About / The Founder
About Jéan Roux
Jéan Roux founded Nostics Digital after 35+ years building systems that turn data into decisive action — from military logistics to global mining operations. His career spans consulting at IBM, COO of a digital services company, leading a €110M-revenue division at T-Systems, and 13+ years as an executive at MineRP, a global mining software company.
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| Period | Role | Organisation | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–1991 | Officer (Major) — Parachute Forces | South African Defence Force | Leadership development; built operational logistics systems for rapid deployment. |
| 1992–1995 | Senior Consultant | Byrne Fleming, then Infomet | Business systems consulting and IT strategy. |
| 1995–1998 | Senior IT Strategy Consultant → Head of IT Architecture Consulting | IBM South Africa | Led the IT Architecture consulting team in IBM Consulting Group; responsible for the IT architecture components of IT Strategy projects for government and large industrial corporations. |
| 1998–2000 | COO | e-volution | Digital services company leadership. |
| 2000–2012 | Head of Production Computing Services & Solutions | T-Systems South Africa | Managed 450 staff and €110M annual revenue through 12 senior managers; led transformation and SLA governance for large-scale outsourcing contracts with major parastatals including Eskom and Transnet; advanced into the solution-crafting unit supporting SAP sales and implementation. |
| 2015–2019 | SVP Market Thrust & Partner Development | MineRP Holding | Established a global go-to-market for enterprise mine planning and control systems by building an international partner ecosystem; presented complex technical value propositions to C-suite stakeholders (CIOs/CFOs). |
| 2019–2023 | SVP Services & Partners | MineRP Holding | Built and scaled a global professional services division with hubs in Australia, Canada, Chile and South Africa; ran strategic projects with global partners including Deloitte, GE and SAP for Tier-1 mining clients such as South32 and Vale North America. |
| 2023–2025 | Global Services Manager, Digital Solutions Division | Epiroc (MineRP product division) | Orchestrated a 591% year-on-year improvement in consolidated gross profit to 54% — shifting most deal and project decisions to data-driven decision-making using CoPilot agents and Power BI portals he built. Lifted the leadership index by 20 points (to 83%) and employee engagement by 15 points (to 88%) within 12 months. |
| July 2025–present | Founder | Nostics Digital | Founded Nostics Digital — business improvement and diagnostics consultancy. Built Pulse! from the ground up: self-assessments of company state and AI readiness, with AI agents crafting improvement approaches for clients. |
Education & Professional Development
Bachelor of Military Science (B.Mil) — Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science, in Computer Systems, Electronics and Physics — a science-oriented foundation within the military faculty.
Eight years in the South African Defence Force, including the Parachute Forces, developed the leadership discipline and structured thinking that has shaped every professional engagement since.
Further professional development:
- Certificate in Management and Leadership — The Open University, London
- Leadership Programme Level 3 — ESMT Berlin
- Executive of Sales Managers — Stratham Bryce
- International Certified IT Architect — enterprise-scale strategy
- ‘Elements of AI’ — University of Helsinki (in progress)
The Thread That Runs Through It All
Across every role and every industry, one conviction has held: businesses improve when people can see clearly. His approach has evolved across three eras:
- Data to enable leadership — building systems that surface what matters to decision-makers.
- Systems to improve insight at all levels — giving every layer of the organisation visibility into performance.
- AI to remove the mundane — stripping away repetitive work so capable people have the leverage they deserve.
Systems He Has Built
Jéan has been building practical systems since his university days — each one solving a real operational problem, whether for his own management or for clients:
Library & Books Management System
Faculty of Military Science, University of Stellenbosch
Managed the faculty library — cataloguing, lending and tracking — built while completing his B.Mil degree.
Rapid Response Stores Management System
Parachute Forces, South African Defence Force
Managed the carrying and allocation of fighting equipment for fire forces, enabling fast deployment readiness — a logistics system where speed and accuracy had real consequences.
Plant Maintenance System — Koo & All Gold
Canning factory, South Africa
Managed plant maintenance scheduling, work orders and equipment tracking in a high-throughput food processing environment.
Project Initiative Tracking System
Iscor Steel
Developed as the outflow of an IT Strategy engagement, where Jéan served as both Project Manager and systems architect. Tracked strategic initiatives from concept through to delivery and benefits realisation.
KPA-to-KPI Definition, Tracking & Dashboard Systems
Multiple departments and clients
Defined Key Performance Areas, linked them to measurable KPIs, and built dashboards extracting data from ERPs and other sources — from open-source solutions through to Microsoft SQL Server and Power BI.
Notable Projects
The types of projects Jéan has sold and led bring an extra dimension of credibility — complex, multi-stakeholder, transformation-heavy engagements:
| Year | Duration | Project | Client | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 6 months | IT Strategy to align to new business strategy and harvest emerging technologies | Iscor Steel | Project Manager |
| 1995 | 1 year | Implement the IT Strategy through portfolio management of initiatives | Iscor Steel | Project Manager |
| 1996 | 4 months | IT Strategy | Iscor Mining | Project Manager |
| 1996 | 2.5 years | Bringing together front-office applications for four banks that amalgamated into one | ABSA | Project Manager |
| 1998–2000 | 3 years | COO — digital services company leadership | e-volution | COO |
He also led large-scale outsourcing transitions for organisations like Eskom and Transnet (five-year deals), and drove the GE and Deloitte partnerships that took digital transformation and Industry 4.0 thinking into mining.
Technical Breadth
- Infrastructure and application security — applying controls that keep client solutions safe
- Secure hosting architecture — designing deployment topologies that protect data end to end
- System integration — connecting ERPs, databases, dashboards and AI agents into coherent operating environments
- Low-code development — designing, building and delivering solutions with underpinning database design
- ERP implementation — selling and implementing ERP systems, particularly SAP
- Collaboration technologies and knowledge management
- Open-source to enterprise stacks — comfortable across the spectrum from Linux through Microsoft SQL Server and Power BI
- Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 — partnering with GE and Deloitte to take transformative solutions to market
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