Hey, I'm Jacques

The next-generation ticketing platform for events in South Africa with thousands of users.

August 2025 - Present

Long-term part-time role. Built critical systems for payments and customer analytics, and researched AI applications in credit assessment.

June 2024 - July 2025 (1 year)

Asked to continue with paid position. Data Engineering & Automation projects for the operations team.

June 2025 - July 2025

Asked to continue with paid position. Applied data science techniques to real-world energy efficiency challenges in IoT applications.

June 2024 - July 2024

Led media and marketing for the largest student-run event at Stellenbosch University, selling out the whole event twice

Feb 2024 - Feb 2026

Was asked to continue with paid position. Developed tools to improve machine translation and customer payment experience.

Jan 2023 - Feb 2024

Short-term. Developed a web application to digitise and automate waste collection scheduling and management.

Jan 2020 - March 2020

• "Consistently exceeded expectations"
• "Notable independence and strong ownership"
• "Top-tier talent who will elevate any engineering team he joins"

• "Performed way beyond expectations, and at a level more typical of strong master-level interns"
• "Particular aptitude for solving complex problems"

• "Exceptional mental strength, determination, perseverance"
• "Tenacious"
• "Creative"

• "Bright, diligent"