the engine room
Cerebra helps companies understand Web 2.0 (or social media) trends and technologies and how to use leverage them for better relationships with employees and customers alike. See our portfolio of work here.
Our team is made up of many of South Africa's leading thinkers in the social and mobile media spaces:
Andre Ellis is a gifted designer and information architect. He's organised, sensible, responsible and ethical - all of which has us wondering how long he'll last here :)
Aasia Fredericks manages our ORM team and is by far one of the geekiest people at Cerebra (which is a compliment) - she boasts an enviable knowledge of all things social!
Daniel Friedman is a very talented writer, and can be seen sharing the stage with some of SA's leading acts as a singer / songwriter / comic called Deep Fried Man.
Vincent Hofmann is not only a brilliant strategist, but he's also the founder of mini-media empire Moral Fibre. He manages some of our biggest accounts, oversees ORM strategy and loves metal.
Reece Jacobsen writes heaps of content for some of our top clients, assists with ORM responsibilities and all this while maintaining his obsession with Liverpool FC.
Dillon Kin's Twitter profile describes him as a Drupal developer, Kung fu instructor and Honda enthusiast. Do we hire interesting people or what!?
Leyash Pillay is another one of our skilled ORM administrators, a talented musician (drums, guitar and bass) and a sports fan too. He fits right in.
Melody Maker is our creative director, local fashionista and idea generator. She ensures our clients are happy, our staff are well dressed and that we are constantly innovating.
Deshanta Naidoo is our social media optimisation and content guru. She is the glue that binds us, she keeps us in line and regularly floors us with her wacky sense of humour.
Kellen Rodney is our project manager extraordinnaire. She loves skiing, mojito's and her dogs... apparently. Kell's also a pretty mean poker player to boot.
Palesa Sibeko is a phenomenal musician by night and our content queen by day. Apart from her many other hidden talents, Palesa is a mean Xbox 360 gaming opponent.
Carl Spies is our technical expert, geek of note and resident Mac and Drupal evangelist. Next time you meet Carl ask him to do his teddy bear impersonation.
Dave Stopforth is a recent addition to the Cerebra team as an ORM administrator, and a super talented singer songwriter by night.
Mike Stopforth is the co-founder of Cerebra, is responsible for sales and the general strategic direction of the company. Mike tried to write his own bio, but Vincent intervened: Mike is a polymath who if he were given half a chance would be powering the rhythm section of the Dave Matthews Band, steering an Aston around a track or presenting classic-rock Noot-Vir-Noot in which he guesses the tracks before the contestants do.
Feel free to contact us to arrange a cup of coffee so we can tell you more...


