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Deep manufacturing knowledge, machine learning expertise, and award-winning AI technology result in practical, wide-reaching, and measurable impact in factories all over the world.

THE DATAPROPHET TEAM

We are a team of highly skilled engineers, data scientists, and tech professionals whose goal is to become the global leader in AI solutions for manufacturing. DataProphet has a deep understanding of artificial intelligence and its application in myriad production environments. We work closely with our clients to ensure they see continuous value from AI deployments on the factory floor.

FRANS CRONJE

CEO and Co-founder

JUSTIN LARSEN

Chief Financial Officer

ROGER CARTHEW

Chief Human Resources Officer

BENNIE LEONARD

CTO

PETER BROOKSTEIN

Principal Data Engineer

ANEEQAH PETERSEN

Operations Manager

MATTHEW MCGREGOR

Digital Marketing Manager

DUANE CHURMS

Senior Systems Engineer

JORIS STORK

Chief of Staff Technical

GILAD AMAR

Senior Data Scientist

TRACY SEMMELINK

Senior Data Scientist

DR HOLLY ARROWOOD

Senior Data Scientist

CATHERINE HONEGGER

Senior Data Engineer

RIDWAAN SEEDAT

Project Manager

MIKHAIL ROYEPPEN

Solutions Architect

STEPHANE BURGER

Process Engineer

JAN COMBRINK

Senior Data Scientist

VIRGILIO MONTOYA

VP Growth of Industrial Welding Manufacturing in Sales

HYRAM SERRETTA

Head of Growth and New Markets - South Africa

SANTHOSH SHETTY

Technical Sales Engineer

DR STEPHEN FINE

Senior Data Scientist

NELIUS COOMANS

Senior Data Scientist

GERARD WALSH

Data Scientist

STEPHAN ERASMUS

Full Stack Engineer

NICOL RITCHIE

Content Writer

CATHERINE EDWARDS

Graphic Designer

GEORGINA BIANCA FIORENTINOS

Install Team Scientist

JOHAN DUVENAGE

Customer Success Lead

VACQUERO AUGUSTINE

Install Team Engineer

ANNA OPPERMAN

Install Team Engineer

LYDIA DE LANGE

Install Team Lead

ALICE YANG

Software Engineer

NEIL STEENKAMP

Software Engineer

ZAMUXOLO SOLOMON

Software Engineer

RICK O’CONNOR

Junior Data Scientist

RENITA RAIDOO

Junior Data Scientist

JULIANNE BLIGNAUT

Junior Data Scientist

TORICK HATHA

Junior Data Scientist

CHELSEA GEORGE

Junior HR Business Partner

FERGAN VAN JAARSVELD

Junior Customer Success Engineer

JONGI

Data Hound

OUR TEAM OF AI-FOR-MANUFACTURING EXPERTS

At DataProphet, we value and celebrate individuality, dynamism, and resilience. We are a team of passionate and driven individuals who choose to be experts in our field and share our knowledge with clients.

We love bouncing ideas off each other and believe that our learning agility and freedom to experiment allow us to elevate our impact in our clients’ production environments.

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Board of Directors

ANDERS WILHJELM

Chief Executive Officer Norican Group

DANIEL SCHWARTZKOPFF

CEO of Invictus Capital; Co-Founder of DataProphet

ANDREA BÖHMERT

Co-Managing Partner Knife Capital

DAVEY GANT

Chief Executive Officer Draper Gain Holdings

FRANS CRONJE

CEO and Co-Founder

SCOTT GILMOUR

Director Yellowwoods Investment

SHAKEEL MEER

Representative of Industrial Development Corporation

AWARD-WINNING TECHNOLOGY

DataProphet is recognized as both a Technology Pioneer and a Global Innovator by the World Economic Forum (WEF), a leader in Manufacturing Technology Innovation by Frost & Sullivan, and an innovative company driving exponential shifts in AI by Forbes. DataProphet’s venture-backed AI-for-manufacturing solutions have helped customers worldwide adopt data-led production systems.

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