Gabriel Viljoen CV

1. Gabriel Viljoen - Passionate about Hospitality, IT and Business
021 605 307
gjoviljoen@gmail.com - https://nz.linkedin.com/in/gabrielviljoen
Summary
Gabriel is helping set up a craft beer on premise retail and online shop Brew Planet. Mark from
RacknRoll Ribs, is towing his food truck all over Auckland and Gabriel is assisting in setting up a new
website for him while he is on the lookout for prospective franchisees.
Gabriel completed a 3 year tertiary diploma in Hotel Management with 20 years experience in
Hospitality and IT covering USA, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and Fiji. He is entrepreneurial by nature
with excellent problem-solving, creativity and decision-making skills. He works well under pressure with
minimal supervision and holds a Police and Justice Security clearance with New Zealand citizenship.
Coming up with solutions to challenges we face is what he loves doing and making a business of it is
even more rewarding for him. Here are a few things that Gabriel has done and some he still does. He
founded Luggage Plates and travelled to the US for the launch. Seeing it grow was a fantastic
experience for him. In addition he also Trademarked and Patented his own cable collecting device and
trying his hand at importing wine for wholesale from Swartland Winery. In his spare time he does
Hospitality consulting, IT contract work and whatever comes his way where he can assist and learn
from.
Experience
Gabriel's Hospitality and Retail experience started an early age working in these environments:
• Pumped fuel as a kid before the days when service stations had retail
• Shop assistant in a Petshop, Wine shop, Wine estate wine sales
• Packing shelves at Woolworths Food department
• Part time bar work
Held several senior positions at an early age as an Assistant Hotel GM, Restaurant GM, Sous Chef,
Restaurant openings and IT Hospitality implementations in new Hotels, Resorts and Restaurants in
Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
Hospitality
• Operations and Customer Relations Manager
Brantas International Technology Ltd - www.brantasinternational.com
• Helpdesk and System Integration Analyst
Clarity Hospitality Software Solutions - www.clarityhospitality.co.nz
• POS Technical and Implementation Consultant
Pilot Software Holdings (Pty) Ltd - www.pilot.co.za
• General Manager
Cape Town Fish Market - www.ctfm.co.za
• Assistant General Manager
Blue Peter Hotel - www.bluepeter.co.za
• Training Consultant
Spur Group - www.spurcorporation.com

2. Information Technology
• Technical Specialist - SAN and Storage
Vodafone – www.vodafone.co.nz
• Technical Specialist - SAN and Storage
Revera Cloud Services Provider - www.revera.co.nz
• Technical Specialist - Applications
Revera Cloud Services Provider - www.revera.co.nz
• Business Consultant
Technology One Ltd - www.technologyonecorp.com
Education
Cape Peninsula University of Technology - SA
3 year National Diploma, Hospitality Management
Massey University - NZ
Certificate of Participation in Franchising and Franchise Operations
Languages
• English (Native or bilingual proficiency)
• Afrikaans (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Interests
food and beverage, retail, franchising, inventions, start ups, intellectual property, agriculture,
aquaponics, fishing, travel, business, finance
IT Courses
• SQL Fundamentals and Advanced
• ITIL
• Configuring and Administering Microsoft SharePoint
• Administering Microsoft Dynamics CRM
• Applied Project Management in Information Technology
• Hitachi Storage Foundations
• Hitachi HUS Modular Storage
• Hitachi Enterprise Storage
• Configuring Cisco MDS 9000 Switches
• CompTIA A+