Daniel French

Pursuing four-year engineering degree across Mechanical, Electrical & Electronic, and Computing & Control disciplines. Collaborating on PhD research in Semester 1.

Six distinctions. Head of Debate. Captain, Athletics. Exchange year at Woodberry Forest School, Virginia, USA (2023).

Academic exchange, Virginia, USA. Seven half marathons completed during semester.

• Built real-time logistics dashboard for professional fleet management operations at age 16
• Led logistics data analysis: route optimisation, cost reduction, operational reporting
• Designed and deployed multiple client-facing websites from brief to production

• Managing R300 000 event budget with Standard Bank as corporate sponsor
• Built a Google Apps Script & HTML ticket management system; two stations sold R150 000 in tickets in a single hour
• Responsible for financial reporting, sponsorship coordination, and budget forecasting across the full committee

• Invited to lead finance sub-committee should Stellenbosch University be selected to host the national championship
• Would entail drafting a national-scale tournament budget and managing income, expenditure, and institutional sponsors

• Co-organised a newcomer dance production for all Metanoia residents on a sub-R20 000 budget

• 2nd Place, National Debating League (South Africa)
• Trialled for South African National Debating Team
• Top 20 debater in South Africa
• Poetry Prize - Michaelhouse

• Youngest finisher, Ultra Trail Drakensberg
• Durban City Marathon
• Seven half marathons (Virginia exchange semester)

• Six distinctions - National Senior Certificate (IEB)
• Collaborating on PhD-level research, Semester 1, Stellenbosch University