Management Team

Group CEO

Derick Moolman

“I believe the most successful Industrial IoT and machine learning companies of the future will be those that solve specific, repeating problems with a combination of domain knowledge and technology, via services models and excellent, stable multi-disciplinary teams to enable sustainable value for the customer.”

“Right now, we have an amazing opportunity to leverage the deep skills and experience base of Stone Three in combining leading edge machine vision approaches with machine learning to solve difficult new problems in healthcare precision telemedicine, mining asset, process and safety diagnostics.”

“In three years, I want us to have thriving vertical businesses in mining for digital productivity and safety, healthcare for precision telemedicine in cardiovascular, respiratory and diabetes applications, telecommunications for software defined radio solutions, and other areas in which we can add value by complementing domain knowledge with our core assets in machine vision, enterprise software engineering and machine learning.”

Group CTO

Francois Swanepoel

“The most important thing to consider when building new technology is to listen to the market, build for market needs, and don’t invest time on building features the market is not interested in. If you get to market as soon as possible, you can get feedback from users/market. Technology solutions should be people-centric: build for teams and users, not just for the sake of technology.”

“The toughest challenge with creating innovative technology solutions in South Africa is assumptions.  Test, question, and convert assumptions to knowledge.  Build innovative solutions once the problem is well understood. Creating technology is hard. You need great teams and good processes to guide those teams.  There are no silver bullets for development processes: Design, implement, refine, and iterate.”

“Make sure your teams have focus: with too many distractions, you lose track of the viable, scalable opportunities.”

“The most exciting new technologies are machine learning, cloud, and the Industrial Internet of Things.”

Group CFO

Pierre Boshoff

“Successful companies all mobilise a group of talented people by giving them the autonomy to create something amazing.”

“Ethics and honesty are the areas of business that you never compromise on.”

“In three years, I’d like to see us build some excellent products and become a trusted partner to industry in solving difficult problems and creating real value.”

Director: Business Development

Eugene Jansen

“Successful technology innovations rely on cross-functional teams that can collaborate in an agile manner between customers and suppliers under the guidance of a management team that has experience with innovation projects. This ensures best practice innovation and commercialisation processes are adopted, but does require that teams are supported by a culture and work environment that furthers innovation without stigmatising failure.”

“Stone Three has been set up to work in this manner, and it’s core to why we are successful at innovation.”

“This is what inspires me most: when our innovation – led by our young leadership team – translates into successful business ventures with our partners.”

Group HR Manager

Taryn Du Plessis

“The best teams are ones that are engaged and understand how absolutely crucial people are to the success of an organisation. ”

“My greatest passion lies in partnering with organisations to ensure alignment between its strategic goals and human capital potential. This can be achieved in a myriad of different ways and having to constantly assess the current situation, needs and deliverable’s makes this an ever evolving process. Add in the complex human element with each individual’s specific needs and desires, makes this dynamic process exciting with no two days being the same!”

“Any organisation is only as strong as people within it and as this understanding has dawned on organisations globally, it has resulted in the war for talent. Attracting and retaining the best employees is pivotal in today’s world. Engaged employees are a competitive advantage that few organisations can afford to miss out on and is the most important part of building a collaborative environment.”