Francois Retief
Francois Retief was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He obtained a degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Stellenbosch.
Francois has always been interested in leadership, team dynamics and project execution and had the opportunity to be elected Junior Mayor of Bloemfontein, chairman of the Student Engineering Council of Stellenbosch, as well as general secretary of the South African branch of the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE). He is one of the founding members of the Western Cape Branch of the South African Chapter of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE-SA).
His professional experience includes:
- Systems & Project Engineer, as well as Company Director for Prostaflo (Pty) Ltd. (part of Moulded Medical Supplies Ltd.)
- Field, Test and later Senior Systems Engineer for RACAL TRACS South Africa
- Production Engineer for C2I2 Systems (Pty) Ltd.
- Senior Systems Engineer for Thales Telematics
- Systems Engineering Manager for ASTRATA Systems (Pty) Ltd.
- Project Manager & Systems Engineer for Control Instruments OmniBridge
Francois became a Principal Associate Consultant with CTI in 2010.