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Mr. John Bosco Arends
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Mr. John Bosco Arends
Chairperson of the Chartered CIO Council | City of Johannesburg
About Me
42 Years of ICT Experience. · Certified ICT Professional (SA) · Chartered CIO Certification · Chairperson of Chartered CIO Council · Advisor to ICT Steering Committee, Minister and DG of Department of Employment and Labour.

2006 African ICT Achievers Award for Enabling ICT in Public Sector · Advisor to many CIOs in both public and private sector institutions (Government, Banking, Retail) · Group Head Information, Networks and Technology Operations at City of Johannesburg · Contributed to the first E-Government Framework with the DG of Communications Andile Ncaba · Advisor for E-Government for SADC and ECOWAS states (Lesotho, Namibia, Uganda, Ghana, DRC & Sudan) .

Formed part of the Presidential Advisory Committee for HIV/AIDS reporting directly to President Thabo Mbeki · Interim Chairperson ICT Steering Committee for Department of Justice · Participation of the IDP Review Process for Nelson Mandela Bay Metro as an Independent Advisor · Facilitated ICT in Government Roadshows (IDC, Forge Ahead, SITA, Gartner, ITWeb).

Represent CIO Council annually in Davos at World Economic Forum · Senior Member of the Global Executive Board · Chairperson of the ICT Steering Committee for Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA)