Sarina Viljoen

Sarina is a TOGAF 8 certified business and IT professional with over fifteen years of experience in the various facets of enterprise architecture. She is a regular contributor to the development of TOGAF and has been instrumental in framing today's thinking of what enterprise architecture is.

Sarina has had excellent exposure to enterprise architecture through her efforts to establish the discipline in South Africa's telecommunications operator, Telkom. She led the enterprise architecture work at Telkom for several years during which time she was the chairperson of the global design authority and held the role of the Chief Architect. Having faced the challenges of working for such a large business within the Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) industry, Sarina is well-equipped in terms of the practical implementation of enterprise architecture and has a deep understanding of the value enterprise architecture provides the business.

Prior to working at Telkom, Sarina was responsible for the model-driven architecture for a materials management solution for the Defense industry. This solution was implemented both locally and abroad.

Sarina holds a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) from the University of Johannesburg and a Master of Science (Management of Innovation and Technology) from the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management. Her dissertation focused on the influence that enterprise architecture has on information flow within an organization.