Jens Montanana
Jens Montanana is the founder and CEO of Datatec Limited, a London and Johannesburg listed multinational IT services Group which he established in 1986. Between 1989 and 1993 Jens served as Managing Director and Vice-President of US Robotics (UK) operations, a wholly-owned subsidiary of US Robotics, now 3Com. In 1993, he co-founded US startup Xedia Corporation in Boston, MA, an early pioneer of network switching and one of the market leaders in IP bandwidth management, which was subsequently sold to Lucent Corporation.
In 1994, Jens became Executive Chairman of Datatec Ltd and listed the company on the JSE. Jens also currently serves as a non-executive director of Versatile Systems, Inc., a Canadian listed (TSX), independent software vendor and provider of transaction solutions. Previously, Jens served as non-executive director of JSE listed companies, Primedia Ltd and Brait Investment Bank. Jens is also Executive Chairman of Logicalis, a wholly-owned subsidiary Datatec Ltd, a role he assumed in March 2007.
Prior to founding Datatec, Jens worked in various product management, marketing and engineering roles at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and Westinghouse Ltd.
Jens graduated with a diploma in Electronic Engineering from the University of Reading, England.
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