Philip Copeman

Philip Copeman is a Software Entrepreneur living in Cape Town South Africa. His Software publishing carreer includes the development and publishing of TurboCASH and TurboCAD.
Copeman is currently the Project Leader of TurboCASH an Open Source accounting system with over 100 000 users in 80 countries including 25 translations.
Copeman is married to TV producer Patience Stevens and has 3 Children.
Academic Record
B Econ Sc, University of the Witwatersrand. (1979)
Bcom Hons (Econometrics), Rand Afrikaans University (1982)
MBA, University of the Witwatersrand (1981)
Senior Lecturer, Rand Afrikaans University (1982)
Lecturer (Part Time), University of the Witwatersrand (1983)
Academic Highlights
Matric, Distinctions in Maths, Science, English (1974)
De Beers Scholarship (1975)
Top Computer Science Student First Year Wits (1975)
Nedbank Award for Top MBA Student , Shared (1979)
98% Percentile Princeton GMAT (1980)
MBA Dissertation on Input Output Model for Inflation. (1979)
Built a 50 Equation Annual Econometric Model of South Africa, with 64k Computing. (unpublished 1982)
Business Career Highlights
Rejection by the SADF and CSIR of an econometric model arguing against conscription. (1981)
Developed Statsmodeller one of the first Financial Modeling programs. Exported to UK (1983)
The youngest MD to own and receive an IBM PC Dealership in South Africa, Model Management (1984)
Developed the first Retail Software Package in SA, Asset Manager (1984)
Founded Pink Software, which traded successfully for 20 years . (1984)
Developed TurboCAD which sold worldwide.
Created and ran the South African American Football League with 1000 players in 10 Years. (1988)
Was one of the first White members of the PAC. (1992)
Developed TurboCASH which has had 800 000 downloads. (1993)
Listed Pink Software on the JSE through Techcom and UAM (1998).
Created of the TurboCASH Project, 100 000 users in over 80 countries and 20 Languages (2004)
Publications
TurboCASH 4 (2007, 2008,2009)
God's First Fishermen (2008)
TurboCASH, numerous open source releases. (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)

South African Research Tax Incentives, Business Models, Contributions towards tax legislation (2006)

Iron Rugby, A manual used in International Level Rugby Coaching (2006)
Accounting Made Easy, A manual for use with TurboCASH (2005, 2006,2007,2008,2009)
Bytes of Beethoven, Synthesised Works - Audio CD (2004)
TurboCASH, numerous commercial releases. (1992-2003)
TurboCAD numerous commercial releases. (1985-1992)

 
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