About Us

Andrew Murray

Andrew has spent the last 7 years researching and working in the renewable energy and smart utility management space. His master’s thesis (Cum Laude) explored the South African energy transition and the integration of energy trading and wheeling management technology using strategic niche management, and multi-level perspective frameworks.

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Master’s Degree (Sustainable development planning and management)

Heinrich De Lange

Heinrich has over 7 years’ experience as a CTO and director, managing hardware and software engineering teams of up to 40 people. His expertise is in high-level technology advisory and planning as well as project planning and management. His master’s thesis involved developing an energy trading system architecture using blockchain technology.

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Master’s Degree (Electrical and electronic engineering)

Daniel Hewlett

Daniel has worked at Switch since 2019 and has primarily been responsible for the front-end development of the Switch mobile App and web-based administration console. While his primary role is as a developer, his intimate involvement since the company’s inception have equipped him to guide the product development and business strategy.

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Bachelor of Science Degree (Double major in computer science)

Lowku Leeuwner

Lowku’s primary role at Switch entails hardware development primarily associated with modem design and manufacturing. He also plays a key role in the backend development and project management, assisting with ensuring that hardware and software function in harmony and can be managed and controlled via the Switch Admin console. Lowku’s thesis focused on demand side management solutions.

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Master’s Degree (Electrical & electronic engineering)

Guy Paterson-Jones

​​Guy’s input and focus is on building the energy trading software and backend infrastructure to enable Switch’s advanced energy allocation and reconciliation engine. Before joining Switch, Guy worked at Luno, where he worked on the exchange backend

managing the APIs and order-book infrastructure.

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• Masters Degree (Computer Science)

• Honours Degree (Applied Mathematics)

Max Paterson-Jones

Max primarily works on the frontend UI for the Switch admin console, mobile app, and energy trading platform. He plays a important role in creating a simple yet highly advanced and functional user experience. Moulting the complex engineering into seemingly simple tools for end users. 

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Bachelor Of Computer And Information Sciences in Application Development