Mr. Thabo Mashegoane is Eskom's chief IT architect. His vision is to transform businesses through innovation and technology adoption. He started his career as a chemical engineer trainee in the FMCG industry. He switched to IT 26 years ago, where he has subsequently taken on numerous roles, including programmer, systems analyst, process engineer – Six Sigma, and enterprise architect (specializing in business architecture, with a portfolio of business process automation, conversational AI, and customer services technologies).
He's the immediate past president of the Institute of IT Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), where he promoted professionalism in IT, and the immediate past chairman of the Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA), where his vision is to bring the digital promise to all.
