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Bongani Lawson Thela
1436 Mangethe Street, Vosloorus, Extension 2, 1475
0728588366 • thelabongani@gmail.com
Personaldetails
Identity Number: 9011225350089
Gender: Male
Driver’s License: B(Code 8)
LinkedIn: https://za.linkedin.com/in/bongani-thela-9a716228
Education
Torque IT in partnership with Telkom (2015)
Microsoft Certificates.
University of Johannesburg (2014)
National Diploma: Information Technology (Information Systems and Technology Management).
Notable Modules: Major: Information Systems.
Major: Business Analysis.
Minor: Software Development.
Reshogofaditswe Secondary school (2008)
Matric Certificate
 Mathematics  English  Life Sciences(Biology)  Tourism
 Physical Sciences  IsiZulu  Life Orientation
Achievements and Awards
Company Position Award
University of Johanneburg
Telkom
Tutor
Student
Tutor certificate
Data centre design/management certificate
In-serviceTraining(Academic project)
Name of the company: Sodexo at Media 24 Johannesburg.
Project name: Order Management System.
The project was for a canteen at Media 24, the scope was to transform existing
traditional system into an advance automated system through the use of our IT skills
combined with our project management skills to improve efficiency and increase
productivity at the canteen.
Project sponsor: Bruce Marais.
Role: Business Analyst & Project Leader.
Year: 2014.
Period: 1 Year project.
 Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE).
 Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA).
 Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).

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Duty: Modelling of existing business processes through the use of BAM-Cloud notation.
 UML.
 Design the projects mind map.
 Data modelling.
 Functional requirements.
 Gap analysis.
 SDLC.
 “AS-IS” and “TO-BE” process modelling.
 Evaluating solutions.
 Schedule and resource planning.
 Assist with the ERD, DFD and aligning strategies for the project.
 Appoint project review dates with the project sponsor.
 Prototype designs (BETA and ALPHA prototypes).
 Logical/Physical design of the project.
 Schedule QA for the project.
 Requirement elicitation.
 Gathering functional requirements and designing the media park organogram during our
meeting period with the stakeholder.
 Setting up the project schedule through the use of Gantt chart and Work Break-Down
Structure (WBS).
 Using JAD session to propose the project, perform reviews, update progress, initialize plans
and complete the project charter.
 Assist with the systems analysis and logical design of the project.
In-serviceTraining(Telkom project)
Name of the company: Telkom.
Project name: Centre for Learning Dashboard.
This was a website based project, to design and host a live website that provides
stats regarding every event that takes place at Telkom with regards to students
who enrol at Telkom and attend courses there and show progress with their
scheduled courses and completion time.
Project sponsor: Joseph Mofokeng.
Role: Business Analyst, Developer & Project Leader.
Year: 2015.
Period: 3 Months project.
Duty: Gather functional Requirements.
 Perform a gap Analysis.
 Schedule project deadlines.
 Schedule meeting with the project sponsor.
 Part of the development team.
 Designing of the projects database through the use of MySQL.
 Presenting the prototype designs to the stakeholders.
 Modify the existing business processes.
 Propose business strategies for the project.
 SQL Scripting and execution.
 SQL (Commands/Queries and the use of inner joins).
 SDLC
 Swimlanes designs.
 Building the requirements list.
 Requirement elicitation.

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 Code the project in PHP.
Work Experience
Company Name Datacentrix
Position 1st line support engineer
Duration 03 February 2016 – 30 April 2016
 AD support.
 Assign incidents to second line engineers.
 Remote configurations.
 Incident management system.
 Call logging.
Reason for leaving: End of contract.
Company Name Telkom
Position Student *Role: Business Analyst & Project Leader
Duration April 2015 – July 2015.
 Website in PHP.
 CSS3 and HTML5.
 JavaScript.
 MYSQL (Database).
 Local hosting using Xammp.
 SQL connection and commands.
Reason for leaving: End of contract and Course enrolment.
Company Name University of Johannesburg
Position Tutor (Software Development).
Duration February 2014 – November 2014.
 Visual studio.
 Windows forms.
 Code in C#.
 SQL connection and commands.
 MSSQL.
 SQL scripts and execution.
 Websites.
 CSS, HTLM and PHP.
 MYSQL.
 Xammp and Wamp for local hosting.
Reason for leaving: End of contract and qualification.
Company Name University of Johannesburg
Position Student assistant (Office administration).
Duration January 2013 – January 2014.
 Office administration.
 Data capturing.
 Data modification.
 Registration.
 Filling.
 Enquiries.
Reason for leaving: End of contract.

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Skills Matrix
Skills Level
MS Suite.  Very Good
MS Projects.  Good
Visual studio (Windows forms and web app).  Good
JAD sessions(relationship between clients and organisation)  Good
UML, Data modelling Skills.  Very Good
Documentation.  Very Good
Swim lanes (“AS-IS and “TO-BE”).  Very Good
SQL Scripting and execution.  Very Good
Work flow / data flow diagrams.  Very Good
MS Visio / Edraw flowchart / Visual Paradigm.  Very Good
Hardware / Software configurations.  Very Good
Business analysis.  Good
C#, PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, MSSQL and MySQL.  Very Good
SDLC, Project management.  Good
Testing / QA.  Fair