Christo Kleu

Christo Kleu has extensive work experience in the technology industry. Christo is currently the Senior Manager - Software Engineering at Corigine, Inc., where they focus on improving organizational productivity and product quality. Christo also drives cross-geographical communication and collaboration and creates and implements policies and procedures. Additionally, they are responsible for building automation systems to scale the business and move towards an IPO.

Before joining Corigine, Inc., Christo worked at Netronome as the Manager - System Engineering from October 2017 to December 2020. Prior to that, they held the position of Senior System Engineer from September 2016 to September 2017.

From November 2015 to August 2016, Christo served as the Lead Solutions Architect at three6five Network Technologies (Pty) Ltd. Christo also worked as a Network Consulting Engineer from May 2014 to October 2015 and as a Senior Network Engineer from May 2013 to April 2014 at the same company.

Christo started their career as a Network Engineer at Telkom in December 2011 and worked there until April 2013. Before that, they were a Junior Lecturer at the University of Pretoria from February 2009 to December 2010.

At the beginning of their career, Christo gained valuable experience at Cisco Systems. Christo underwent Cisco training in the Routing and Switching track and worked as an Associate Network Consulting Engineer in both North Carolina, USA, and Johannesburg, South Africa from January 2008 to January 2009.

Christo Kleu completed their education at various prestigious institutions. Christo obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the GIBS Business School (Gordon Institute of Business Science) in 2020. Prior to that, they pursued their Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria from 2010 to 2011. In 2009, Christo obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Computer Engineering from the same university. Their undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Computer Engineering, was earned from the University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria between 2004 and 2007.

In addition to their formal education, Christo Kleu has also acquired several certifications. Christo received the Investment Foundations certification from the CFA Institute in November 2017. Christo obtained the Sandvine Solution Architect certification from Sandvine in January 2014. Furthermore, they hold the Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) certification from Cisco, obtained in March 2013. Prior to that, Christo achieved the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification from Cisco in May 2008. Additionally, they passed the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) Written Exam (Routing and Switching) in June 2008.