About Managing Director: Darren Harris

Founder and managing director of Intoweb Business Solutions, Darren Harris, is well placed to be at the head of one of the leading web companies in South Africa today.

He attained his BSc Eng in electrical engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1994. He originally worked on architecture software for a French telecommunications company before taking a job at an Internet business where he spent some years innovating the fields of e-commerce and web design.

In 1998 he decided to start his own company designing a website for the Gauteng Tourism Agency. The success of this endeavour allowed him to register Intoweb in 1999. Starting with just five people with the aim to create innovative websites, he went on to design sites for Porsche and quite a few tourism-related sites.

After the new millennium, Darren expanded his business and it grew from strength to strength:

• In 2001, the e-learning division was established with Investec as one of the first clients.
• In 2003, the training division expanded to include lecture-based training that has expanded its operations today to require an entire campus at Kyalami.
• In 2004, the website marketing division was launched with the goal of promoting website through web marketing, search engine optimisation and PageRank augmentation.
• In 2005, the development of the Gauteng Search Engine and Tourism portal started that today receives and delivers over 100 000 pages per month and generated a huge amount of income for tourism.
• In 2005, a small design company, Leading Edge, was purchased and amalgamated into Intoweb.
• In 2006, a multi-million rand deal with the South African Football Society (SAFA) was undertaken and successfully company-wide system to manage internal processes was implemented.
• In 2007, the Intranet Division of Intoweb was established to provide intranet modules for Human Resources, skills development, assessment, etc.

Darren has over ten years experience in running a successful IT company in a volatile industry. His skills in leadership and mentoring staff follows a holistic approach as he strives to deliver high quality services to his clients. He has experience in dealing with and understanding a wide range of clients and translating their needs into reality. His ability to foster client relationships ensures that all parties leave the table satisfied.

Darren has experience in a wide range of technologies that he has both worked with and taught on occasion. These include:

Darren's knowledge and expertise have allowed him to make Intoweb one of the market leaders in the IT industry today and is always striving to bring the best service to clients.