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Joshin’s passion is to create value by weaving together creative ideas, relationships, emerging trends, talented people, entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to action.

Prior to founding iKineo, Joshin started his career at Interactive Africa, where he was extensively involved in the 2006 Soccer World Cup Bid; project-managed the transcontinental African Connection Rally; and managed the International Design Indaba.

Joshin serves as a director of the Cape Information Technology Initiative (CITi), the public/ private sector agency tasked with development of the region as a Technology cluster; and currently serves as Chairman of the Bandwidth Barn which is Africa’s leading non-profit business incubator and accelerator for technology businesses. He has also recently joined the board of the South African Chamber of Commerce in America. Joshin has a Business Science (Honours) degree, majoring in Finance and Accounting, from the University of Cape Town, and a Masters in Development Studies (Cum Laude) at the University of Western Cape’s Institute for Social Development.

Joshin is a Fellow of the Southern Africa-United States Centre for Leadership & Public Values 2007/8 Emerging Leaders Programme; and was selected in 2006 as a Transformation Thinker by the Bertelsman Institute and the GTZ, as part of their global Transformation Thinkers programme. Joshin is a Fellow of the African Leadership Initiative and the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

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Originally an art director, Dean cut most of his teeth at Ogilvy Cape Town as an award-winning copywriter and senior creative on numerous accounts such as Old Mutual, MWEB, BP, Sun International, SAB, BAT, Cadbury, Castrol, American Express, Volkswagen, Audi, Schweppes, and Abu Dhabi Tourism. He has extensive 360° experience across all mediums, including direct, online, experiential, TV, radio, print and events.

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Prior to joining iKineo, Kyle accumulated over 11 years CRM experience. After matriculating in Somerset West he studied, lived and worked in Germany for over 10 years where he gained his CRM experience at Wunderman – working on blue chip clients like Lufthansa, Ford, Accenture, Xerox and Microsoft. Since Kyle’s return to the sunny South African shores, he has worked on the British American Tobacco Account as a CRM Strategist.

After a comprehensive two year trainee programme at Europe’s leading CRM agency, Kyle went on to do his Degree in Marketing and Communication at the Academy of Marketing and Communication in Frankfurt.

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Elaine is our Office & Financial Administration Manager

She also supports the running of selected client projects. One of her main projects is the Moet & Chandon Table which sees her strong organisational skills put to good use.

Elaine hold’s a BComm degree with Financial Management (UNISA) & a national diploma in Travel & Tourism (INTEC).

She also ensures that the iKineo office operates smoothly and efficiently, and bills get paid on time. She has recently had her second baby.

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After matriculating, Jenny studied Public Relations at CPUT, securing a solid grounding in consumer perception and communication. Following a highly enriching in-service training initiative run through CPUT, her passion for marketing and client service was ignited.

Prior to joining iKineo, Jenny spent three years at Egg Marketing & Communications where she worked on and managed accounts such as I&J, Disney Channel International, SPCA, Power Developments and others.

Jenny joined the iKineo team in April 2010 and is excited to be working on world class brands and tackling all challenges head-on.

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Samantha’s got a natural passion for service and always greets every call as if it was her first of the day. You can always tell you’re dealing with a professional who makes an effort to smile when communicating. Respect and helpfulness are her core values and her pro-active attitude and organizational skills enjoyed by colleagues.

Samantha gained experience as a receptionist and office assistant over the last four years and has finally found a company she’s proud to call home. A mother to two very active boys, she hopes to grow with iKineo for a long time to come.

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I am a well experienced advertising production manager with a creative flair, strong technical skills, team player and United Kingdom experience. I’ve achieved a National Diploma in Advertising, Bauhaus Live Design/Desktop Publishing.

Before moving to the United Kingdom I was the (Multi – Skilled) Production Manager of an extremely professional company in South Africa (Boomtown strategic brand agency). This position and responsibility had a powerful impact on my career in BTL & POS. I’ve gained more senior design, production & account management experience in the United Kingdom and could not ask for a better place to soak in more tricks of the trade. I am part of the incredible team at iKineo as the Production Manager and looking forward to the future.

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Carla joins us after spending some time client side as Marketing Manager for a children’s clothing brand. Her

love for CRM, high pressure environments and all things data related caused her to return to the “Industry”.

She has a number of years’ experience in the direct marketing space and has worked on accounts like Sanlam,

I&J, Sun International and St Luke’s Hospice to name a few.

She holds a Higher Diploma in Integrated Marketing Communications from AAA School of Advertising, as well as

certificates in both Database Design & Modelling and Microsoft SQL.

Having joined the team in September 2011, Carla is looking forward to new challenges and broadening her knowledge

and experience in CRM, Loyalty and Direct Marketing as a whole.

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Dave Duarte is South Africa’s foremost expert in new-media marketing. He is an educator, entrepreneur, writer and speaker.

He is founder and director of a social-media marketing programme at the UCT Graduate School of Business, called Nomadic Marketing. He also lectures on the MBA programme and other executive education courses.

Dave is also co-founder of Cerebra, currently South Africa’s leading social-media consultancy with clients such as SABMiller, FNB, Wesbank, Samsung and Toyota. And has recently launched Huddlemind – a community driven social-media content and education company.

His other well-known projects include the 27dinner (a free monthly gathering for the new-media community) which he co-founded, and Muti.co.za (a peer-rated news aggregation platform) which he joined in July 2007 as part-owner.

Dave is on a mission to speed the South African web scene into global prominence so that we get recognized for the hub of diversity, creativity and ubuntu that we are.

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