Nic Van Der Westhuizen Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Ultrasense is a technology company with AI- and IoT-driven solutions for your surveillance and operational needs. Harness the power of AI and bespoke technologies to secure your community with the Ultraguard surveillance solution or control and monitor anything anywhere with your NodeX solar-enabled IOT device, empowering your custom operational needs.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

African Green Tech (AGT), is a South African owned entity serving African based IPPs (Independent Power Producers), with their goal to sustainably reduce cost of electricity to the end users in order to boost the local economy, this is achieved through implementing turnkey renewable infrastructure projects, improving electricity distribution efficiency, developing custom business management software and assisting the IPPs in sourcing grant funding or off balance-sheet financing.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Developing client basis and reaching out to new possible sectors that would benefit from solar PV energy. Feasbility studies and commercial offers for possible projects and assisting with project management, design and quality control of new projects.

Stellenbosch

Expertise in: - Irradiance and Meteorological measuring equipment- Indicative Energy Yield Assessment (Forecast Energy Sales Report) of Solar Photo-Voltaic Plants using PVsyst software- Shadow analysis for Solar Plants- Installing and maintaining Solar Meteorological Station, locally and abroad, to produce accurate on-site measurements, to support bringing a Solar Plant to Financial Close. This entailed:a) Project management - Logistics, Exports, Procurement, Schedule managing between different projectsb) Data management and security - from on-site station to database, backups and sharing with clients in reports or data sheetsb) Quality checks on data and system - visually and setting up automatic responses for errors

International

Mission 5 Million - feeding 5 Million Children with Real Food Technology

Stellenbosch

Managing the production/exportation/R&D of the MMLS3 Road Testing machinery in a niche world market. This also comprises the installation of machinery and training of clients. The MMLS3 simulates real traffic on a third scale to be used in a laboratory or in in the field on a pavement. The MMLS3 has supplementary items to simulate weather conditions to the client's needs.Summary of experience gained: - Managing entire product line in a small company.- Troubleshooting and Maintenance on large Accelerated Pavement Testing equipment consisting of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical work. - Worked abroad, for example China and South Korea- Design and Building Control and Monitoring equipment.- Pavement testing in collaboration with University of Stellenbosch.- Guiding the design of a company website and an affiliated website with large database for data collection.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Mechatronic

Activities and Societies: Leader in Student Social Camps Involved in Community outreaches: Stellenbosch and Malawi Final year project.

Short Course - 4 Days, Pv Syst Training Course

‐ Understand the effect of solar irradiation on PV production. ‐ Understand the PV module modelling (one diode model) for any technology..

Short Course - 1 Day, Introduction To Pv Solar Training

• Radiation, modules, inverters, under-construction, accumulator and stand-alone PV-plants, • Electric circuits: small and large scale.

Short Course - 3 Days, Designing Efficient & Financially Viable Grid-Tied Photo-Voltaic Systems

- Solar resource & irradiation data sources - How the photo-voltaic cell converts irradiation to energy - Photo-voltaic panel: electrical.

Short Course - 5 Day, Introduction To Solar Energy