Sarina Viljoen

Sarina is an innovative business and IT professional, a strategic thinker, speaker and trainer with solid experience in Enterprise Architecture (EA).

Sarina’s experience in the various facets of enterprise architecture enables her in the multiple EA-related roles she plays – one of which is the Forum Director and contributor to the Exploration, Mining, Metals and Minerals vertical (EMMMv); an Open Group forum focused on delivering the standard reference model set for the Exploration and Mining sector.

Her background, network and experience serve her well in her consulting engagements, where she actively practices architecture to facilitate organisational change and to assist organisations with their specific needs given their maturity and level of executive engagement. Sarina is relationship-driven with broad IT and business knowledge and can apply this knowledge to solve business problems across various domains and industries.

As a regular contributor to the development of TOGAF™, she has been instrumental in framing today's thinking of what enterprise architecture is.

Sarina’s tenure at an incumbent telecommunications operator formed her conviction that enterprise architect was the only way to facilitate the massive change the organisation was undergoing. She led the enterprise architecture work for several years during which time she was the chairperson of the global design authority and performed the role of the Chief Architect.

Having faced the challenges of working for such a large business within the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) industry, Sarina is well-equipped in terms of the practical implementation of enterprise architecture and has a deep understanding of the value enterprise architecture provides the business.

Sarina is TOGAF™ 9 and Zachman™ certified, and holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the University of Johannesburg and a Master of Science (Management of Innovation and Technology) from the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management. Her dissertation focused on the influence that enterprise architecture has on information flow within an organization.

Latest News

Insight into Global EA Trends

Stuart Macgregor, CEO of Real IRM, participated in a roundtable podcast discussion on global trends in enterprise architecture (EA) at The Open Group’s Boston EA Practitioners’ Conference in July 2010. Other panellists included Allen Brown and Chris Forde from The Open Group; Eric Boulay from Arismore in France, and Mats Gejnevall from Capgemini in Sweden. Dana Gardner, principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions and ZDNet blogger moderated the discussion.

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SA’s First ArchiMate Course a Success

Real IRM presented our first ArchiMate course from 12-13 July to a full class. The delegates were excited to learn the new language and their feedback rated the course highly with particular emphasis on their enjoyment of the practical exercises and case study.

Real IRM has scheduled further ArchiMate 1.0 Foundation courses in August and October. For more information, go to http://realirm.com/promotions/archimate-foundation-training
 

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EA Forum Tackles Enterprise Architecture Definition

The speaker for the July 2010 EA Forum is Jan Mentz, Senior Lecturer at UNISA. He is currently completing his PhD on the definition of enterprise architecture and has some interesting insights to present on the topic. He will discuss some of the problems with defining EA, highlight the issues that stem from EA’s foundation in information systems and IT, and consider the usefulness of ISO/IEC 42010:2007 as a basis for defining EA.

The EA Forum seminars are scheduled for 27, 28 and 30 July in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

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Real IRM to Present on Stakeholder-driven EA

Johan Schoeman, Enterprise Architecture (EA) Consultant at Real IRM, will be presenting at the Software AG Process Forum event on 12 August 2010 in Johannesburg. His presentation, “Stakeholder-driven Enterprise Architecture” will focus on the importance of following a stakeholder-driven EA approach. 

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COBIT Course in July

Real IRM will be presenting COBIT Foundation and Implementation courses from 7 to 10 July 2010, in Johannesburg. The trainer, Mike Shortt, is one of only three qualified and accredited ISACA COBIT trainers in South Africa.

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Real IRM at EAC Europe 2010

Real IRM's Chief Executive, Stuart Macgregor, is in London this week speaking at IRM UK’s Enterprise Architecture Conference (EAC) Europe 2010. He is presenting “The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF™): A Comprehensive Overview” as a pre-conference seminar on Wednesday, 16 June and then “Delivering Value from EA, from the Board Room to the Rock Face” as part of the main conference agenda on Friday, 18 June.

For more information on these and other presentations at the EAC Europe 2010, go to http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2010/agenda.cfm

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Real IRM Participates in COBIT 5 Development

Stuart Macgregor, CEO of Real IRM, has recently returned from London where he participated in the COBIT 5 development workshop. He worked as part of a team of three on the deliverables for "Define IT Strategy" and "Manage Enterprise Architecture”. 

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