Background/History
Fourge was started in early 2003 on the foundation of the partnership of Tony Brock and Ozzy Knox. Tony, a Business Science graduate of the University of Cape Town (UCT) with a major in Actuarial Science, has over 20 years experience in the industry. He has been involved in projects ranging from the Financial Services Industry to major events such as the Open Golf Championship and the Rugby World Cup. Ozzy has been in the industry for over 11 years and has worked in many contexts in South Africa, Germany, Spain and other European countries.
Fourge is 100% BEE Certified.
Skill Areas
Fourge brings valuable and proven skills to all projects and these include:
- Business and IT Strategy and Consulting
- Brainstorming and Workshop Facilitation
- Systems Thinking techniques
- Business Analysis and Modelling
- Systems Analysis, Design and Architecture
- User Interface Design
- Data Analysis and Data Modelling
- Implementation (coding, testing and integrating)
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Deployment
Markets
The varied experience and diverse nature of the business has resulted in us servicing a number of industries. These include:
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Property
- Utilities
- Franchisee systems
- Call Centre
- Production
- Customer Relationship Management
- Web Content Management
Company Ethos
A key foundation stone of success for Fourge has been the values that we have subscribed to and have lived out. Our values can be defined as:
- Being Real - Setting our client's expectations realistically and ensuring that we meet those expectations.
- Integrity - Ensuring that at all times we operate with integrity internally and externally.
- Team - We value our team as much as the deliverables we need to meet.
- Fun - Our work must be something that brings us enjoyment, or else it is not worth it. Sometimes we are not sure if it is work or play.
