Curriculum Vitae
Garth Nash
2016
Contact Details:
13 Epping Drive Westville
Durban, 3629
Cell: +27 820788855
E-mail: ipadza@gmail.com
Education:
Secondary School Education
Queensburgh Boys High Matric - 1987
Tertiary Education
Varsity College: business management diploma.
Apple: ASCP Apple Certified Support Professional
People Cert: Vmware Install Configure Manage
People Cert: ITIL Certificate in IT service
Introduction:
I have over 25 years of experience working in in retail
management and IT and IT management. I own my
own store in Westville and run a specialist IT
company focusing on SOC Media Centers, long
distance wireless networking, server
implementation and support and Apple Support
and repair.
• Project Management
o IT Lifecycle and Service
management.
o New install planning and
implementation.
• Financial management
o Management information
o Budgets,
quotes and
invoices
• Staff management
o Recruitment.
o Shift rosters.
o Salary and Wages.
o Annual negotiations.
o All Disciplinary and CCMA issues.
o Design and filing documentation and procedures
My core strengths:
• I bring a wealth of knowledge and experience through my expertise
in problem solving, implementation and streamlining of process flows.
I believe that my keen attention to detail has and will continue to shown results that will benefit
business financially.
• I am self motivated, a good listener, have the ability to teach, mentor and nurture
co-workers. I have a good sense of humour and a ‘never say die’ attitude.
My work philosophy:
I firmly believe that my tenure in the industry, expertise and instinct have placed me
in a favorable position to grow any develop and grow my departments. I have
remained focused on developing my staff in order to further them and have seen
results in the increase of revenue and low staff turnover.
• Vision and plan! I am able to take the mission statement and vision from the directors
and set in motion my modus operandi to motivate a team to grasp the goals of the
company and go back to the basics with solid customer service, quick response times
and understanding of clients’ requirements.
• Success! I am able to strategically place team members in areas of their strengths,
create portfolios and refocus and fine-tune operations.
Working experience
Date:
Company:
Position:
Notice Period:
Reason for Leaving:
1st April 2010 - current
The Hardyboys
IT Manager
30 days
Limited scope for growth, need new challenges
Portfolio:
• Help desk monitoring.
• Policy creation and amendment.
• IT service lifecycle implementation and monitoring
• Administering day-to-day operations of the publications, including
o Monitoring desktop support roles
o Reviewing server uptime and Logs.
o Annual Budgeting.
o Managing the flow of work to ensure that deadlines are met
• Provide reports to FD including:
o Help desk Reports
o IT budgets and timelines
Date:
Company
Position
Notice Period
Reason for Leaving:
1st March 2005 – current
Essentials
Owner
NA
NA
Portfolio:
• Manage all aspects of two stores in the Westville area selling general merchandise including
Baked goods, Liquor, Groceries and Tabaco.
• Business plan and strategy.
• Staffing.
• Maintain client relationships
• Budgets
• All aspects of daily management including, debtors, creditors, stock control, cash-up and
banking procedures and controls.
Date:
Company:
Position:
Reason for Leaving:
1991 – current
Cool Ideas 1494cc
Member
NA
Portfolio:
• Design and install Long Distance WIFI links and networks.
• Design and install and support servers and networks.
• Design, produce and market SOC Media Centers
• Support and repair Apple products
o Installation, on site support and remote support of all Apple Desktop Products and OS’s.
o Repair and maintenance of all Apple Desktops and Servers.
Referees:
1. Kirsten James The Hardyboys (+27) 315339000