Presenter

Dr Kasandra Pillay has been an engineer at the CSIR for over 10 years, in the South African National Research Network’s (SANReN) Services Development and Incubation (SDI) team. She is leading the Performance Enhancement and Response Team (PERT) within the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS). A core responsibility of this team is to work with researchers to assist them to move their datasets faster between local and international sites. Her qualifications include a PhD (Engineering Management) from University of Johannesburg, MEng and BEng Hons (Technology Management) from the University of Pretoria, and a BSc Engineering (Electronics) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is registered as a Professional Engineer (Pr. Eng.) with the Engineering Council of South Africa and as a Project Management Professional with the Project Management Institute.