Hedley Roos

Founder

Hedley has two decades experience in the software industry. He is one of the fortunate few who have managed to turn their passion into a career. Hedley has grown start-ups and built teams of engineers who have successfully migrated companies like Telkom and MTN onto modern bespoke software ecosystems. He is a prolific contributor to open source software.

After serving as CTO for Praekelt Consulting for a number of years Hedley decided it was time to scale down and get back to the hard engineering problems. He joined NMRQL Research, an investment company that leverages machine learning to better forecast and outperform the market, where he developed a keen interest in finance and funding. In between he helped launch South Africa's first crypto index and grew Naspers funded start-up Food Supply Network as CTO.

Altus Barry

Software expert

Altus brings a wealth of experience to Mountain Tech. His entire career has been as engineer for start-ups, and he always takes the lead on architecture and the harder problems. His skillset encompasses all the technologies typically encountered in start-ups, from databases to performance profiling to quality assurance.

As a principal engineer he is uniquely positioned to asses the skills of each team member. His keen eye for elegant solutions and potential pitfalls makes him an invaluable partner.

Thomas Schlebusch

Investor needs advisor

Tom started his career as an engineer, before completing an MBA and working as a commodities analyst for the South African Breweries. In 1999 he joined Sanlam Investments where he started his career in finance as a quantitative analyst. In 2007 Thomas was appointed as CIO of one of the largest hedge fund of funds businesses in SA, Blue Ink Investments, where he became CEO in 2010. In 2012 Thomas was appointed the CIO of Sanlam International Investments, before co-founding NMRQL Research in 2015.

Tom is not actively involved in the due diligence process - rather, he mentors us on the ever-changing investment landscape. His deep knowledge of Africa and the needs of investors guides us in performing due diligences that deliver exactly what is required. As an avid reader he is usually a few steps ahead of the the rest of us, and an hour in conversation with him prevents weeks of focusing on the wrong things.