Edward Ngubane
Business Development Manager at Tata Consultancy Services
Edward Ngubane, the current Business Development Manager (BDM) for TCS South Africa and Rest of Africa, is an experienced ICT professional. He is the former mathematics teacher at Senaoane Sec School in Soweto, and the former Head of Business Analysis at DVT (Dynamic Visual Technologies). He is also the former Secretary (2018), Treasurer (2019) and President (2020 – 2021) of the IIBA-SA (International Institute of Business Analysis (South African Chapter)). Edward has been in the IT industry for over 20 years, and worked for the following companies: Telkom SA, Investec, BMW Financial Services, Wesbank and FNB (Online Banking and eWallet Solutions), DVT, Intembeko Investment Administration. During this time, he held numerous positions, viz: – Systems Developer, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, Product Development Manager, Business Analyst Manager, Head of Project Management Office (PMO), Practice Lead (Business Analysis and Architecture), Practice Manager, and Head of Business Analysis. He is currently in the thesis submission phase of his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand and is a recipient of a Post Graduate Merit Award. His thesis is on the ‘Cloud Computing adoption and SMME development in South Africa’. Edward is a certified leadership coach through the Leadership Coaching certificate he obtained in 2019. In April 2021 he was appointed as a supervisor to the students on the ‘Master’s in Digital Business’ program at the University of the Witwatersrand for the 2021-2022 academic year.