Full Name: Vaughn David Naidoo
Position: Chief technology officer of Altron Bytes Managed Solutions
Main Activity of the Company: Managed services provision
Date and Place of Birth: August 4, 1976, Cape Town
Education: MSc (computer science)
First Job: Woolworths – Application Services
Career History Prior to Current Position: I worked for Telkom: Wholesale (South Africa) as acting technical product development executive from March 2008 to February 2009 and as technical product development executive from March 2009 to March 2012, before serving at Telkom Cybernest (South Africa) as information technology solutions, architecture and strategy executive from August 2012 to March 2016. I was the managing executive for Project Reset and product portfolio management at Business Connection from April 2016 to March 2018
Size of First Pay Packet: R104 000 a year
First Job with Present Group: Chief technology officer
Value of Assets under Your Control: R30-million
Number of People under Your Leadership: 160
Management Style: Visionary
Personal Best Achievement: Being the first in my family to obtain a university degree
Professional Best Achievement: Being promoted to an executive position eight years into my career
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My wife, whom I met in my second year at university
Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Will.I.AM
Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Satoshi Nakamoto
Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Steve Jobs
Philosophy of Life: Leave the world in a better place than you found it
Biggest Ever Opportunity: Where I am right now – As Napoleon Hill said: “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now”
Biggest Ever Disappointment: After my grandmother died, I really got to see people for who they were
Hope for the Future: Equality for all
Favourite Reading: Anything and everything regarding artificial intelligence and futurism
Favourite TV Programme: Ted Talks
Favourite Food/Drink: Italian/gin and tonic
Favourite Music: Jazz, rock and classical
Favourite Sport: English football
Favourite Website: google.com
Hobbies: ‘Playing’ with technology
Car: Toyota Prado
Pets: English bulldog
Miscellaneous Dislikes: Unfairness
Favourite Other South African Company: Telkom
Favourite Foreign Company: i.am+ (https://iamplus.com)
Married: To Nadia Williams-Naidoo, since 2004
Children: Jorja-Lee, 11; Noa Grace, 7
Clubs: CrossFit