Brian Leke

Career arc

1. Senior Director of EngineeringFeb 2025 — Present

   AI71· Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
2. Distinguished EngineerApr 2023 — Jan 2025

   McKinsey & Company
3. Senior Expert and Associate PartnerJan 2021 — Mar 2023

   McKinsey & Company
4. Digital ExpertFeb 2019 — Dec 2020

   McKinsey & Company· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
5. Head: Software Engineering PracticeApr 2017 — May 2018

   Standard Bank South Africa· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
6. Head: Software Engineering Consulting and DevOps AdoptionAug 2016 — Apr 2017

   Absa· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
7. Head of Technology for ThoughtWorks PanAfricaApr 2015 — Jul 2016

   ThoughtWorks· South Africa and Uganda
8. Lead ConsultantApr 2012 — Jul 2016

   ThoughtWorks· Johannesburg Area, South Africa
9. Software EngineerOct 2011 — May 2012

   Buhler· Johannesburg
10. Senior Researcher and Head of Biometrics Research GroupNov 2008 — Feb 2011

    CSIR
11. Software EngineerMay 2007 — Oct 2008

    iSolv Technologies(Pty)Ltd

Education

• University of the Witwatersrand
  2000 — 2008
• LBA
  Present

About

I have worked in a few countries building software following modern principles and my experience spans diverse industries. Some of the industries include; Banking, Media, Airlines, Telecoms and Insurance where I played both a strategic advisory role as well as a technical lead role. My interests lies in DevOps, Software Development, Technological Innovation, People Growth, Social Change in the World, Growing Technologists in the Continent and embedding quality in every step of the Software Development process. I am also a conference speaker on diverse topics from Continuous Integration/Delivery to Microservices to API Management techniques to Organisational Cultures amongst others. I am currently heavily vested in how technology can enable digital transformation journeys through modernizat

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