Job Title: Architecture Design Segment Product Lead
Company: Sars
Warren Hero is the Architecture Design Segment Product Lead focusing on digital transformation at Sars. Prior to that he was appointed CIO and CDO of Webber Wentzel. He is a man who likes to stay busy. He is also a guest lecturer at Wits University and a founding partner of inRes. Added to this Warren is a fellow in the ICA International Council for IT and an executive committee member at the Institute of Chartered IT professionals (ICITP). Before joining Webber Wentzel he was CTO at Microsoft and Eduloan. Warren has worked at FNB, Nedbank and ABSA. He is skilled in human centered design thinking, negotiation, enterprise risk management, business planning, business process design, and business and IT strategy. He has a Masters degree in technology and innovation from the Da Vinci Institute and B.Sc. in research and strategy from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His motto is, strive to be a good ancestor.
Work
2024 - Present Architecture Design Segment Product Lead, Sars
2017 - Present Guest Lecturer, Wits University
2017 - Present Founding Partner, inRes2020 - Present Executive Committee, ICITP
2014 - Present Fellow, ICA International Council for IT in Gov. Admin
2018 - Present Advisory Consultant, eGovlab2018 - 2024 CIO / CDO, Webber Wentzel2018 - 2020 Advisory Board Member, GirlcodeZA
2014 - 2018 CTO, Microsoft
2011 - 2014 CFO and COO, Eduloan
2006 - 2011 Head of E-Government, Gauteng Shared Services Centre
2003 - 2006 Executive Manager Retention and Innovation, FNB South Africa
2000 - 2003 Strategy and Research, Nedbank
1996 - 2000 Head of Direct Banking, ABSA Group
Education
2019 - 2022 Masters in Technology and Innovation, Da Vinci Institute
1990 - 1993 B.Sc. Research and Statistics, Wits University
About Sars: The South African Revenue Service is the revenue service of the South African government. It administers the country's tax system and customs service, and enforces compliance with related legislation.
