The Team
Dale Spence
I was born in Harare, Zimbabwe (formerly Salisbury, Rhodesia) in 1959 and at various points in my life have earned from and worked as a writer, a marketer, a computer analyst programmer, database administrator, systems administrator, osteopath and naturopath, artisan soap maker, information security analyst, a manager, yoga and meditation teacher, proof reader, Digital Marketer specialising in strategy, copywriting and tender writing.
Many years of writing - white papers, articles, blogs, websites, landing pages, blogs, all with relevant research. All on the back of 10+ years experience in Information Security and governance at technical and management level in small and large companies, experience and exposure across all ten CISSP knowledge domains, 30+ years broad IT technical and management background, lead role in achievement of PCI-DSS compliance, ISO 27001 ISMS Lead Auditor certified, Security Program development. Digital Marketing specialising in strategy, copywriting and tender writing (everything in marketing needs to fit together).
Key education, training, certifications
• ICAEW Trustees Training (2023)
• 80 hrs marketing mentoring Pro Academy (Chatmatic)
• 50 hrs copywriting - Own The Inbox (Alex Cattoni, Copy Posse)
• CISA • ISO27001 ISMS Lead Auditor (2012)
• CISM (2011) • CISSP (2007)
• ITIL Practitioner (2016) • MS SQL Server / Informix Database Admin
• MS Windows Server Admin • CEH
• Cisco Firewall Admin • Redhat/AIX/Linux Admin
• Diploma in Osteopathy - DO (1996)
• Diploma in Naturopathy - ND (1996)
• Diploma in Proofreading and Copy Editing
• BSc - Computer Science / Economics (Durban South Africa, 1984)
Publications
“Anatomy of a Marketing Action Plan. The essential guide to developing a Marketing Strategy and Action Plan“
Dale Spence, Genesis Digital Marketing, ISBN 978-1-3999-1891-6 (2022)
Co-Authored Publication
El inglés de la calle (Spanish Edition) ISBN 978-8416097111 (2014)
Sandi Spence
I am an English speaker with good written and communication skills. I like to explore new challenges, and am equally happy working on my own initiative and as a team player. At various points in my life I have been a farmer (mostly agricultural), a project coordinator, a Secretary/PA and an administrator on a wide range of ventures. I have worked in payroll, conveyancing and the management of legal contracts, medical administration, typesetting and proofreading, and more recently in copywriting and exploring the world of bid-writing. I spent much of my life in sub-Saharan Africa, with all the complex cultural diversities that entails; so with such a variety of experience, I have a wealth of real-life stories to inspire my writing.
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