Rigard Bester

Rigard Bester has extensive work experience in software development and infrastructure. Rigard currently holds the position of Head of Software Development and Infrastructure at Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator since July 2023. Previously, they worked at the same company as a Software Developer Team Lead from July 2022 to July 2023 and as a Senior Software Developer from July 2021 to July 2022. Before joining Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator, Rigard worked as a Software Developer at IQbusiness South Africa from February 2018 to June 2021. Rigard also gained experience as a Resolve Software Developer at Acumatica from an unknown start date to January 2018, and as a Software Developer at Resolve Solution Partners from May 2014 to January 2018. Rigard began their career at Sybrin Limited as a Software Developer and Implementer from October 2011 to April 2014.

Rigard Bester obtained a BSC Informatics degree from the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika in 2013. In 2015, they completed a BCom Hons Informatics degree from the University of Pretoria. In addition to their degrees, Rigard also holds certifications as a Professional Cloud Architect from Google Cloud (obtained in June 2019) and as an Ability to Execute (A2E) Lead Journey from McKinsey & Company (obtained in 2023).