CJ Smit is a Business Intelligence specialist with extensive knowledge in BI Tools, analysis, Data Warehouses, Databases, ETL tools and portals. His expertise and achievements have resulted in him being a speaker at various international conferences, including IT Web, on topics relating to Business Intelligence Competency Centres. He has extensive technical knowledge of computing hardware, server/client operating systems, ETL processes, Database systems, BI systems, various open source and commercial Portal solutions. He is also a specialist in all Microsoft .NET development software and technologies. This has positioned CJ well in advising clients around their BI solutions technology architecture and functionality which range from strategy and implementation through to the presentation layer to maximum benefits. He has excellent presentation skills assisting him in influencing stakeholders. CJ also has extensive knowledge around Cloud computing models and online and social presence.