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Anelda Van der Walt
Anelda
I am driven by knowledge creation and sharing with the aim of improving lives. I enjoy using technology, developing and participating in communities of practice. I have compassion for challenged communities.
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aneldavanderwalt
South Africa
Afrikaans, English
South Africa
University of the Western Cape
Bioinformatics
Knowledge, Leadership, Local, Passion, People, Personal Development, Purpose, Quality of Work, Resourcefulness, Respect, Responsibility, Transparency, Work/Life Balance
BoardGames, Going to movies, Reading, Yoga
Communication, Data, Data Analysis, Leadership, Project Management, Project Planning, Python, Unix
Data Analysis/Visualization
3 - 5 Years of experience
Project Management
5 - 7 Years of experience
Full-Time, Part-Time, Internship, Contract
  1. Founder, Consultant & Trainer, Talarify (PTY) LTD (South Africa) - Dec 2014 - Currently

    • Talarify exists because of the dire need for agile, contextualised,
      and customisable digital & computational training, knowledge sharing, and community developmennt.

    • Through Talarify we have:

      • designed and implemented various capacity development
        initiatives around digital and computational literacy in higher
        education and research settings;

      • supported the development of communities of practice in these
        areas;

      • grown awareness around the importance of Open Science,
        Open Source Software, Open Data, Open Educational
        Resources, and Research Data Management practices in
        research; and

      •  developed competency in Data Analysis and Visualisation.

    •  Capacity Building: http://www.talarify.co.za/Capacity-Building/
      Presentations & Talks: http://www.talarify.co.za/Presentations/
  2. eResearch Analyst, University of Cape Town (South Africa) - Mar 2014 – Dec 2014
    • Appointed as researcher within an academic IT support
      department;
    • supported the establishment of the first eResearch Centre in
      Africa;
    • provided in-house support to the IT director and core eResearch
      team around 21st century research needs in terms of technology
      and training; and
    • assisted with development of infrastructure and support, as well
      as training for data intensive research at UCT.
  3. Senior Bioinformatics Analyst, Stellenbosch University (South Africa) - Sep 2011 – Feb 2014
    • - Established the Central Analytics Facility's Bioinformatics Core within the Next Generation Sequencing Facility;
    • project design, data QC, data analysis and interpretation;
    • grant writing and proposal development;
    • research article and report writing;
    • management of high performance computer infrastructure; and
    • capacity development in next generation sequencing data analysis and the use of technology in research.
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