Daniel Buys:
CLASS OF 1979
South Windsor High SchoolClass of 1979
South windsor, CT
Daniel's Story
Left SWHS and headed home back to South Africa....worked in Port Elizabeth for 6 months before going to Cape Town to study at the University of Cape Town. Completed a BSc in Computer Science there in '82 and started a software company in my 2nd year.
The businesses ended up doing quite well. kept the business going thru 2 years of National Service.
Got married in 1989 and had two daughters (Jessica in '91 and Sarah in '94). Was living in Johannesburg at the time.
Ended up becoming Microsoft's 1st distributor in SA and built that up to SA's largest importer of s/w by 96 - when we so...Expand for more
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Bought a old farm in the Cape and started restoring that. Also started another s/w business that ended up as FrontRange Solutions - spent 2 years with that in Colorado Springs. Sold that company at the end of 2005.
Got divorced at the start of 2007 - fortunately as amicable a divorce as can be - 1 months from start to finish!
Remarried in June 08 to Anneke.
We live & work on the wine farm again and enjoy sailing & golf. You can find out more about the wine farm at vnl.co.za
If you ever come past the Cape please come and visit!
My Twitter ID is djbuys for those who use Twitter.
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