Stafford's presentations and workshops range from discussing the impact that technology is having in societies, cultures and history to disclosing present day and short term of exactly what is happening out there, how to take advantage of it, and what to watch out for.
His target audience is everyone: the technology geeks will find it insightful and the non-IT folks will finally get an understanding of it all and where it's all heading. Stafford is a regular radio contributor on 702 with Udo Carelse, MetroFM and Moneyweb with Alec Hogg.
Stafford has been in the IT industry for more than 18 years and has assumed numerous roles throughout his career. After completing his tertiary computer science studies in Israel in the early 90's, he returned to South Africa and worked for Telkom, and Dimension Data.
He spent over 6 years in the USA where he played a significant role in the open source software arena and he has been responsible for global partnerships and corporate technology strategy for numerous international territories including: Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela), the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Europe.
Stafford was country manager for Novell South Africa and developed and launched Google S.A. A self-confessed serial entrepreneur, he is involved in several leading-edge technology startups...whilst flying microlights and single prop aircraft, scuba diving and snow skiing when time allows.
He prefers to tailor his content per client and per vertical business sector in order to ensure greater relevance and value to the audience - and always with awe-inspiring impact.