te ker ▁co - f ounded ▁Internet ▁Sol utions , ▁South ▁Africa ' s ▁first ▁Internet ▁service ▁Pro vider ▁( IS P ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁With ▁thousands ▁of ▁employees , ▁it ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁most ▁successful ▁post - ap art heid ▁business es , ▁winning ▁numerous ▁technology ▁awards . ▁Ap te ker ▁has ▁written ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁papers , ▁published ▁both ▁locally ▁and ▁intern ation ally . ▁In ▁February ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁he ▁presented ▁a ▁paper ▁in ▁San ▁Jose , ▁California , ▁on ▁Dist ributed ▁Mult imedia ▁to ▁the ▁International ▁Society ▁for ▁Opt ical ▁Engineering . ▁This ▁paper ▁was ▁subsequently ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁S PI E / IE EE ▁Pro ceed ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁Ap te ker ▁spons ored ▁and ▁produced ▁the ▁successful ▁L augh ▁Out ▁L oud ▁fund ra iser , ▁South ▁Africa ' s ▁largest ▁stand - up ▁comedy ▁TV ▁show ▁which ▁raised ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁Rand ▁for ▁the ▁Re ach ▁for ▁a ▁Dream ▁foundation . ▁ ▁Ap te ker ▁is ▁a ▁partner ▁in ▁the ▁video ▁games ▁company ▁Room ▁ 8 ▁Studio , ▁which ▁developed ▁games ▁such ▁as ▁P iano ▁City ▁and ▁Cy to ' s ▁P uzz le ▁Advent ure . ▁ ▁Ap te ker ▁has ▁a ▁blog ▁Pre tty A pt ▁that ▁he ▁updates ▁regularly . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Ap te ker ▁became ▁a ▁bird ▁man ▁and ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁http :// th