AIM OF THE FUNCTION:

Achieving project objectives by planning and evaluating activities. Responsible from start to finish for a good and thorough execution of the project and the implementation of changes.

MAIN ROLES ICT PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

Carries out advice and implementation assignments for Commerce.

  • Responsible for monitoring and managing projects from and on behalf of the Sales department.
  • Provides insight into the business demand of potential customers and translates this into a suitable IT solution.
  • Draws up project plans, budgets and schedules together with the engineers and is responsible for time planning and prioritization.
  • Reports per phase to both the customer and the Commercial Manager and ensures final approval before the next project phase starts.
  • Works according to procedures and guidelines for project-based work, takes initiatives that lead to optimization of the (primary) processes and optimal use and deployment of the (operational) system.
  • Assesses and balances risks, time and money against project change proposals, which can deliver benefits or savings, but also threaten project success.
  • Maintains contacts that influence the project, at all levels both within and outside the project boundaries, with the aim of realizing the project.
  • Gives advice to potential customers about storage, server and data center management.
  • Focuses on consultancy activities by advising clients in the field of the ICT basic infrastructure required for the use of data center services.
  • Is responsible for setting up and developing the architecture for various customers during the pre-sales phase.
  • Develops the architecture guidelines and principles for the sales department as a baseline for the products/services.
  • Is responsible for translating architecture standards/guidelines and principles into workable solutions.
  • Advises on changes in the customers IT environment.
  • Perform all activities related to the position.

EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Knowledge at a HBO/WO academic level.
  • At least 5 years work experience in a similar position.
  • Oral and written profiency in Dutch and English.
  • Proficient and experience with MPI/Prince 2 and Microsoft Office.

SKILLS:

  • Results oriented
  • Eye for detail
  • Problem solving skills
  • Organisational and planning skills
  • Resistant to stress
  • Representable
  • Personal leadership
  • Organisational sensitivity
  • Vision
  • Decision-making ability
  • Oral proficiency

Whitney de Rijp, MBA in Innovation and Technology.
Whitney de Rijp is a young driven Surinamese woman. She has been working at Datasur for over 6 years. Together with her top team, they ensure that customer data is stored securely all over the world which helps them focus on their core business.

Integrity, authenticity and just being herself is the mode for success as a Commercial Affairs Manager. Furthermore, she finds it very important to maximize effectiveness and of course lead by example. For both the internal and the external organization she is very transparent, which also fosters loyalty and engagement with the company goals.

Jurgen Schmeltz has as a Bachelor's degree in Information and Communication Technology and several IT certifications. His IT career started in Johannesburg, South Africa at IBM where he gained international experience for 5 years. When he came back to Suriname, he worked for two IT companies and also gained experience in VOIP, Backup Solutions and Microsoft Products.

At the moment Jurgen is a Cloud and Datacenter Infrastructure Specialist with many years of experience in the field of Microsoft Virtualization, Workplace Automation, Backup, Replication and Data Center Infrastructure. He currently holds the position of Operations Manager and is responsible for managing the Datacenter Operations such as Cloud and Network infrastructure.

Furthermore, he is also responsible for managing daily Facility Operations of the Datasur Datacenters and Project Lead for Cloud and Datacenter expansion projects. In his free time he’s a parttime lecturer at the two technical Universities in Suriname.

On behalf of Datasur Jurgen Schmeltz is also chairman of SUR-IX. The Suriname Internet Exchange Point which will be operational before the end of 2022

Sheetal Ganput works as the General Affairs Manager at Datasur. In this role she is part of the management team and reports to the CEO of Datasur.

She is a very self-driven, detail-oriented & hardworking young professional. She has helped to reorganize the company in the field of Office, HRM and Supply Chain Management.

Sheetal has her B.Sc. in Business Management and also completed her M.Sc. completed in Business Management with a specialization in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. She is very progressive and is currently doing her Ph.D. study in Leadership & Management

Our CEO, Dr. Anvit Ramlakhan is a prolific strong inspiring inclusive young professional leader from Suriname, working in different fields to contribute for the betterment of humanity and the world. He is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the ICT industry for several years, with a widespread of skills in operations, quality, risk, project, business, strategy, product portfolio management (just to name a few). At Datasur Anvit oversees the total company performance on strategical level, with a strong focus on business growth, innovation, customer experience and financial profitability.

Furthermore, Anvit contributes to development of the Surinamese youth by lecturing and tutoring at four university study organizations in Suriname on undergraduate and postgraduate levels within study fields such as ICT, Electrical engineering, Organization management, Process management, Business intelligence, MBA, etc.

He has a strong professional background with a cum laude doctorate (Ph.D. in Management- Information and Technology) from the Akamai University in USA, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with merit in Information Systems from Anglia Ruskin University in London, UK and Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Telecommunications from Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo, Suriname. He currently is finishing up his MBA in Strategic Management and Leadership at the London School of International Business, London, UK.

Anvit has several prolific leadership and business certifications, ongoing humanity service, extensive spiritual drive and a personal theme which is as follows: “Continuous progressive successful excellence”. He is part of volunteer organization HSS for 20+ years, through which character molding, collaboration and way of living for the youth is created and augmented.

In January 2022 he has been elected for two years as Chairman of the ICT Association in Suriname, in order to help strategize the sustainable digital economic development of Suriname. Furthermore he also has been elected as Chairman for the Suriname Business Youth Association in June 2021 for a period of two years, whereby development and support of young entrepreneurs and professionals is one of the main goals. Anvit is also part of the presidential working groups on areas of e-Government and wage council.