The Common Vein

 

Spouse Michael Frame

Children from previous marriage

Gavin Morris 35 ? ex Davidian two children Leah (aged 13)  and Ruben (aged 7),

Batya Eaton (nee Morris) 32 ex Davidian about to give birth to a little boy

Occupation : IT industry ? Founder, Consultant ,and Director of a variety of companies

Other Interests  Women in Society

email

sframe@westnet.com.au

Perth, Western Australia

 M: +61-402-213-409

 

You did ask that I send through some personal info to add to my CV so here goes

After matriculating with you all in 1969, I studied Physio at Wits.

Not too long after starting at Wits, I  lost a nephew who had cerebral palsy, and I just felt I couldn?t spend the rest of my life working in a field where at times I would be quite powerless to help, so I left with no idea what else to do.

I won?t bore you with details ? suffice it to say that by default rather than design, I found myself working in the computer industry at a time when no formal training was available though uni- it was all pretty much ?on the job? training.

And how lucky I was to have made that move!

You?ll see from my formal bio that the industry has been good to me, and has taken me around the world.

It is also through the industry that I met and married my second husband ? Michael Frame.

Michael was born in Carlyle in the UK, but was living in South Africa ? though believe it or not, we actually met in a lounge at Heathrow Airport in November 1994, and were both seated next to each other on a flight via Brussels to Johannesburg ? and have been together ever since.

I have two children from my first marriage

·       Gavin Morris, who is now 36 years old ? and a father of two beautiful children Leah (aged 13)  and Ruben (aged 7), and

·       Batya Eaton (nee Morris) who is now 33 years old and about to give birth to a little boy.

Both Gavin and Batya are ex Davidians too.

In 2000, I was lucky enough to have been head hunted, and offered a job in Perth, which is how we come to be living here.

And TG for Jewish Geography and the closeness of our community ? Norman Sandler was first to welcome me in a place where I knew no-one.

And although small ( about 8000), the Perth Jewish Community have truly made us welcome, and enabled us to call Perth ?home?

Sadly, Gavin remained in South Africa but I live in hope that he will join us in Aus.

For now, he is an attorney in private practice in Johannesburg.

I still work in the computer industry and do a lot of work in promoting IT as a career choice for women ? it?s great to give back to the industry that has been so good to me.

I am always grateful for the wonderful schooling we had, and can certainly attribute my success (in part) to that grounding ? the rest was pure hard work!

Formal Bio

Sheryl (nee Lopis) is married to Michael Frame.  They live in Perth, Australia.  She was previously married to Ken Morris, and has two children, Gavin Morris, (35) and Batya Eaton (nee Morris, 32).  Both Gavin and Batya are ex Davidians.

Sheryl has 2 grandchildren, and is expecting another  grandchild in January 2010.

Sheryl Frame is a Principal Consultant at Perth-based Edict International Consultants Pty Ltd and also a director of the company.   Currently she seconded as General Manager to the Clayko Group,, a position she has held for the last 3 years.

Prior to that, she worked at Clayko in a part time capacity whilst  also working as a Consultant to a start up company ?  Medinexus in Sydney, a company in which she was also a shareholder.

Before immigrating to Australia in 2000, Sheryl had been a director of companies including ProMed, a company she co founded  in 1991 and later sold to Dimension Data.  She specialises in ICT and related management consulting, including:

• ICT, healthcare and pharmaceutical business start-up and post-start management;
• Business development and IT systems consulting;
• Investor and grant application processes and business commercialization.

Sheryl?s consulting has involved clients in the public and private sectors in Africa and Australasia.

These assignments have covered:

 Pharmaceutical, healthcare and ICT strategy definition and implementation  management for corporate and medium to large enterprises;

• Business development planning, strategy development and implementation for key IT, resources, healthcare and pharmaceutical sector companies;
• Taking ?Start-ups? from inception to commercial ready
• Project and program  management across a range of assignments from start-up through to business expansion and mergers;
• Business, IT and IS process review and re-engineering;
• Market and marketing development strategies and implementation;
• Tender management, from both the response and initiation viewpoints.

 Sheryl has worked in diverse public (government) and private sector business and industry, including resources (coal, gold and diamond mining), healthcare, pharmaceutical, IT, automotive, general services and community sectors.

She has particular abilities in IT/IS and management consulting, reinforced by marketing, sales, service, mentoring and investor related skills.  Her project and program management capabilities have been developed on medium through to large assignments.

heryl also has extensive practical work experience and has held interim executive roles with a number of clients.

 

Currently based in Perth, Sheryl?s qualifications include:

• Various Institute memberships (Institute of Directors, Institute of Marketing Management and the South African and Australian Computer Society;
• Committee Member, Women Are IT (WIT) Perth
• Board Member, AWISE (Australian Women in IT, Science and Engineering)
• Member of Australian Computer Society- ACS
• She was previously a member of the PHISC (Private Healthcare Industry Standards Committee) EDI Steering Committee in South Africa.