Our staff is made up of experts in all areas of IT support and management. Our wide range of hands-on experience and expertise is how we can offer our clients an unmatched level of service excellence.
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Orrin’s passion for business creation, people management, and customer service has been a fundamental driving force to the success of Netsurit. Armed with a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with Information Systems as an additional subject) he has also completed an Entrepreneurial Masters Course at MIT in the United States. He was also one of the founding members of the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation in South Africa.
Group Managing Director
As Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Henry Swanepoel is responsible for all Netsurit’s financial functions including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance and investor relations. Henry’s career spans more than ten years of varied experience in multi-national and multi-cultural organisations. Before joining Netsurit Henry served as CFO for LAWtrust, Africa’s leading trust centre. Prior to that he served as Financial Manager for Internet Solutions. Henry earned a Masters of Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) as well as a Masters of Taxation from Northwest University. On a personal note Henry enjoys the outdoors, is an avid golfer and loves spending time with his wife Leigh and beautiful daughters Mila and Sharla.
Chief People & Culture Officer
MeL is a passionate, values-based, data-driven leader who leverages the employee value proposition to attract, retain, and develop the best talent to drive business results. Scaling and operationalizing with great employee care to early-stage companies through investment rounds and hyper-growth periods is her superpower. McCall has leveraged human capital management practices and globally accelerated talent planning for companies like Dr Pepper Snapple Group, The Coatings Group, and Coca-Cola Enterprises. Most recently she led People Operations at the $2B tech company, LTK. MeL received an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas A&M University.
Chief Operating Officer
“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Till your good is better and your better is best.”
Louwki’s entire career has been devoted to serving companies’ technical needs. After earning his Master Network Engineer qualification, he became a technical trainer for Torque-IT, shortly after this he was promoted to technical manager. He then joined Tronic Trade Technology Holdings and served as Technical Manager. He then spent over a decade at Netsurit starting as a Senior Technical Consultant and worked his way up to Head of Support at Netsurit and part of the executive committee. Following a 3-year stint at Dimension Data as Service Improvement & Enablement Manager and part of the GSC Management team, he re-joined the Netsurit team to help grow the US business.
Louwki enjoys playing Ice-hockey and spending summer weekends on the boat. He also loves spending time with his wife, Yolandie, and son, Logan
“People don’t follow great companies or great ideas; they follow good people who can include them in a great purpose.”
Eugene’s love for technology blossomed in high-school, learning Turbo Pascal and Dig Dug. His formative years in technology were spent as a technical consultant as well as a student of software design. Following this, Eugene spent many more years occupying management and leadership roles.
Having journeyed through big brands like Nashua and Sterkinekor, Eugene joined Netsurit in 2016 as a Senior Technology Advisor. He took to the Netsurit family culture and assumed the title of Client Services Manager in 2017. Eugene went on to spend the lion’s share of his tenure in the role of Client Services Executive, playing an operational and fiduciary role, before being appointed Managing Director of the Netsurit business in South Africa late in 2020.
At time of writing, he’s a work-from-home-dad with a passion for sport, music and multitasking-gone-wrong.
Executive Vice President of Strategic Sales
Andrew earned his BA in Studio Arts from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he also was a four-year varsity soccer player. Prior to attending UNC, Andrew played professional soccer in Brazil for Sao Paulo Futebol Clube.
Since 1997, Andrew had been the CEO and Managing Partner at EVOKE, an award-winning Digital Transformation company that partners with our clients to build modern workplace solutions for nearly every common organizational and technological challenge imaginable. In 2019, Andrew launched the EVOKE Engage division that focuses on automation and streamlining of processes. This now allows Netsurit to provide our clients with guidance and solutions on using technology to maximize ROI.
Andrew also serves on the following boards;
Red Cross (Hudson Valley): Board of Directors
People USA: Board of Directors
Pathfinder FC: Board of Advisors
An avid soccer fan and player, Andrew can be found watching or playing soccer when not in the office as well as spending time with his family.
“AI is the most powerful tool ever built. But a tool without a strategy is just an expense.”
“The ‘next level’ is reached by combined
focused creative energy with capacity.”
Louis is a self-taught academic at heart, with a passion for tinkering with algorithms and puzzles. He started his career as an IT support technician, working on Novell and Unix networks. After a few years, he made the transition to the Microsoft ecosystem, where he soon specialized in database design and software development. Later Louis joined Windows Academy as a Microsoft Certified Trainer which provided fertile ground for learning new things.
Being a founder and part of the management team of Inobits Consulting for the last 16 years, Louis was a central figure in Inobits’ software development projects at enterprise customers. Often the lead developer, solution architect or quality assurance on projects, Louis has been leading delivery teams through the lifecycles of solutions at many customers. At the moment Louis is passionate about how the cloud is transforming how we design IT systems, and the accelerating rate at which these systems are becoming more reactive and intelligent. A favorite pastime is the reading of fiction, history, and philosophy.
Executive: Head of Sales – South Africa
“You can buy a person’s time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy a measured number of their skilled muscular motions per hour. However, you cannot buy enthusiasm . . . You cannot buy loyalty . . . You cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, or souls. You must earn these.”
Dewaldt’s journey with Netsurit started in 2003 when he joined as a Helpdesk Consultant. This was at a stage where bandwidth in South Africa became cheaper and more readily available and this was the start of Netsurit offering Remote Support to its customers. Through hard work and dedication, Dewaldt was promoted to Senior Technology Advisor in 2010, and a year later appointed as Client Service Executive leading the team of Technology Advisors. With more than a decade of experience, Dewaldt made the decision to go back into the support side of Netsurit, but this time he was leading the biggest department in the business as Support Services Executive. In 2018, Dewaldt yet again demonstrated his experience and versatility in the role of Strategic Account Executive looking after key accounts. In 2019 he took over the New Business team. When he is not working, he enjoys gardening & spending time with his wife, Jo-Anne and children, Dejan & Joné.
Executive: Group Profit
“I strive towards delivering tasks in time and will go out of my way to do so no matter what. It is not about working hard, but working smart.”
“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it.” – Muhammad Ali quote
I started my IT career in 1997, working 10 years for Sony Electronics and was responsible for looking after their African continent infrastructure and international connectivity. I then moved over to Vodacom South Africa where I continued expanding on my enterprise IT knowledge. In 2011 I joined Netsurit South Africa as a Solutions architect and worked in this position for 6 years before deciding to make the next step and took on the role as Support Operations manager. Throughout my 23 years security has always played a big role of my day to day function and has led to my appointment as Chief Security Officer in 2020.
When I am not working, I love spending time with my wife, family, friends, CrossFit and off roading.
VP/ Manager of Managed Services
“I love what I do and I do what I love. I believe that my passion for IT helps me going out of my way for Netsurit employees and customers.”
VP, Digital Transformation
Matt is a passionate developer interested in all aspects of computer science.
Currently he is focusing on end to end web solutions for small to medium sized businesses.
Executive Professional Services
“Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.” – Satya Nadella
VP of Operations and Integrations
“The best way to balance work and family is to integrate them.” – Sheryl Sandberg
Executive Client Services
“Your Dreams must exceed your current capacity to achieve them”
Kabelo graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a BCom in IT Management. They began their career as a Business Analyst for the Massmart Group, where they gained valuable experience in business processes and technology-driven solutions.
Building on this foundation, Kabelo transitioned into the SaaS space, where he successfully developed and led Customer Success divisions, focusing on delivering exceptional client outcomes and driving business growth. In 2023, Kabelo joined Netsurit as the Client Services Executive, bringing a wealth of expertise and a client-first approach to the team.
Outside of work, he enjoys spending time with his daughter, who has become his best friend, and staying active as a member of a soccer team that plays every Sunday.
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” – Moliere
Ruann has spent his entire career, which spans over 20 years, in various sectors of IT. He has always had a goal of growing and developing people. People make things happen. Ruann started his career as an on-site technician at Brenner Mills in 2003. In 2006, he decided to move into the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) environment, specializing in the SAP environment. In 2014, he was appointed as a Project Manager at Eqstra Holdings. During the next 5 years, he would have various positions in the Group, the last being Group IT Manager for Eqstra MCC. Netsurit was the IT Managed Services partner at that stage for MCC, which Ruann then joined in 2017. During that period, he had various positions at Netsurit. He now looks after the whole Coastal Region of South Africa. When he is not working, he enjoys time with his wife, Chantelle, and children, Megan and Francois, as well as his two miniature schnauzers, Luca and Lilly.
“One should never mistake kindness for weakness…for it is in the moments that we apply kindness that our strength is revealed”
Sarika is a registered Industrial Psychologist who started her career working at MAC Consulting. Throughout her 3 years in Consulting she has gained skills within the Leadership Development and Psychometric Assessment areas of Industrial Psychology as well as opportunities to further develop other areas within the field. She then entered the world of HR at T-Systems South Africa as an HR Business Partner. Her role involved playing a more generalist interface between HR as a function and the various areas of business she was responsible for a further 3 years. She subsequently joined the Nesturit family in May 2017 in the role of HR manager. Her passion is people and is keen to learn more about the mechanics of business linked to people dynamics and HR elements. She hopes to make a lasting impact on the people of Netsurit and leave a lasting legacy in the awesome Netsurit culture. Outside of work her passion revolves around her son and husband.
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.” – Theodore Roosevelt.
MD, New Mexico Business Unit
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky
Nathan has been an integral part of iTEAM’s growth (now part of Netsurit) his expertise in the industry ever since the day he became the company’s first employee in 2005.
Nathan is widely-recognized as a no-nonsense technology leader among his business peers. Never satisfied with mediocrity, Nathan’s top priorities are giving our clients the best possible service and our employees the best possible work environment and benefits, bar none.
