About Clinton Abbott

Clinton Abbott, An accomplished and diversified Senior Level Professional & Master of Strategy in Functional Design within the Banking Industry, as well as across a variety of other settings. Excellent communication skills and an extensive ability to analyse problems, find tangible solutions and implement innovative new systems and procedures in line with business objectives. Achieved a bespoke reputation in the modern business environment, driven by technology and globalization, whilst successfully streamlining operational and strategic deliverables and subsequently achieving remarkable results. Flexible and adapts to on-going change due to multiple talents with a dedication to deliver state of the art outputs through exceptional Leadership abilities. Furthermore offers extensive experience and across-the-board proficiency within the following business clusters: Innovation; Entrepreneurship Incubation; Banking and Financial Services; Functional Architecture; Business Architecture; Global Executing Alliance Strategies; Technical Management; Senior Business Analyses & Technologies/Tools [RUP & UML]; Business Consulting; JAD Facilitation; User Interface Requirements; Project Management [Scope definition, Resource Management, Role execution, Delivery]; Process Engineering, Consulting & Technologies/Tools [Visio, ARIS & Rational Rose]; Self Service Terminals [ATM & kiosk]; Public Key Infrastructure [PKI]; Human Resource Management/Information Systems [HRIS]; Supply Chain Management; Health Care Claims. Clinton Abbott has a strong background in financial services and product management. Clinton is currently the Senior Vice President of Product Management at SunTec Business Solutions, where they are responsible for creating value for enterprises through their Cloud-based products. Prior to this, they worked as the Director of Banking and Innovation at Arise Pty Ltd, an African investment company that focuses on increasing financial inclusion and employment in Sub Saharan Africa. Clinton Abbott also has extensive experience at Standard Bank Group, where they held various roles including Head of Functional Architecture, Innovation Fund Manager, Senior Manager of Retail International Systems, and Senior Business Analyst. During their time at Standard Bank, they managed specialist teams and was involved in the development of a cohesive and comprehensive core banking system. Before their tenure at Standard Bank Group, Clinton worked as a Business Analyst at Dimension Data and as a Trader at Macsteel International Trading Holdings B.V. Overall, Clinton Abbott brings a wealth of experience and expertise in financial services, product management, and innovation to their current role at SunTec Business Solutions. Clinton Abbott obtained an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business from 2015 to 2016. Prior to that, they completed a B.Com Business Analysis degree from the University of Johannesburg, with no specified start year and an end year of 2006. In addition to their formal education, Clinton Abbott also obtained the certification "Learning Secure Payments and PCI" from LinkedIn in May 2020 and is a certified SAFe® 4 Certified Scrum Master from Scaled Agile, Inc. with no specific month or year mentioned for the certification.