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Lee Robinson Petzer, was born in Ficksburg, South Africa on the 27th of September 1977. He attended school in Cape Town after his parents left their hometown of Bloemfontein.

He started his career at Old Mutual Plc, a South African Insurer in 1998 as call center agent and rapidly became an MIS Analyst for the Demutualisation Call Center, preparing reports for the board relating to this project. He started his own consultancy, Phoenix MIS (1999-2000) providing MIS services to Old Mutual.

Working for B Clear and Simple (2000-2002), Cell C Direct (2002-2006) and V Direct (2006-2007) he designed, implemented and maintained MIS Reporting systems and related reporting services to these Mobile telecommunications companies.

From 2007-2008 he was a Reporting specialist for Vodacom South Africa (One of South Africa`s largest mobile telecommunications companies) within the customer care and strategy division preparing and analyzing executive reports and ad hoc analysis, streamlining the reporting processes during his tenure there. For these efforts he was awarded three times.

He was formerly Executive Director of GCSChile – a management consultancy firm specializing in contact centers, analytics, management information systems (MIS) and internet strategy. Started in 2008 in Chile, the firm has worked with clients in South Africa, Chile and the USA.

He is currently based in Groningen, the Netherlands, is Owner of Applied Technotopia, a consultancy specializing in management consulting, digital strategy and online marketing.

He graduated from the University of South Africa with a Bachelor of Commerce degree specializing in Management.

He is also known for his book, Mementos from Chile - A photographic Odyssey, published in 2012 which highlight some of his favorite photos from his stay in Chile. Additionally, he is also known for his blogging at Futurist-Foresight, blog focusing on monitoring and reporting on emerging technologies in all fields, from biotechnology to the emerging commercial space industry.