Cobus Rossouw
Cobus Rossouw is a Mediator who is passionate about alternate dispute resolution, restorative justice and and a Business Coach/Advisor helping tech firms develop and grow their services business.
He believes in building a better world, through better justice and growing businesses by developing their people.
Before settling into a mediation, coaching and mentorship role, Cobus spent 20 years working in small and medium business in the AEC and Manufacturing sectors. Starting as technical support he worked his way up as software developer, salesman, project manager, manager and director, growing several businesses from startup to healthy, stable and lucrative organisations.
As Services Director and shareholder at DocQnet Systems he:
Achieved his sales targets every year.
Delivered 95% of projects within time and budget.
Growing services revenue by 400% over a 4 year period.
Notable projects during that period were the delivery of document control and collaboration solutions to Gautrain. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA), De Beers/Anglo American, Kumba Iron Ore, South African Airways, SAAB Grintek Defence and Steinmuller Engineering Services.
These efforts culminated in the sale of the business to Bentley Systems in 2014.
In his spare time Cobus makes music, does woodwork, badly (though he is improving) and tries to make sure that he spends as much time reading as he does exercising. He also devotes a day a week to mentoring young black entrepreneurs and underprivileged scholars as an investment in the future of his country.
