Technical Sales Representative, Sika
Steven studied Mechanical Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. He worked as an engineer in cape town before travelling. Ended up in london working as sales manager, a sales training & development manager before returning to cape town where he worked in engineering plastics before joining sika south africa. He has been with sika group for 12 years and his roles within sika south africa included key account manager for transportation & developing the renewable Energies & the façades, fenestration & insulated glazing market. He has extensive knowledge of bonding & sealing applications in buildings, the renewable energies sector, special & commercial vehicles, marine & automotive industry.
His current role is the business development manager for façades, fenestration, insulated glazing & special projects for sika australia. The role consists of helping architects & engineers to understand modern construction methods and showing how they can reduce costs and improve their finished product, the advantages of replacing traditional mechanical fastening methods with structural adhesives and which materials will best suit their application.