

Hamilton received over 18 months of Leadership Development with IBM in Europe and United States between 1996 and 1999.

He has been recognised over the years by the IT Industry for his contribution. In 1999 and 2000 he was recognised as one of the Top 20 Black IT professionals in South Africa.

In 2007 Hamilton won the coveted IT Personality of the Year 2007 Award from the Computer Society of South Africa, Gartner Group and GIBS.

Jacques has extensive experience in the financial services industry. His career spans over 17 years of which the last 9 years have been in the end to end management of strategic systems/technology projects and programmes with reputable local and international financial institutions.

Jacques' core strength lies in his solid understanding of both business and technology and he easily crosses over between the two disciplines. He is experienced in a variety of project methodologies, follows a systematic approach to programme and project management and has the ability to identify synergies, spot opportunities and create value for the organisation.

Graham has 18 years experience in financial management, including 9 as a financial director in the IT industry.

Graham graduated in 1990 and completed his articles with G.J. Bazley & Co. He was financial manager of Zotos Construction with sole responsibility for finance and operations in the group, which gave him a solid grounding in a sometimes very challenging project-orientated environment.

In 1999 Graham joined Software Futures as financial manager and was later appointed as financial director. He formed part of a dynamic team of entrepreneurs who managed the company through a series of mergers and acquisitions, growing it to be one of the largest in South Africa in its field.

Jaco has more than 15 years IT experience in the field of application development and has been involved in the architecture, design and construction of various size software development projects, some of which were in the utilities, financial and insurance industries.

He has managed software development teams in excess of 150 professionals

Jaco holds a doctor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Johannesburg and has focused his Ph.D. research on object orientation and information security. He has presented and published papers on object-oriented software development, information security and web services at local and international events.