Fred Baumhardt

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Fred Baumhardt is the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft South Africa, where he is responsible for the product sales force for Microsoft across Application Platform, Core Infrastructure, Information Worker and Windows Client business groups. Fred will be addressing the topic of IT transformation, looking at the assumptions (and how industry buzz words influence such perceptions) that IT organisations make when selecting their architectural and IT delivery strategies.

He has previously held the following positions:

• Head of UK Incubation Sales - IAG EMEA Sales at Microsoft
• Security Technology Architect at Microsoft
• Senior Consultant at Microsoft
• IT Consultant at LKM
• IT Consultant at Altria
• Treasury Specialist at Abbey National Treasury Services
• Treasury IT Consultant at Abbey