Theo has been involved in the electronics, software and telecommunications industries since the early 80s. He started his career with the Philips group of companies where he started as an electronics technician in the electronics development laboratory and finished of as a senior development engineer at Philips Telecommunications. Projects that he worked on included participating in the software development of electronic PABXs, and the development of a standalone intelligent Modem used for the remote maintenance of these PABXs. During 1987 he left Philips and formed a partnership to develop one of the first object oriented systems for the ERP market. This software is still in use today at several large manufacturing concerns.
During the course of the late 80s he became involved with UniForum SA, being an organisation dedicated to open systems, and in particular the UNIX range of computer operating systems. During 1995 UniForum SA took over the administration of the co.za domain where he was instrumental in turning UniForum SA from a user group into an ISO accredited domain registry with a current staff complement of over 15 people. In his association with UniForum SA and Domain Name Services (Pty) Ltd, he is responsible for the monitoring of domain name registry policies, technical support and development, including the preparation, overview and coordination of registry specifications, standards, modelling, associated analyses, feasibility studies, cost estimates and project planning and development. Theo has extensive management and technical experience in the domain name industry and is currently involved in the co.za EPP project.
