Kris Jarzebowski

Kris Jarzebowski is CEO of Interactive Junction Holdings (IJH) the holding company for CareerJunction South Africa and PA Junction which focuses on providing eClassified solutions (Jobs, Auto and Property online listings and tools) to companies in South Africa. WholeBangShoot(WBS) is also a wholly owned company of IJH and specialises in providing services to manage the casting of Talent to the MOVIE, TV Commercials and related business’s. 

Kris was the original founder of CareerJunction in January 1997 and has grown the company into one of the most busiest web sites in SA and is the leading online Placement service in South Africa servicing Recruitment Agencies and Employers. Today, CareerJunction continues to be a strong brand and enjoys attracting over 450,000 unique visitors to its services per month. CareerJunction has a Resume  Database of over 1.3 Completed and searchable resume’s and 2.2M registered users.  PA Junction is a JV between PA Media and IJH focusing on Auto and Property listings and servicing Auto Dealers and Estate Agents with a pay-per-lead business model.

Kris began his career with IBM UK Labs as an Electronic Engineer specialising in circuit chip design and Microprocessor firmware programming. Based in Hursley England, he was a member of several project teams involved in a variety of IBM products. Kris moved to IBM Johannesburg in 1982 and was involved in Systems engineering, marketing and sales. He became Account Manager for the Old Mutual account looking after the Marketing, Sales and Support aspects of a multinational company.

In 1990 he accepted an offer to establish the Trafex office in Cape Town. Trafex, a joint venture between Standard Bank and ISM, was the first value added network provider in South Africa.

In 1991, Kris moved to the position of Sales Manager for MD&A Business Information Services, a software applications company in the western cape. In the 4 years that Kris spent at MD&A, he helped the company grow to one of the largest Software solutions companies in the region. He was promoted to the board as the Sales & Marketing Director in 1993.

In 1996, Kris began a small recruitment company focusing on IT placements in the Western Cape which gave him the idea of providing recruitment services via the Internet from which CareerJunction was spawned.

Kris has a BTech Honours in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Brunel University, England. He has served as Chairman on the Llandudno Sports club for 3 years and was the Chairman of the Computer Society in the Western Cape for 2 years during 1999 and 2001.

His interests lie in sport & business reading – Rugby, Cricket, Football and active in Golf, waterskiing, snow skiing and was a keen squash player for over 20 years. Business reading are from the Fortune Magazine and books that increase knowledge on strategy and tactical business manoeuvres.

Kris is also a proud owner of a Harley Davidson which he enjoys immensely.