Sponsors
The South African Computer Olympiad is a Project of The Computer Society of South Africa
sponsored by Standard Bank
and Mark Shuttleworth
It is supported by The University of Cape Town
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee is a group of ex Olympiad winners and other enthusiasts. They help the Olympiad in many ways – including:
For 2012 the Scientific Committee consists of:
Michelle Kuttel Lecturer, Computer Science, UCT
Max Rabkin Part-time IT teacher
Keegan Carruthers-Smith MSc student, UCT
Julian Kenwood MSc student, UCT
Trustees
The Computer Olympiad is a project of Computer Society South Africa. Its aim is to identify, encourage, and reward programming aptitude. To this end a trust, the South African Computer Olympiad Trust has been established. Trustees are appointed by Computer Society South Africa and the University of Cape Town. Five members make up the Management Committee.
DONALD COOK is a former lecturer in the Computer Science Department at the University of Cape Town. He has also been involved in the Computer Olympiad since the beginning and managed the Scientific Committee from 1995 to 2007.
MOIRA DE ROCHE is the Director (Education and Training) of the Computer Society of South Africa. The Computer Olympiad is a project of the CSSA. Moira is a past president of the CSSA, who made education a priority during her presidency.
MICHELLE KUTTEL is a lecturer in the Computer Science Department at the University of Cape Town. She currently manages the Scientific Committee which sets the questions and tests the solutions. This committee is mainly made up of past Olympiad participants.
BERTO DE FREITAS is a Senior Project Manager at Standard Bank CIB, and is focused on Talent Management and Leadership Development. Berto represents Standard Bank on the Computer Olympiad Management Committee. Standard Bank is the main sponsor of the Computer Olympiad.
PETER WAKER is a Director of the Computer Society of South Africa, and manager of the Computer Olympiad. He has spent all his adult life in education— the last 20 years in IT and education. He is a founding member of the Computer Olympiad and manages the promotion and administration of the Olympiad.
Management Team
Manager: Peter Waker has been involved with the Computer Olympiad since its inception in 1982. He retired as Head of the Centre for Education Technology and is now a fulltime ICT in Education consultant.
INTERWARE, Peter Waker’s management company, among other projects, also manages Computer Olympiad. Two staff members on the administrative team are:
Administrator: Barbara Henning is occupied with the day-to-day operation of the Computer Olympiad. She has previous experience in admin including a period in HR administration at UCT.
Finance: Lilian Bligh who is responsible for maintaining the Computer Olympiad’s financials.
Special Advisor: Mike Chiles has been involved with ICT in Education for most of his adult life. Until his recent retirement, he was Director: e-Learning and Library Services for the Western Cape Education Department.