Stafford Masie 8279 - Who's Who SA

Stafford Masie

Former GM of Google SA

South Africa, Johannesburg, Finance & Business Services, Accounting

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Stafford Masie has been in the IT industry for more than 15 years and has assumed numerous roles throughout his career. Masie was appointed Google SA's General Manager in 2007. He is responsible for building Google's advertising and applications business in South Africa, as well as expanding the company's strategic partnerships in the region. Prior to this, Masie was at Novell where he has been South Africa's country manager for the past four years.

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Country Manager GM - Google SA, South Africa: (2007 - 2009)

Managing Director - Novell SA, Morningside, GP, South Africa: (2003 - 2007)

Global Corporate Technology Strategist - Novell Inc, Phoenix, AZ, USA: (2001 - 2003)

Global Business Strategist - Novell Inc, Salt Lake City, UT, USA: (1997 - 2000)

Product Marketing Director - Novell SA, Sandton, GP, South Africa: (1996 - 1997)

Co-Chief Executive Officer and strategist - Redstar Networks, Pretoria, South Africa: (1995 - 1996)

National Software Strategist - Dimension Data, Bryanston, South Africa: (1994 - 1995)

Various Technology Analyst positions - Telkom SA, Pretoria, South Africa: (1992 - 1994)

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Writes technology trends and insights columns for various leading magazine publications in the country

Voted runner up in the National IT Personality of the Year Awards in 2004

Re-established Novell South Africa, doubled revenues and became the national spokesperson for Open Source Software - largely responsible for the creation of the South African enterprise Open Source Ecosytem

Major role player in the Novell Linux strategy - involved in the acquisition of Ximian and Suse

He brokered a major deal with Yahoo, which saw it adopting Novell's directory technology.

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