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As an award-winning , fully independent and proudly South African B-BBEE level 1 company with deep cloud-computing experience, we’re perfectly placed to help businesses jumpstart their journey to the cloud and gain the competitive advantage of digitisation.
It’s a start-up mindset that pushes us to deliver cutting-edge cloud-based solutions that drive efficiency, effectiveness and growth for our clients.
An entrepreneur at heart, Matt is driven by establishing and growing technology businesses. Matt is the founder and CEO of BlueSky, a leading enterprise cloud solution provider. Having successfully started and exited several technology companies, Matt is also the founder of an early-stage private equity fund. Matt is an active tech start-up investor with a passion for bringing technology-related commercial sense to early-stage businesses. Matt holds a Business Science Honours Degree in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town. When Matt is not BlueSky thinking, he can be found spending time with his wonderful family, ultra-distance trail running or deep-sea fishing.
Rayan brings extensive experience in financial leadership and operational excellence to BlueSky as the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining BlueSky, Rayan served as Group CFO for a pan-African digital services and connectivity provider and held variance board positions. His expertise includes financial strategy, governance, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and human capital management. Rayan is passionate about fostering collaborative work environments and driving inclusive cultures that promote teamwork and achieve optimal results. His leadership and financial acumen will enhance BlueSky’s Finance and Human Capital functions. Rayan is a registered Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from Henley Business School Africa.
An experienced executive and thought leader with a demonstrated history of working and delivering significant results in Business & Digital Transformation, Cloud Consulting, the Financial Services Industry, and Social Enterprises, skilled as an engineer, futurist, strategist, innovator, and complex problem solver, Rassie has a heart and passion for Client Centricity and helping people.
As the Chief Operations Officer of BlueSky, Rassie’s Entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen are fundamental to the phenomenal growth plans BlueSky is targeting.
Rassie holds an Engineering Degree (University of Pretoria) an MBA Degree (Aston University in the UK), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt accreditation (BMGI), and various Agile, Data, Design, AI, Project management, and People Change certificates.
Rassie enjoys giving back to the community through his Non-Profit and impacting/changing lives for the better, loves a hike in the Mountains, traveling the world, and speaking on future trends and topics at conferences, but more than anything Rassie loves spending time with his beautiful wife and family.
Rassie values relationships and networking and stands strong amongst the principles of servanthood and stewardship.
Mark Joseph is a highly experienced executive with nearly 30 years in the telecom industry. His career began in consulting, where he contributed to building telecom businesses and leading major transformation programmes. He later managed consulting practices across Africa and held senior leadership roles in technology and service firms, gaining deep insights into client needs and translating them into impactful results. Mark holds a BSc Honours in Computational and Applied Mathematics and actively supports youth education initiatives.
Leanne is an experienced business leader with a successful track record of partnering with customers to provide solutions that drive digital transformation within financial services. One of her strengths is her ability to quickly grasp complex concepts and see the big picture – yet the key to her success is her ability to deconstruct those concepts and broad vision into actionable strategies, that help people see the path to get there. Working with integrity and being authentic is important to Leanne. She consistently strives to do the right things, at the right time, for the right reasons.
Tracy is a commercially astute and results driven senior executive with over 15 years of experience in shaping business strategies, driving innovation and delivering exceptional outcomes in the Telco and IT sectors. At BlueSky, Tracy plays a pivotal role steering complex, high pressure projects to success, leveraging her ability to lead diverse teams and build strong stakeholder relationships.
Tracy’s expertise spans business consulting, strategy development, product lifecycle management and operational optimisation. As a forward thinking leader, she is committed to driving initiatives that not only enhance productivity but also delivers measurable value to BlueSky’s clients.
Tasked with the phenomenal role of Head of People, Tashya is a passionate individual driven by her zest for people management supporting a diverse workforce. Tashya is a proud member of South African Board of People Practices.
She always provides quality services to attract, develop, motivate, and retain a diverse workforce within all areas of the work environment. This is accomplished with an emphasis on customer service based on consultation and communication with all employees. Her commitment to working strategically with the diverse workforce and surrounding community in identifying and responding to its changing needs is evident based on her 15 plus years of experience in the People Management Environment otherwise commonly referred to as Human Resources. As The Head of People at BlueSky, she provides leadership and guidance in the development, implementation, and administration of policies and procedures.
Aside from the working environment Tashya is a proud Mum to her two gorgeous sons, whom she commonly refers to as her greatest blessings.
Katharine is an experienced business leader with a successful track record as an executive in leading software implementers and systems integrators across South Africa. Her experience as a management consultant, programme manager, sales and business leader with clients in Financial Services (specifically banks), Telecommunications companies, Media and Broadcasters, FMCG and Retail gives her unique insights into her role as Head of Salesforce at BlueSky.
Katharine was one of the first customers to implement and use Salesforce in South Africa and has been involved in the Salesforce ecosystem ever since. She is passionate about the platform and has worked with a number of customers on their digital transformation journey in pursuit of better, more personalised engagement with customers to drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction and retention.
Although Katharine grew up in Cape Town, she is based in Johannesburg with her two teenage sons, 2 dogs, a cat and a hedgehog. She enjoys yoga, hiking with her boys, is passionate about music and travels extensively in between for business and pleasure.
Rob Williamson is an accomplished business leader with over 30 years of experience in sales, customer success, and driving innovation. As the Regional Manager for Workday Inc. in the Western Cape, he was instrumental in establishing the company’s Cape Town presence and received the “Newcomer Making the Biggest Impact” award in 2022. Before Workday, Rob had a 17-year career at Oracle, holding multiple leadership positions and serving on the South Africa Exco. He also worked at Siemens Business Services, where he transformed the business model to a services focus.
Rob is committed to community outreach, lectures pro bono, and enjoys spending time with his family. Steven Covey inspires his life philosophy: “To Live, to Love, to Learn, and to Leave a Legacy.”
Anton is a design leader with proven experience of using design thinking to create transformational customer and user experiences that drive business value. He has deep expertise in all things human-centered design, delivering intuitive, distinctive, and innovative experiences that are underpinned by a deep understanding of the customer.
He has worked in digital and design for over 20 years across multiple industries, geographies, and environments. With a passion for entrepreneurship, product and service innovation, he enjoys helping businesses to unlock hidden value using creativity and design.
Anton holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree and MBA. When not creating super cool stuff for clients he is busy traveling, doing sports of all kinds, and spending time with his amazing wife and two kids!
Jamie-Lee Jacobs is the responsible for the Academy at BlueSky. Through our academy Jamie-Lee is responsible for training, coaching, and mentoring young tech talent. Our Academy is the heartbeat of BlueSky, and we are proud of the fact that our internship model is built intimately into our business model. As the Head of Academy, Jamie-Lee is responsible for exposing our young graduates to the shifting corporate landscape and harnessing their digital skills and talent.
She started her career in IT in a graduate programme, where she discovered her passion for helping to shape the development of skills in youth. After this programme she moved into a Youth Programme Recruitment role where she was responsible for the selection and hiring of young people into the organisation. Her role as a Service Enablement Specialist further allowed her the opportunity to mould and change young people’s lives – where her passion lies.
Outside of work Jamie-Lee enjoys running and gym workouts. She enjoys watching ballet at the theatre, exploring new restaurants in the city, and travelling.
Nicole Adriaans is a seasoned Business Executive specialising in Data and AI, with over 20 years of experience driving transformative solutions across the full business value chain. Since 2009, she has led the strategic design and implementation of data-driven initiatives, from omni-channel optimisation to cutting-edge omni-digital programs, delivering measurable value and innovation.
Passionate about inclusive leadership, Nicole is a dedicated advocate for empowering women in technology, actively mentoring and championing diversity in the tech space. Her forward-thinking approach and commitment to excellence continue to shape impactful data strategies and foster a culture of innovation and equity.
Rob is a seasoned consulting and project delivery executive with more than 20 years of digital and technology experience across various sectors including Financial Services, Telecommunications, Supply Chain Management, Retail, and Manufacturing. He is passionate about working with teams to successfully deliver solutions to clients and users of their systems. Rob holds a Bachelor of Commerce Honours (Information Systems) degree and various project management and agile certifications. Outside of work, Rob enjoys spending time with his family and friends. He also enjoys music and cycling, and is a fan of many sports, especially rugby, cycling, and cricket.
Chris is an experienced IT practitioner. Chris has many years experience in operations management, programme and project management for delivery complex multi-disciplinary projects in a variety of industries and environments. Chris has managed and led IT strategy, IT roadmap, business process re-engineering, systems selection, solution architect and design, system implementation and organisational change programs. This experience is across multiple tools and technologies– supply chain, WMS, ERP, Salesforce, custom development, business intelligence, strategic solution selection / evaluation.
In the role of Customer Success for BlueSky, Chris is responsible for all the delivery elements of the operations teams that includes the solution engineers, architects, functional consultants, business analysts, project managers and developers.
When Chris is not overseeing the delivery teams for BlueSky, he can be found together with his wife overseeing his 2 kids while trying to find the time to take a ride, run or spend time in the peace and quiet of the bush.
The heartbeat of BlueSky. We take immense pride in training, coaching and mentoring young tech talent by offering academic certification, real work experience and exposure to the shifting corporate landscape. Adoption and enablement is an example of our commitment to closing the digital skills gap, creating employment and driving career development.
