Brett is a Venture Capitalist and business development professional who supports entrepreneurs and business by driving growth with generous returns. Brett has operated in banking, consulting and audit environments with local as well as international companies. He will kick off the event virtually from Cape Town where he shares some insights as well as his passion for using Google Workspace in his own day to day workings.

No matter what SKU you are on, there are some fundamental things that you need to be aware of and have set up within the Admin Console. Tiaan is a deployment specialist and a Professional Google Workspace Administrator. He also delivers Security Workshops with many of our clients. In this session, he will highlight some of the "must-dos" to make sure your organisation is implementing best practice settings within the Admin Console. 

Kifah has been with Google for over 5 years and has a deep understanding of how organisations are using Google across Africa. He is responsible for Account Management in MENA and Africa regions and drives business development to existing SMB clients. With these engagements, he explores and understands complex customer requirements on both a business and technical level. In this session, Kifah will highlight what it means to be an Enterprise Customer with a specific focus on security. 

Paul has been with Takealot for 12 years and has watched it grow considerably over this period. As the Desktop Support Team Lead he has been integral in ensuring that everyone is set up with what they need. Paul deploys and manages all the Google accounts across the organisation. In this session, Paul will talk a bit about Takealot's journey, how they gain data insights as well as share some of his experience as to what he does to ensure his team is set up for success from the moment they join the team. 

We will use this time slot where we will ask you, the audience some focused questions about your business practises and how you use, or hope to use Google Workspace. The aim of these discussions is to get conversations flowing so that we can learn from each other. A huge opportunity lies in sharing with each other and we hope to start a conversation that will continue after the event. 

As a team building and Friday activity, Chester and Juan put together a F1 podium race that integrates live data captioned from Google Forms, to Google Sheets and up to a Looker Dashboard. This is a fun integrated activity to showcase the power of visualising data live. Be sure to have your cell phones ready! 

Google has some exciting new features they are releasing over the course of this year. Mpumi is experienced and passionate about Cloud Architecture, Business Strategy Planning and Data-Driven Digital Transformation. In this session, she will go over Google's investment into Africa as well as a look at the Google Workspaces roadmap. 

Jan is passionate about education and believes in win-win relationships. He has an innovative mindset from hosting a server burning party when he moved to the cloud to understanding how Bard can help write textbooks. In this session, he will join us online to share his passion for Google Workspace as well as some of his pioneering thoughts on the impact of AI within this space.

Barbara has trained and overseen to the training of thousands of professionals in her career. She has a deep understanding of how people work and how the Google tools are able to help you get the most out of this collaboration suite. In this session she will highlight best practises you should be implementing within your organisation as well as talk to some of the new Google Workspace features and how you can make use of them in your day to day practises. 

Mandy has a great deal of experience in working with organisations and helping them choose the right SKUs for their needs. In this session she unpacks the top features her clients choose and what you can expect as an offer as an attendee to the event. 

David is a passionate Google user who has driving collaboration technologies into organisations for many years. He is passionate about what it means for organisations and has seen the impact it holds. He will wrap up the day with a few words and a note of thanks to all those in attendance.