| John has been engaging with audiences in Durban and Johannesburg for the last four years. He is excellent at communicating complex technology subjects in a simple and understandable way. His speaking journey started in 2018 with the Institute of IT professionals (IITPSA) where he began speaking about blockchain related technologies. |
Experience
| JUNE 2018 UNDERSTANDING BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY The presentation was at Strauss Daly Umhlanga and was an IITPSA KZN event. There were about 30 people at the presentation and was a mixture of technology and business people. The topic was a very technical discussion on how bitcoin technology worked. |
| SEPTEMBER 2018 BLOCKCHAIN TRENDS AND PARADIGM SHIFTS The event was the Richfield institute of technology academic conference. The audience was made up of academics and thought leaders and the content discussed was on the technology behind blockchain and the shifts in thought brought about by the technology. |
| JANUARY 2019 BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA 2019 CONFERENCE REPORT BACK The event was an IITPSA KZN Chapter event held at the Durban Country Club. The event was attended by 30 people and was a mixture of business and technical. The content of the presentation was on Blockchain Africa 2020 and gave a summary of all the presentations held at the conference. |
| JUNE 2019 UNDERSTANDING BITCOIN TECHNOLOGY The event was an IITPSA event held at Vodacom in Umhlanga. The content was a very technical discussion on Bitcoin technology. |
| SEPTEMBER 2019 INTEGRATING INTO SAP USING ODATA SERVICES, The event was the SAP Africa conference held at Suncity also known as Saphila. The content of the presentation was on integration into SAP using Netweaver Gateway ODATA services. |
| JANUARY 2020 BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA 2020 CONFERENCE REPORT BACK The event was an IITPSA KZN Chapter event held virtually via Zoom. The event was attended by 70 people and was a mixture of business and technical. The presentation summarized 10 presentations given at Blockchain Africa 2020. |
| JULY 2020 BITCOIN CRYPTOGRAPHY The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam. The content was a very technical discussion on Bitcoin cryptography and how it was used to prove ownership of Bitcoin. |
| OCTOBER 2020 MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CRYPTOGRAPHY The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar Jam. The content discussed the basic math behind cryptography which served as foundations for the more complex theorems. |
| NOVEMBER 2020 BITCOIN MINING SIMPLIFIED The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar Jam. The presentation explained the Bitcoin mining process in an understandable way. The topics included the proof of work mechanism and discussed the profitability of miners after the halving. |
| FEBRUARY 2021 DEFI SECURITY SIMPLIFIED The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam. The presentation provided basic knowledge of smart contract security that investors could use to evaluate the Decentralized Finance (DEFI) projects they were investing in from a security point of view. |
| MARCH 2021 BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA 2021 REPORT BACK The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam. The event summarized 11 of the most informative and interesting presentations from Blockchain Africa 2021. |
| JUNE 2021 GAME THEORY AND ITS APPLICATION IN BITCOIN The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam .The event discussed the basics of game theory and then went into depth on how the interactions on the blockchain network could be analyzed in terms of game theory. |
| SEPTEMBER 2021 ETHEREUM 2 The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam .The event discussed the details of the technical changes in Ethereum 2 and whether Ethereum would be the dominant blockchain in the future . |
| FEBRUARY 2022 BLOCKCHAIN SIG-NFTS BEYOND THE HYPE The event was an IITPSA event held virtually on webinar jam .The event explained Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) in a simple way that could be easily understood . There was also the introduction of a simple framework that could be used to assess whether an NFT had good investment potential. |
Education
| MARCH 2018 one on one coaching speaking lessons, Voice Clinic |
