We are one of South Africa’s leading engineering firms in the commercial, industrial, agricultural & residential energy sectors. We love what we do and our focus is on the individual needs and requirements of each & every one of our clients, creating a cost-efficient and sustainable energy profile for them.

TC81 - Lightning protectionTo prepare international standards and guides for lightning protection for structures, as well for persons, installations, services and contents. The objective of the standards will be: - To develop requirements for the design and installation of Lightning Protection Systems for structures,- To develop requirements for the design and installation of Surge Protection Measures for structures as they relate to protection from lightning effects, - To develop basic requirements for protection against electromagnetic effects due to lightning, - To give general guidance to IEC member countries that may have need of such requirements and - To facilitate international exchanges that may be hampered by differences in national regulations.

To provide technical direction on business decisions and execution of specific projects such as the roll-out of the first, second, and final phase of the nowcast network of antennas. To participate in technical presentations and support customers and standardisation groups

TC 81 Mirror Committee - Lightning ProtectionTo ensure that South Africa, as a particpating member, remains active in terms of - giving general guidance to IEC member countries that may have need of such requirements - facilitating international exchanges that may be hampered by differences in national regulations- voting in favour or against proposed international standards/legislation which will affect South Africa

SANS 10313: Protection against lightning - Physical damage to structures and life hazardChairing a working group tasked with re-writing the local standard for South Africa has many requirements and or applications which are not being addressed by the adopted IEC standards (62305, 62561).

A consultancy firm, established by true Ceraunophiles, boasting with combined 35+ years of experience in the earthing and lightning protection industry. Our firm specializes in the design, consultancy, certification, and training of earthing and lightning protection systems.Consulting services include:- Lightning risk analysis- Site-specific forensic reporting- Earthing & lightning protection concepts- Soil resistivity surveys & analysis- 3D GPR, step & touch voltage simulations- Training & certificationFor more information please see our company profile.

Founding member, and past Board Chairman, of the Earthing and Lightning Protection Association (ELPA); an important addition to the standard of safety in the South African lightning and protection industry.ELPA was established in order to;- protect the consumer, - to secure unity and co-operation, - to promote honourable practices - to encourage and promote educational and training facilities - to inspect existing/new lightning protection systems

Full responsibility for the subsidiaries and trading partners in the AMEA (Americas, Middle East and Africa) area, reporting directly to our CSO (Chief Sales Officer). Responsibilities includes all activities, sales, route to market strategy, marketing campaigns, logistics and warehousing with full Profit & Loss accountability.

Founded the South African subsidiary as part of our company's internationalization & BRICS strategy. Today, our company boasts as a complete organisation which grew from an initial 2 employees to 16 with department heads and well-trained staff in all departments, incl. Sales & Marketing, Technical & Services, Logistics and Warehousing as well as a Financial department.Some of the highlights of the 4 years as the head of the organisation include, - founded the 1st of its kind accredited Lightning Protection Academy (South Africa)- participating in the 'Save a Life in Africa' project with schools in Uganda- high double-digit growth, year on year, in both Turnover and EBIT of the organisation

As part of Schneider-Electric's drive for Solution Business a key decision was made to find and develop the Solutions business in key segments incl. Banking/Finance, Telecommunications and Co-location.Within these segments several accounts were identified that has to managed accordingly. The management of these accounts included , C-level relationship establishment, Mission and vision sharing, Mapping and understanding of the accounts, Opportunity detection and management, Leading all technical and commercial discussion.

Responsible for generating new sales within Dimension Data in their Advanced Infrastructure (DDAI) line of business (LOB) through supporting their sales and technical activities. Establish and developed strong and lasting relationships at managerial level which promoted cross-selling of other Schneider Business Units.Identify, specify and closing of Level 3 Schneider projects through leveraging on past technical experience and commercial understanding.

A senior consulting role guiding the sales organisation and customers with technical advice, detail designs and project management of medium to large data centre projects. Design, procure, and manage very large uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and efficient Data Centres.Co-ordinating & providing technical sales seminars for both business partners and end-users in order to enable them to become self-sustainable and also to educate them on upcoming products and strategies.

Responsible for the design, procurement, construction and management of the electrical side of ‘Turnkey’ projects for various customers and industries. Experienced with the commissioning of the electrical, instrumentation and control sides of these projects. Plant & power system design for both medium- and low-voltage sides. Detail designs for transformers, generators, switchgear, motor control centres, electric drives, distribution boards and cable selection. Power quality consultant which included harmonic analysis, power system mitigation and design of both capacitor banks and harmonic filters for the correction of the non-sinusoidal power system