Paul Venter

Director

About

Results-driven Business & Technology Transformation Leader with 18+ years delivering profitable growth across interactive hardware, education and enterprise tech. I led Parrot Interactive from (2016→2025) while improving divisional net margins, and building data & operations capability with Power BI, Azure and the Microsoft Power Platform. I combine a software engineering background (C#, WCF, SQL) with commercial leadership — owning full P&L, product sourcing, national rollouts and cross-functional teams. My focus is on scaling repeatable revenue streams, turning analytics into commercial decisions, and aligning product, marketing and finance to deliver margin improvements.

Country

South Africa

City

Western Cape

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Product Development, Market Research, Operations Management, Microsoft Power Apps, Data Analysis, Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Sales, Strategic Planning, Sales Management, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, New Business Development, Team Building, Negotiation, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, ASP.NET, HTML, C#

Experience

Director

Parrot Interactive Pty Ltd

2022-12 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

Chief Division Excecutive - Interactive

Parrot Products

2014-10 - 2022-12 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Report directly to Company Directors on product procurements, product sales, staffing, marketing and directing the focus and vision of the division

Senior Software Developer

Parrot Products (Pty) Ltd

2012-6 - 2014-9 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Senior C# .Net developer - responsible for implementing WCF and WPF in Windows service and client solution

Junior Software Developer

Avantedge Group

2010-1 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Junior Software Developer responsible for inhouse helpdesk ticket logging web system (ASP.NET and SQL Server)

Customer Relations Representative - Middle East

eBAM Systems

2008-7 - 2009-12 · 1 yr 6 mos

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsible for maintaing company relations with key customer account in the middle east. Training clients on the company's CRM and Sales Software across teh entire UAE. 1st and 2nd line client software support. 2nd line support entails identifying and correcting database information issues via SQL server

Support and Training Consultant

eBAM Systems

2007-6 - 2008-6 · 1 yr 1 mo

Glenhazel, Johannesburg

Training clients on the company's CRM and Sales Software. 1st and 2nd line client software support. 2nd line support entails identifying and correcting database information issues via SQL server